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Mr Nicholas Allen MA (Cantab) LLM (Cantab) MCIArb

Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers at 29 Bedford Row in London and IFLA arbitrator (financial scheme)
Job title: Barrister and Arbitrator
Country: United Kingdom
Membership type: Member membership
Primary branch: London
Disciplines: Other dispute resolution, Arbitration

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Personal bio

Nicholas is highly ranked in both the Chambers UK and Legal 500 directories. He has been ‘Band 1’ ranked in the ADR table in Chambers UK since it was first published in October 2023.

Nicholas has conducted more than 100 private FDRs as the neutral evaluator.

Nicholas is a qualified arbitrator (Finance) through the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA) scheme. He has to date been appointed as arbitrator on 36 occasions. This is a significant proportion of the c. 785 arbitrations which have been registered since the inception of the financial scheme in 2012.

He was described as an “expert” in family arbitration by Peel J in G v G [2023] 2 FLR 491