29 Bedford Row Chambers

29 Bedford Row Chambers is committed to providing its clients with an effective and efficient legal service. It operates from two Grade II listed buildings in the heart of legal London, and offers ten AV suites for conferences and remote or hybrid court hearings.

The set: Bedford Row Chambers comprises of 61 barristers including 10 silks. The set is rated among the leading family law chambers with more than half of members rated as leaders in their field in the 2023/24 editions of the Bar directories.

Types of work undertaken:  Chambers offers specialist expertise at every level of seniority in all aspects of family law including matrimonial finance, children (both public and private law), child abduction, cohabitation law, domestic violence and under the Civil Partnership and Inheritance Acts. Many members have been appointed to sit as Deputy High Court Judges, Recorders and Deputy District Judges, have qualified as IFLA family law arbitrators or mediators, and/or have trained as collaborative lawyers. Many members of chambers also chair private FDRs and Early Neutral Evaluation hearings. The set also offers Direct (Public) Access services.

Chambers organises a comprehensive seminar programme for solicitors and trainees and also supports initiatives to increase equality and diversity at the Bar. Members of chambers appear in courts around the country and internationally. Chambers has dedicated conference suites, but members will travel to see clients wherever necessary.

Administration: Chambers is served by eight full time clerks and a dedicated fees clerk, allowing work to be processed quickly and efficiently. The clerks’ room is open between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm, but emergency contact is always available outside that time. The clerking is praised for its efficient, friendly and commercial approach.

For information about the work of chambers generally, or the practice of individual members of chambers in particular, please contact the senior clerk, James Shortall, or visit the website - www.29br.co.uk