Professional Practice

Sir Nicholas Francis was appointed a High Court Judge of the Family Division in 2016 and returned to Chambers on the 7th May 2024.

Nick was one of the pioneers of the private FDR process before he was appointed a Judge of the Family Division in 2016 and he will again be accepting appointment as a Private FDR Judge and also as an early neutral evaluator in private law children cases.

Nick was one of the first to qualify as a Family Law finance arbitrator when the IFLA scheme was launched in 2012 and he will again be accepting appointment as an arbitrator.