Family/Matrimonial | UK Bar

Harcourt Chambers is a standout set with operations in London and Oxford, which has long held sway as the leader on the South Eastern Circuit for an array of family and matrimonial cases. Its pre-eminent members are instructed in all aspects of family law, being able to tackle everything from high net worth financial remedy issues to complex care and adoption proceedings, as well as cases involving serious criminal charges. A source comments that the set is "a truly wonderful set to deal with. They are always accommodating, helpful and very good at what they do."

1 Crown Office Row's Brighton chambers boasts solid expertise in a broad array of family law matters. Its barristers specialise in public and private children law matters, including care proceedings and parental alienation issues, as well as matrimonial finance cases. Barristers at the set are regularly instructed by vulnerable clients, such as abuse victims and people with learning and other difficulties. A source comments: "Chambers has very experienced and hard-working barristers who understand the law very well and they provide sound and sensible advice on complex cases," and another adds: "There are a wide range of barristers available and many who deal with complex and sophisticated matters to a very high standard."

42 Bedford Row is a well-established set with a range of barristers able to handle complex matrimonial finance and children law matters. Members have extensive experience in finance-related issues, including those arising from the breakdown of civil partnerships, divorces with international elements, pre and post-nuptial agreements and cases involving company assets, pensions and trusts. In addition to this, the set can offer clients members with significant expertise in public and private children law, including care proceedings, adoptions, abductions and radicalisation. An interviewee comments: "The set has very knowledgeable barristers whose expertise includes complex matters," and another source adds that the set is "simply outstanding."

Pump Court Chambers is a well-respected set with a noted strength in matrimonial finance and children law. The members have impressive expertise in high-value financial remedy proceedings involving a range of assets, as well as pre and post-nuptial agreements, TOLATA and inheritance proceedings. Additionally, members of the set act in complex children law matters, including those related to relocation, child arrangements and parental alienation. A source comments: "A diverse and very well-regarded set of barristers."