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Charmaine is a Consultant in Collyer Bristow’s Family team.
Charmaine is a well-known and highly regarded name in Family Law with particular experience and expertise in advising on complex, high-value and high-profile family matters, often with a cross-border element. She has represented a significant number of public figures including pop stars, actors and actresses, members of parliament, well known sportspeople, TV personalities, and entrepreneurs.
Charmaine is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and, as one of only a small number of Family Solicitor finance Arbitrators (CIArb), is able to hand down binding judgments in family law financial matters.
She has a degree in Psychology as well as Law, and is highly skilled at negotiating extremely favourable settlements and securing exceptional judgements for clients. She is also a qualified South African Attorney and has a number of reported cases, including The Supreme Court.
Charmaine established the Family department at Wedlake Bell in 2011 and previously established and headed the Family team of South-East firm, TWM Solicitors. She is a member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association) where she was one of the first accredited specialists in high-net-worth financial matters and child abductions.
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Top 25 Family Lawyers 2024
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"Clients adore Charmaine because she gives them such confidence and reassurance."
Chambers & Partners UK
"She is always ahead of the other side, and judges respect her and know she will run the case well."
Chambers & Partners UK
"Charmaine is incredibly respected, gets results and clients never leave her when they're with her."
Chambers & Partners UK
"Charmaine Hast is a revered veteran of the family law world and rightly so. She has more experience than almost anyone else and deploys it with devastating efficacy. Clients love her."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast is an inspirational leader and leads by example. Deals with all her cases like the true professional she is and has been in numerous reported cases."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast … is a fantastic lawyer who well deserves her reputation as one of the big London family lawyer solicitors. She has a rare tactician's eye and can see how a case will unfold long before anyone else."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast is an industry legend."
Legal 500
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Charmaine is a Consultant in Collyer Bristow’s Family team.
Charmaine is a well-known and highly regarded name in Family Law with particular experience and expertise in advising on complex, high-value and high-profile family matters, often with a cross-border element. She has represented a significant number of public figures including pop stars, actors and actresses, members of parliament, well known sportspeople, TV personalities, and entrepreneurs.
Charmaine is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and, as one of only a small number of Family Solicitor finance Arbitrators (CIArb), is able to hand down binding judgments in family law financial matters.
She has a degree in Psychology as well as Law, and is highly skilled at negotiating extremely favourable settlements and securing exceptional judgements for clients. She is also a qualified South African Attorney and has a number of reported cases, including The Supreme Court.
Charmaine established the Family department at Wedlake Bell in 2011 and previously established and headed the Family team of South-East firm, TWM Solicitors. She is a member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association) where she was one of the first accredited specialists in high-net-worth financial matters and child abductions.
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Top 25 Family Lawyers 2024
CityWealth Leaders List
"Clients adore Charmaine because she gives them such confidence and reassurance."
Chambers & Partners UK
"She is always ahead of the other side, and judges respect her and know she will run the case well."
Chambers & Partners UK
"Charmaine is incredibly respected, gets results and clients never leave her when they're with her."
Chambers & Partners UK
"Charmaine Hast is a revered veteran of the family law world and rightly so. She has more experience than almost anyone else and deploys it with devastating efficacy. Clients love her."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast is an inspirational leader and leads by example. Deals with all her cases like the true professional she is and has been in numerous reported cases."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast … is a fantastic lawyer who well deserves her reputation as one of the big London family lawyer solicitors. She has a rare tactician's eye and can see how a case will unfold long before anyone else."
Legal 500
"Charmaine Hast is an industry legend."
Legal 500
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