Alienation and Domestic Abuse – What on Earth is going on? - Mar 2024
Clare Ciborowska is a specialist family practitioner. Clare accepts instructions in private law children applications, care proceedings, Female Genital Mutilation proceedings, Injunctions and Wardship proceedings.
Clare has completed the specialist advocacy training at Keble College, Oxford and is a skilled advocate. Clare has a broad range of experience and has acted in cases concerning the following:
- Fabricated and Induced Illness
- Cases involving international/cultural issues
- Coercive and controlling behaviour and domestic abuse
- Cases involving parties and/or children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and other developmental disorders
- Cases involving complex issues related to mental health
- Parental Alienation
- Cases where all contact has broken down
- Cases where a 16.4 Guardian has been appointed
- Internal and external relocation cases
- Specific issues orders and prohibited steps orders
Clare takes a collaborative approach to cases and is an experienced negotiator and has exceptional problem-solving skills. Clare is also a robust advocate and her written work is highly effective.
Listen to Clare discuss cutting edge family law issues in our Family Law Podcast Series on your favourite podcast platform and find previous episodes here.
Hear Clare’s comments on reproductive coercion on BBC Radio 4’s ‘File on 4’ here and watch Clare in the ground-breaking BBC documentary ‘Is this Coercive Control?’ here.
Clare is a regular contributor to Family Law Journal – her previous articles can be found here and also contributes to the Human Rights Blog here.
View full profile »Law Pod UK Ep. 179: Safe as Houses: depriving children of their liberty - Feb 2023
Applications for secure accommodation or deprivation of liberty orders, for children in the UK, have increased significantly in recent years. Lucy McCann talks with Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska...
Law Pod UK Ep. 168: Psychology or pseudoscience? Parental alienation and the role of the psychologist - Sep 2022
Jim Duffy speaks to Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska, of 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton. They discuss how the family court deals with allegations of ‘alienating behaviour’ by one parent against...
Articles by Rachael Claridge and Clare Ciborowska featured in the July edition of Family Law Journal - Aug 2022
In the July edition of Family Law Journal Rachael Claridge and Damian Woodward-Carlton QC look at the recent guidance issued by Mrs Justice Knowles in respect of the use of intimate images in private...
Law Pod UK Ep. 162: Reproductive Coercion and Control: allegations of abuse in child contact cases - Apr 2022
Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager, both family law experts, talk about the difficult subject of reproductive coercion where such allegations arise in child contact cases. Fact finding hearings, Scott...
Clare Ciborowska comments on reproductive coercion on BBC’s ‘File on 4’ - Mar 2022
Tune into BBC Radio 4’s ‘File on 4’ programme ‘Controlling My Birth Control’ today at 8pm to hear Clare Ciborowska comment on reproductive coercion in relationships and how to spot the...
Clare Ciborowska considers whether there should be a radical reduction in court time, or a detailed forensic Fact Finding, in cases involving Domestic Abuse - Dec 2021
In the December edition, Clare Ciborowska examines whether considering recent court decisions in cases of coercive and controlling behavior, the current drive to limit court time for hearings is...
Law Pod UK : Family Law Series : Care Orders and Newborn Babies - Jul 2021
In the second of their series of family law podcasts, Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager discuss the vexed area of care proceedings where it is considered necessary to take a baby away from its...
Law Pod UK : Family Law Series : First Podcast Episode Released - May 2021
We're delighted to announce a new series of Family Law focused episodes for our podcast Law Pod UK. Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager join Rosalind English in the first of a series of discussions...
Clare Ciborowska comments on the Domestic Violence Bill in the Independent - Feb 2021
In a recent article by Natasha Phillips on the Independent, Clare Ciborowska comments on the Domestic Violence Bill as part of a wider look at the rise of domestic violence during the pandemic. She...
Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska discuss Coercive Control and Abuse - Jan 2021
Join Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska at 5pm on 3rd February for a discussion on Coercive Control and Abuse in light of F v M [2021] EWFC 4, and the conjoined cases in the Court of Appeal on 19 and...
Coercive Control in the Family Courts: F v M [2021] EWFC 4 - Jan 2021
Clare Ciborowska provides a useful summary of the case of F v M [2021] EWFC 4 which considers allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour. This is one of the first known reported cases in the...
Clare Ciborowska discusses Coercive Control at Cambridgeshire & West Suffolk Resolution Workshop - Nov 2020
On Tuesday 1st December Clare Ciborowska will give a workshop on Coercive Control in the Courtroom for Cambridgeshire & West Suffolk Resolution. Clare’s workshop will provide an introduction to...
The BBC asks ‘Is This Coercive Control?’ with Clare Ciborowska - Oct 2020
On 27th October BBC Three will feature a documentary investigating ‘Is This Coercive Control?’ with expert legal insight from family law expert Clare Ciborowska. Clare has provided consultancy to...
