Christian practises in all areas of private family law and is ranked as a leading barrister by the legal directories, described as “always brilliantly prepared and unruffled” and “approachable, knowledgeable and helpful” (Chambers and Partners 2016). He is a specialist in financial disputes and is regularly instructed in cases involving substantial assets and complex issues such as contested international jurisdiction, company valuations, non-disclosure of assets and assets held offshore and/or within company or trust structures. 

Christian regularly appears in the High Court, both with leading counsel and alone and has appeared in several of the leading reported cases involving international enforcement of financial orders and injunctive relief. In addition to his financial practice, Christian regularly acts in challenging private law children disputes (including applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction) and in property disputes between unmarried partners under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act. Christian is also a Resolution trained mediator. Christian regularly lectures on developments and niche areas within the Family Law, most recently on the recognition of foreign divorces (ie divorce by Talaq) in the English courts. He appeared in the High Court before the President of the Family Division in Solovyev v Solovyeva, reported in 2015, concerning the validity of a Russian divorce obtained by the parties through the Consulate of the Russian Federation in London.