Max Turnell
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by Max Turnell
Practice Areas
Max specialises in all areas of family finance. Max regularly deals with cases involving trusts & complex asset structures, claims under Schedule 1, TLATA and Part III, jurisdiction disputes and enforcement issues. He is comfortable both on his own or as a junior in a larger team.
Max’s reported cases include:
· Barclay v Barclay [2023] EWFC 164
· Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)
· AA v AHM [2021] 4 WLR 58
· JB v MB [2020] EWFC B69
· MWH v GSH [2020] 2 FLR 71
· Re A [2019] 2 FCR 673
· Aziz v Aziz [2017]
Career
Max was called to the Bar in 2016, before which he held Visiting Lectureships in Contract Law and the Law of Trusts at King’s College London.
He attended:
• The University of Bristol, LLB (Hons) Law
• University of Law, BPTC (Advocacy Scholar)
Professional Memberships
• Thought Leaders 4 HNW Divorce (Next Gen Founding Committee Member)
• Resolution’s Brexit Working Party
• Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (Sunley and Hardwicke Scholar)
• Family Law Bar Association
• Society for Advanced Legal Studies (Associate Fellow)
Publications
Aligned with his practice, Max is also a frequent contributor to family law publications including:
• Trusts in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, 1st Edition (Co-Author)
• Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance, 10th Edition (Contributor)
• Enforcement in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, 1st Edition (Co-Author)
• Dictionary of TLATA and Inheritance Act Claims, 2nd Edition (Co-Author) and forthcoming 3rd Edition.
Personal
Tennis, cycling, skiing and reading
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Max Turnell is noted for his specialty in family finance law. His work covers Schedule 1 and TOLATA disputes often of a high-value and highly publicised nature.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Max is wise beyond his years. A KC very much in the making, he knows the law inside-out and can deploy it like he's an old hand."
"Max is a calm presence in court. His client-handling skills are exceptional and he deals with very difficult cases sensitively and pragmatically."
"Max grasps complex elements in cases with ease and his advocacy is incredibly strong. He has a knack of getting the judge on side from the earliest stage. When Max is involved you feel at ease."
"His advice is considered and his advocacy polished and clever. He has an ability to get the judge on side, purely by reason of his excellently phrased arguments and convincing manner."
"Max is a solid advocate who exudes charm."
"Max is wise beyond his years. A KC very much in the making, he knows the law inside-out and can deploy it like he's an old hand."
"Max is a calm presence in court. His client-handling skills are exceptional and he deals with very difficult cases sensitively and pragmatically."
"Max grasps complex elements in cases with ease and his advocacy is incredibly strong. He has a knack of getting the judge on side from the earliest stage. When Max is involved you feel at ease."
"His advice is considered and his advocacy polished and clever. He has an ability to get the judge on side, purely by reason of his excellently phrased arguments and convincing manner."
"Max is a solid advocate who exudes charm."
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