Clare Ciborowska & Natasha Isaac provide an update on Domestic Abuse for Lexis Nexis - Feb 2020
On 18th February 2020, Clare Ciborowska and Natasha Isaac gave a live webinar giving a legal update on domestic abuse for Lexis Nexis webinars. They discussed the definition of domestic abuse and...
Clare Ciborowska writes about Dignity, Fairness, Equality, Respect and Independence in the Family Law Journal - Aug 2019
In the August 2019 issue of the Family Law Journal, Clare Ciborowska offers insight into Dignity, Fairness, Equality, Respect and Independence in family law. In particular, she focuses on increasingly...
Join 1COR and East Sussex YRes with GoodLaw Solicitors for a Seminar on ‘Finance and Children’ - Jun 2019
On 27th June 1COR are hosting the East Sussex Yres ‘General Update Seminar: Finance and Children’ in chambers, with sponsorship from GoodLaw Solicitors. Amanda Minto and Clare Ciborowska will be...
Clare Ciborowska gives insight into coercive control in private law proceedings in the Family Law Journal - May 2019
Clare Ciborowska has written an article for the May 2019 edition of the Family Law journal. It is titled How to approach allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour in private law...
International Women’s Day: Clare Ciborowska & Pegah Sharghy reflect on life at the Bar - Mar 2019
Pegah Sharghy Call Year: 1998 Why did you decide to become a barrister? It is a profession like no other. Despite its many challenges particularly for those of us who are mothers and domestic...
Clare Ciborowska on Domestic Abuse: Coercive Control - Oct 2018
Clare Ciborowska has recently featured on a podcast episode of Law Pod UK looking at the criminal definition of coercive control and how this is applied in the family law context. The episode looks...
Law Pod UK Ep. 43: Coercive and controlling behaviour as applied in the family courts - Oct 2018
Rosalind English talks to barrister Clare Ciborowska about the new offence of coercive and controlling behaviour and how it can affect proceedings in the family courts. Listen to this episode on...
Clare Ciborowska succeeds in Appeal of findings made at a private law (children) final hearing - Sep 2018
The appeal arose as a result of the district judge at first instance refusing to allow a litigant in person to submit a signed witness statement and to give oral evidence on two key areas of dispute...
Clare Ciborowska and Kirsten Japp talk with Worthing Law Society about domestic abuse cases - Sep 2018
Clare Ciborowska and Kirsten Japp will be giving a talk to Worthing Law Society about recent court decisions in cases involving domestic abuse and how the courts are dealing with the distinction...
Clare Ciborowska succeeds in complex fact-finding hearing in a private law case concerning allegations of coercive control - Aug 2018
Clare Ciborowska succeeds in complex fact-finding hearing in a private law case concerning allegations of coercive control. Coercive control was made a criminal offence in 2015. Increasingly the...
Martin Downs and Clare Ciborowska in case concerning placement of a child in The Gambia - Feb 2018
The Judgment has just been released of the first case in which the High Court has authorised the placement of a child in The Gambia. Mrs Justice Theis made the child the subject of a Special...
Clare Ciborowska and Christopher Rice successfully challenge a care plan for adoption - Jun 2017
Clare Ciborowska and Christopher Rice, acting separately for parents in care proceedings, successfully challenge a care plan for adoption of four children in the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC)....
Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska appointed as Associates of the University of Sussex - Mar 2015
Building on Chambers' many links with the University, we are pleased to announce that Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska have been appointed Associates of the School of Social Work and Social Care at...
Clare Ciborowska’s Commentary on an Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference in Singapore - Dec 2012
Commentary by Clare Ciborowska on an Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference in Singapore is available here.
Clare Ciborowska and Catriona Murdoch secure funding to attend International Legal Conferences - Sep 2012
Clare Ciborowska and Catriona Murdoch have secured grants made available from the International Professional Development and Legal Practice Development Grant Programme. Following a competitive...
Re J (A Child: Disclosure) [2012] EWCA Civ 120: Sexual Abuse Allegations and Disclosure - Sep 2012
Clare Ciborowska comments on the case of Re J (A Child: Discolsure). Background This is a case that concerned private law proceedings between A and her mother (M) and father (F). The parents...
The role of Litigants in Person in the courts and the wider implications for family lawyers - Jul 2012
Clare Ciborowska delivered a presentation on the 10th July 2012 looking at the role of Litigants in Person. Please click here to read an article by Clare on this topic.
Family Law without the Lawyers? McKenzie Friends, Litigants in person and funding expert reports Seminar - Jun 2012
Family Law Without the Lawyers? McKenzie Friends, Litigants in person and funding expert reports Seminar at 5.30pm - 6.30pm on Tuesday 10th July 2012 to be held at Crown Office Row Chambers followed...
Luisa Morelli and Clare Ciborowska appear before the Court of Appeal - Dec 2011
