Judith Ball > Moore Barlow > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Moore Barlow Offices
THE ORIEL
SYDENHAM ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 3SR
England
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Judith Ball
Work Department
Family law.
Position
Partner and head of family department dealing in all aspects of family law, but principally ancillary relief and private Children Act cases; also collaborative law practitioner.
Career
Trained Leo Abse & Cohen, Cardiff; qualified 1983; assistant solicitor Paul K Pitts, Croydon 1983-86; assistant solicitor Hill Bailey, Bedford Row, London 1986-87; partner Brand & Co, North Cheam 1987-2001; partner Callaghans, Guildford 2001-03; partner Barlow Robbins LLP, 2003.
Memberships
Resolution Surrey (previously SFLA) committee member and currently secretary.
Education
Bassaleg Grammar School; University of Leeds (1979 BA (Hons) Law).
Leisure
Music (especially piano and organ), swimming, walking.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Hampshire
(Leading partners)Moore Barlow’s team often handles complex financial remedy matters involving trusts, business structures, pensions and inherited wealth. Its expertise stretches to cohabitating couples, handling both agreements and matters around separation. Joanna Farrands heads the team from Guildford, leading the children team with particular experience in parental alienation cases. In Southampton, Judith Ball is known for her expertise cases involving family businesses and complex pension matters, while Charlotte Millard handles the full range of family matters, including pre and post nuptial agreements. Debra Emery retired from the team in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Hampshire South East > Private client
- Leading partners South East > Private client > Family: Hampshire
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Hampshire
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Hampshire
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Hampshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Hampshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Hampshire
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Public sector > Public sector