Tadhgh Barwell Oconnor
Barrister @1 Kings Bench Walk
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WORK HISTORY
Barrister @1 Kings Bench Walk
Young Barrister of the Year at the 2024 Family Law Awards. Chambers & Partners \'Up & Coming\' 2026 in both Children and Finance:\"Tadhgh is an outstanding advocate\",\"and a strong tactician\",\"impactful and compelling, he hits the right tone every time\",\"his advocacy and dialogue with judges make him an absolute standout\",\"his client skills are exceptional\",\"He has in-depth knowledge of international matters\", & \"His impeccable written work is backed up by his authoritative and convincing manner\". Legal 500 \'Rising Star\' 2025 & 2026 in both Children and Finance:\"exceptionally talented. He embodies everything you want in a family law barrister: he is intelligent, a persuasive advocate, an excellent team player, and incredible with clients\" & \"persuasive and eloquent\".Barrister specialising in family law with a particular emphasis on complex, international family law, the Hague convention, and cross-jurisdictional divorce and finance cases. Shortlisted for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2021 & Young Barrister of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2021.Awarded the Pegasus Scholarship to the American Inns of Court in Washington DC 2022/2023 (California, Massachusetts, Washington D.C, Maryland, Virginia, & Colorado).Awarded a South Eastern Circuit Scholarship to attend the Advanced Trial Advocacy programme hosted by the Florida Bar Association in 2024. Awarded a place on the Anglo-Dutch Legal Exchange 2024 visiting Rotterdam, The Hague, and Amsterdam and helped to host the 2025 visit to London.Awarded a full scholarship to attend the Keble Dutton Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College, Oxford in 2025. Member of the Young Barristers\' Committee at the Bar Council and Delegate/Speaker at the Bar Council Family Law Conference in Dubai and Abu Dhabi 2025. Frequent speaker at Family Law events and contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal and the International Family Law Journal. Trained mediator. Lincoln\'s Inn Advocacy Trainer.
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge
MA Cantab, English
BPP Law School
BPTC LLM Legal practice, Law
The Oxford School of Drama
Postgraduate Acting
City St George’s, University of London
GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law)
SKILLS
ABOUT TADHGH BARWELL OCONNOR
Barrister practising exclusively in Family Law with a specialism in International Family Law - Young Barrister of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024.Chambers & Partners 2026 \'Up & Coming\' in both Children and Matrimonial Finance:\"an absolute standout\",\"strong tactician\", and \"an outstanding advocate\"- Legal 50•••25 & 2026 \'Rising Star\' in both Children and Matrimonial Finance:\"persuasive and eloquent\". Member of the Young Barristers\' Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales and delegate/speaker for the Bar Council\'s Family Law Conference: Family Law in Transition - Disputes Across Borders in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2025 and Family Law Symposium in New Delhi, India, 2025. Pegasus Scholar to the American Inns of Court (2022) and Anglo-Dutch Legal Exchange member (20••••25).Completed the Keble Dutton Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College, Oxford (2025 - Lincoln\'s Inn Scholarship) and the Florida Bar\'s Advanced Civil Trial Advocacy Course (2024 - South Eastern Circuit Scholarship).
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