Mia Purdy

Mia Purdy

Call: 2021

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Mia accepts instructions in all areas of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. She joined chambers as a tenant in October 2022 after completing her pupillage under the supervision of Kyra Cornwall, Rachel Spicer, Ben Wooldridge and Thomas Harvey.

Mia is developing a practice in all aspects of financial proceedings, including matrimonial finance, enforcement, variation, applications pursuant to TOLATA 1996, and applications under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. Mia also regularly accepts instructions in private children disputes, including issues relating to declarations of parentage and parental responsibility, fact-findings and allegations of domestic abuse, and relocation (both domestic and abroad).

During pupillage, Mia assisted her supervisors and other members of Chambers on various high-value financial remedy cases, including undertaking complex bank account and financial disclosure analysis.

Mia has experience working closely with solicitors. Prior to commencing pupillage, she worked as a paralegal at a leading specialist family law solicitors’ firm in London. More recently, in 2023, Mia spent 8 weeks on secondment at another leading boutique family law firm where she assisted with numerous cases.

  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Lincoln’s Inn

Qualifications

  • Durham University, LLB Law, First Class Honours
  • BPP Law School, London, Bar Professional Training Course

Scholarships, awards and prizes

  • Leo Blair Prize for Advocacy, Durham University Law School (2019)
  • Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2019)
  • BPP Advocacy Scholarship, BPP Law School (2019)

Outside of work, Mia enjoys the theatre and reading. She is half Japanese and half Irish and spends as much time as possible travelling in both. She also enjoys trying to improve her Japanese language skills.