Vanessa Meachin KC
Year of Call: 1990
Year of Silk: 2018
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 0330 332 2633
Clerk Details
- Clerk Name: Ian Charlton
- Clerk Telephone: 0330 332 0773
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
FDR Hearing Service
Vanessa is available for private remote FDR hearings. For more information on private remote FDR hearings please click here.
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Recommendations Vanessa Meachin KC is a prominent family law specialist whose practice spans care, adoption and private children work. Her cases often concern serious allegations, including non-accidental injuries and fabricated illnesses.
Strengths: "Vanessa is simply top-tier."
"Vanessa is a fierce advocate."
"Vanessa is always well prepared and has a fantastic way with clients."Chambers UK 2025/Family/Children/Midlands Bar/Band 1
Strengths: “Her advice and advocacy are of the highest quality. She is always easy to contact and discuss a matter with. Vanessa is also approachable and well-liked by clients.” “Vanessa is an exceptional advocate. She recognises when a case could, and should be settled but is equally prepared for a battle if necessary.”
Chambers UK 2024/Family/Children/Midlands Bar/Band 1
Strengths:
“Vanessa is brilliant, she is one of the best advocates I have ever come across.”
“Vanessa presents her clients' cases in a balanced but strong way. She has a fine attention to detail and is a persuasive advocate.”
“Vanessa is an outstanding advocate with a very confident and calm approach to extremely challenging cases. She is an inspiring professional to observe and work alongside.”Chambers UK 2023/Family/Matrimonial Finance/Midlands Bar/Band 1
Chambers UK 2023/Family/Children/Midlands BarStrengths: "She has great attention to detail, a lovely manner with clients and she's very good on her feet and is very clear, measured and unflappable." "She's very forensic and cool-minded." "She'll ensure that no stone is left unturned while also being the nicest barrister you'll come across."
Chambers UK 2022/Family/Matrimonial Finance/Midlands Bar
Chambers UK 2022/Family/Children/Midlands BarHer cases often concern serious allegations including human trafficking and physical or sexual abuse.
Strengths: "Simply superb. Measured, calm, very personable and responsive. She works with you as a team and is flexible and always on hand to contact for advice." "Vanessa's ability to analyse a case and its central issues is outstanding. She has an excellent rapport with clients."Chambers UK 2021/Family/Matrimonial Finance/Midlands Bar
Chambers UK 2021/Family/Children/Midlands BarStrengths: "She's a well-prepared and robust advocate, who is very client-friendly and skilled at cross-examination." "She has a great client manner and is a sought-after advocate."
Chambers UK 2020/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
"She is brilliant. She is great with clients and her real skill is that although she has the most complex cases she is able to distil matters down and make it simple for the judge." "She is known for her careful and detailed preparation. A confident and experienced advocate."
Chambers UK 2019/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
Recent cases have concerned serious allegations of physical and sexual abuse, as well as the death of a child.
Strengths: "A well-prepared and robust advocate, who is very client-friendly and skilled at cross-examination. Her star is in the ascendancy." "Equally excellent at matrimonial finance and child care work."Chambers UK 2018/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
Strengths: "Absolutely excellent, her preparation is second to none and her advocacy is excellent." "Forensic, detailed and good with clients."'
Chambers UK 2017/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
'Continually gives a first class service to clients.'
Chambers UK 2016/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
'hailed for her committed and dogged approach and clients are particularly pleased to find a barrister who fights their corner with such vigour. Her practice encompasses care, matrimonial finance and private law children act applications'
Chambers UK 2013/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
'draws praise as an excellent and knowledgeable barrister who is really good with clients and court staff. Her broad experience allows her to undertake work relating to child care and adoption as well as matrimonial finance'
Chambers UK 2012/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
'She specialises in high net worth ancillary relief and has particular experience in cases involving business assets' and 'her knowledge, experience and gravitas puts clients at ease'
Chambers UK 2011/Family/Matrimonial/Midlands Bar
‘Vanessa is a highly skilled advocate and her client care is of the highest quality. She is able to digest vast amounts of complex papers and gain a clear understanding of complex medical information.'
Legal 500 2025/Divorce and Financial Remedy/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
Vanessa Meachin KC in ranked in Legal 500 2025/Family: Children and Domestic Violence/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
Vanessa Meachin KC is a ‘passionate advocate’ who handles a mix of care, adoption, and private law children matters.
'Vanessa is an outstanding advocate with a confident and calm approach to extremely challenging cases. Her ability to get straight to the key points in complex matters demonstrates her extensive skill.'Legal 500 2024/Family: Children and Domestic Violence/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
Vanessa Meachin KC heads the practice and regularly assists clients in complex matrimonial finance matters.
Legal 500 2024/Divorce and Financial Remedy/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
Vanessa combines excellent client care with a forensic approach to her cases. She is exceptionally thorough and committed and does not shy away from thorny and difficult issues.’
Legal 500 2023/Divorce and Financial Remedy/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
‘Vanessa combines excellent client care with a forensic approach to her cases. She is exceptionally thorough and committed and does not shy away from thorny and difficult issues.’
The team is led by the ‘skilled and always thoroughly prepared’. Vanessa Meachin KC who handles a mix of care, adoption, matrimonial finance, and private law children’s cases.
Legal 500 2023/Child Law (Public and Private)/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit - Tier 1
‘Vanessa is a stellar advocate with an unerring ability to distill the most complex of cases into an easily digested, straightforward, and persuasive narrative.'
Legal 500 2022/Divorce and Financial Remedy/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit
‘Vanessa is a stellar advocate with an unerring ability to distill the most complex of cases into an easily digested, straightforward, and persuasive narrative.’
Legal 500 2022/Child Law (public and private)/Leading Silks/Midlands Circuit
‘A brilliant advocate whose knowledge and application of the law is first-class.’
Legal 500 2021/Child Law (Public and Private)/Leading Silks
Legal 500 2021/Divorce and Financial Remedy/Leading Silks‘An outstanding advocate who provides awe-inspiring written work.’
Legal 500 2020/Family and children/Leading Silks
'A stellar advocate.'
Legal 500 2018/19/Family and children/Leading Juniors (Vanessa Meachin took silk in 2018)
‘An unyielding and concise litigator.’
Legal 500 2017/Family and children/Leading Junior
'Her practice spans care, adoption, finance and private law children cases'
Legal 500 2016/Family and children/Leading Junior
'The "client-friendly" Vanessa Meachin has an "encyclopaedic knowledge of the law"'
Legal 500 2013
'a strong advocate who also has a keen eye for settlement opportunities'
Legal 500 2012
'...sensible approach often assists settlement but she is prepared for a contest if necessary'
Legal 500 2011
'Vanessa Meachin consistently delivers quality advice and representation in a personable but business-like manner'
Legal 500 2010
'A well-prepared and robust advocate, very client friendly and skilled at cross examination', 'she does everything in family law and handles it brilliantly'
Thomson Reuters Report 2017
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