Christie O’Connell

Christie O’Connell

Call: 2022

‘A star in the making. A young barrister who is wise beyond her years.’ – Legal 500: children and domestic abuse

‘Christie has exceptional technical skill and empathetic accessible delivery, tailored to clients and case dynamics. She is a huge client favourite, delivering excellent results in clear and time efficient way, and she is very intuitive and gets straight to the crux of cases.’ – Legal 500: divorce and financial remedy

Practice

Christie is a family law specialist accepting instructions across the spectrum of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, child maintenance appeals, TLATA, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. She has experience representing clients from first to final hearing at all levels up to and including the High Court.

Christie is a contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal, and the Family Law Journal, writing about recent cases of interest and developments in the law.

During her time in Chambers, she has spent time seconded at Mishcon-de-Reya, and Katz Partners. In the Autumn of 2025, she interned in Los Angeles at specialist surrogacy and fertility law firm, Vorzimer Masserman, supported by a scholarship from Inner Temple.

In addition to her work in chambers, she continues to regularly undertake pro bono work with Advocate, and the Islington Legal Advice Clinic. In 2024 and 2025, she received a nomination for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the year. Christie was also featured in the inaugural Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales.