Ranking tables

Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR | UK

The South

Our Family/Matrimonial tables rank law firms and lawyers who deal with issues surrounding the inception and breakdown of personal relationships. This includes the creation of pre-nuptial, civil partnership and cohabitation agreements relating to financial and property assets, the resolution of divorces or separations involving financial and property disputes, and the handling of matters relating to children in the context of divorce or separation. Public law proceedings related to children in care may also be included, as may work relating to surrogacy and fertility law.

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  1. Edward Cooke
    Edward Cooke
    Edward Cooke Family Law
    Edward Cooke Family Law | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 3 Years Ranked
    Chichester-based Edward Cooke is recognised for his work with complex and high-value family law cases. He is a mediator with experience in financial dispute resolution and collaborative law processes.
  2. Grace Parker-White
    Grace Parker-White
    Stevens & Bolton LLP
    Stevens & Bolton LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 5 Years Ranked
    Grace Parker-White handles both matrimonial finance cases and Children Act proceedings arising in the context of divorce and separation. She is also an accredited hybrid mediator.
  3. Grant Cameron
    Grant Cameron
    Trethowans LLP
    Trethowans LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 13 Years Ranked
    Grant Cameron is a trained collaborative lawyer and mediator who leads the family team in Southampton. He is experienced in handling complex matrimonial finance cases, as well as children matters.
  4. Jan Galloway
    Jan Galloway
    Moore Barlow LLP
    Moore Barlow LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 8 Years Ranked
    Jan Galloway is a consultant and mediator based in the firm's Richmond office. She mediates a broad range of disputes concerning divorce and other family law issues.
  5. Karen Barham
    Karen Barham
    Moore Barlow LLP
    Moore Barlow LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 2 Years Ranked
    Karen Barham is a highly experienced and well-regarded family mediator. She comfortably handles both children and matrimonial finance cases and is based in the firm's Guildford office.
  6. Linda Lamb
    LSL Family Law | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 13 Years Ranked
    Linda Lamb handles financial remedy proceedings in the context of divorce and the dissolution of civil partnerships. Her practice also spans a wide range of children law matters. She is an accredited mediator.
  7. Mark Leeson
    Brachers LLP
    Brachers LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 8 Years Ranked
    Mark Leeson is a well-known figure in the regional family law market with extensive experience in matrimonial finance matters. He is particularly well-regarded as a mediator and is joint head of the firm's family law team.
  8. Miranda Green
    Miranda Green
    Russell-Cooke
    Russell-Cooke | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 8 Years Ranked
    Miranda Green has considerable experience in financial remedy proceedings as well as handling private children matters and the creation of nuptial agreements. She is a trained collaborative lawyer and mediator.
  9. Neil Davies
    Neil Davies
    Paris Smith LLP
    Paris Smith LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 22 Years Ranked
    Neil Davies is a consultant in the Southampton office. An accredited mediator and experienced divorce lawyer, he has notable strength in handling high net worth matrimonial finance cases.
  10. Rachel Woodd
    Rachel Woodd
    Jones Nickolds
    Jones Nickolds | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 3 Years Ranked
    Rachel Woodd's practice spans a wide range of family law matters, including divorces and postnuptial agreements. She is an accredited mediator with a high level of expertise in alternative dispute resolution.
  11. Robert Williams
    Robert Williams
    Family Law Partners
    Family Law Partners | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight | 14 Years Ranked
    Robert Williams is an established presence in the region and is regularly instructed on high-value matrimonial finance cases. He is based in the firm's Brighton office and is also an accredited family arbitrator.
  12. Sarah French
    Godwins Solicitors LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
    2025 | Spotlight