Experience

St Ives Chambers

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Chambers

  • 2005 - Present

  Chambers & Partners 2013: One of the set's leading family law practitioners is Michael Keehan QC. He is the head of chambers, and is widely recognised for his considerable expertise in complex childcare cases. Commentators describe him as 'quite simply superb', and one junior peer confided to researchers that 'I'd like to be like him when I grow up'.Legal 500 2012: Michael Keehan QC ‘conducts the most incisive and penetrating cross-examinations’.Chambers & Partners 2012: The 'exceptional, fantastic' Head of Chambers Michael Keehan QC is 'one of the most superb cross-examiners' one could wish for.Legal 500 2011: The exceptional Michael Keehan QC, who is charming in court and very aware of clients needs, has a child-focused practice.Chambers & Partners 2010: St Ives Chambers' members include Michael Keehan QC, the pre-eminent barrister in the Midlands for children matters. His cases often involve medical issues, and sources say that 'no client would ever come away feeling under-represented by him'.

• Queen's Counsel

  • 2001 - Present

• Barrister

  • 1982 - 2001