Family Law

Kari has an undergraduate degree in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford and a Doctorate in clinical psychology from Widener University in the USA, graduating with distinction in 1991. She worked in adult mental health in the NHS, leaving in 1998 for full-time private practice.

Kari is the director of Carstairs Psychological Associates, a company that provides Court reports in family, civil and criminal cases. She has carried out research in psychological testing and teaches and supervise other psychologists. She obtained the Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation from Cardiff University/Bond Solon in 2004.

In 2011, Kari gained diplomate status with the American Board of Assessment Psychology, with a specialty in forensic assessment.

Kari started training in psychoanalysis at The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in 2013, offering long term insight oriented psychotherapy to adults.

Chloë graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology in 2009. Then she completed an MSc in Clinical Criminology at the University of Leicester and the GDL at the College of Law in Manchester. After a brief spell teaching Psychology at Haileybury College, she was awarded a Lord Diplock scholarship from Middle Temple and studied the Bar Professional Training Course at Nottingham Law School.

Chloë has acted as an Appropriate Adult, spent time working for the National Centre for Domestic Violence, the Free Representation Unit and currently volunteers for Big Voice London, working with students on law reform projects. Prior to joining Vardags, Chloë worked at Rebus Group dealing with cases of investment scheme mis-selling.

Chloë grew up in Northamptonshire but now lives in North London and enjoys tennis, design and cooking.