1 King's Bench Walk

Alex Tatton-Bennett

Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance and divorce, and related enforcement proceedings. He also has considerable experience in cases pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Alex also has extensive experience in private law children work including international child abduction. Alex is often led by King’s Counsel and frequently appears in high value and high profile cases.

Alexander Chandler KC

Alexander is a leading junior in matrimonial finance, specialising in high net worth cases, and intervenor claims that involve an overlap of family and civil law; also in cohabitee claims (TOLATA 1996) and Schedule 1 applications. Sits as an arbitrator, private FDR judge and part-time judge at the Financial Remedies Unit in the Central Family Court. International work includes advisory work in cases in Bermuda, Jersey and Gibraltar. Reported cases include R v R (Circumvention of Sanctions Regime), R v B and Capita Trustees, AB v CD (Global maintenance) and Shokrollah-Babee.

Family specialist with a broad children practice covering care proceedings, adoption, private children proceedings and international cases including abduction. She is an experienced mediator in private children issues. Also deals with cases involving applications for protective orders such as forced marriage protection orders and FGM protection orders as well as non-molestation and occupation orders.

A specialist in criminal litigation. He is described as an “adept and astute” barrister in the Legal 500. His main areas of practice are, Fraud, corruption/Bribery, professional Discipline, regulatory tribunals, confiscation, and money laundering.Andrew prosecutes and defends and believes it is important to do so. He acts on behalf of medical practitioners and police officers in criminal and disciplinary proceedings, and appears at Courts Martial in Germany and Cyprus. He is instructed in appeals where he did not appear in the case below. He regularly lectures on criminal procedure and evidence.

Finance/Private Law Children/Public Law Children/Child Abduction

Anna McKenna KC

Anna is a KC specialising in private and public law children cases. Anna deals with domestic and international relocation and contact issues and adoption, disputes as to living arrangements and all aspects of parenting including disputes relating to medical, religious, education, and name or identity issues. In her public law work Anna is renowned for successfully managing complex cases involving child deaths, NAI, FII, Child Trafficking and sexual abuse and is highly experienced acting for parents, children and local authorities. Anna has a wide experience acting for high profile private individuals, public bodies, victims and perpetrators of sexual and physical abuse and CAFCASS.

Caroline Budden

Caroline's practice includes public and private law aspects of the Children Act, adoption, child abduction, wardship, surrogacy, child related social services law and Court of Protection.

Caroline Harris

Caroline specialises in both criminal and family law and has regular experience conducting cases which involve both criminal and family proceedings. In crime, Caroline acts primarily for the defence, and has experience at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal. Caroline has expertise in a broad range of criminal matters including representing clients charged with the most serious matters including murder and serious sexual offences. In family law, Caroline specialises in cases involving children acting in both private and public law proceedings. Caroline is regularly instructed in High Court cases including acting as leading counsel. Caroline has undertaken a wide range of cases including those involving vulnerable clients, those involving the most serious allegations including NAI cases and cases and where a parent is accused of having caused the death of a child and cases with complex medical issues.

Caroline Lister

Family law practitioner who specialises in both high net worth and complex financial remedy cases, including advising in legal negligence cases for parties and insurers. Caroline also specialises in all aspects of cases involving children, including international and domestic relocation, abduction and complex child arrangements.

Charles Howard KC

Barrister specialising in dealing with high net-worth financial disputes, both following divorce and under Schedule I of the Children Act, disputes often involve trust, insolvency and contractual issues, areas of law that Charles practised in as a junior. As a family law specialist his work covers almost all areas of family law, including, for instance, Inheritance Act/Probate disputes, constructive trust issues, and professional negligence in relation to family law as well as complex private law disputes including cases involving surrogacy and conception by known sperm donors.

Charlotte Hartley MCIArb

Reported cases Akhmedova v Akhmedov[2020] EWHC 1526 (Fam) – enforcement proceedings in respect of the largest matrimonial award made in England and Wales, over £450 million Akhmedova v Akhmedov[2020] EWHC 2257 (Fam) – variation and extension of freezing orders following financial remedies order A v R [2020] EWFC 87 (child arrangements in non-Hague country) A v R [2020] EWFC 88 (costs in private law children) S v S(Application to Prevent Solicitor Acting) [2017] EWHC 2660 (Fam) – an application for an injunction preventing a solicitor from acting for a party in family proceedings. Re A (A Patient) [2016] EWCOP 38 Re A (A Patient) (No 2) [2016] EWCOP 39 Re S (Wardship: Summary return: non Convention country) [2015] EWHC 176 (Fam) Re B (Child evidence) [2014] EWCA Civ 1015 (evidence of a non-subject child) Barnett v Barnett[2014] EWHC 2678 (Fam) – concerning a Part III MFPA 1984 application for financial remedy after overseas divorce. Galloway v Goldstein[2012] EWHC 60 (Fam); [2012] (Fam). 129; [2012] 2 W.L.R. 1003; [2012] 1 F.L.R. 1254; [2012] Fam. Law 521 – concerning the validity of a foreign marriage ceremony.

Barrister specialising in all aspects of the law relating to children and children’s rights. She has long experience in all aspects of the field; adoption, including inter-country adoption, care proceedings, where she acts for parents, local authorities and the children, child abduction, removal from jurisdiction and private law applications.

Christopher Pocock KC

King's Counsel specialising in divorce and matrimonial finance in disputes between high net worth parties. He has a wealth of experience dealing with complexities involving corporate and other businesses and/or complex remuneration packages, as well as with cases involving offshore and onshore trust and other asset-holding structures. Many, if not most, of his cases involve international and cross-border aspects, either substantively or in relation to enforcement. Qualified IFLA Arbitrator

Christopher McCourt

Barrister specialising in all aspects of financial remedy proceedings and disputes between unmarried couples; and professional negligence claims against solicitors and barristers, principally arising from family-related work.

Clive Newton KC

Specialises in all aspects of family law and education law. In public law child cases he represents parents, local authorities and guardians and has acknowledged expertise in complex child abuse cases. In private law child cases, he has considerable experience in cases involving allegations of abuse, intransigent opposition to contact and relocation issues. Although covering all aspects of education law, Clive most frequently represents higher education students who have grievances against their college or university.

Deborah Eaton KC

Deborah is highly successful and enjoys an excellent reputation nationally and internationally as a pre-eminent authority in children law. Her expertise in this area includes internal and external relocation, parental alienation, substance abuse, mental health and education issues. She is also extremely well respected in the matrimonial finance and enforcement field offering tremendous experience in ancillary relief cases, prenuptial agreements and applications pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. For many years she has handled some of the most significant, far-reaching and complex cases in the field of family law for both UHNW and high-profile clients. Almost all her work has an international dimension. In addition to being technically challenging, Deborah’s cases are often strategically and tactically complex, and require a highly sensitive, skillful and nuanced approach. She is naturally able to make an outstanding contribution in all these areas.

Deepak Nagpal KC

Deepak is a renowned matrimonial finance barrister. Deepak has appeared at all levels in matrimonial finance proceedings, including in the House of Lords and in the Supreme Court. He has acted in some of the biggest and most complicated divorce cases. He has appeared in numerous landmark decisions, such as McFarlane; Charman; Crossley; Radmacher; Juffali; Gray v Work; Sharp; and Akhter. Deepak is frequently instructed in cases not just in London, but around the world in jurisdictions ranging from the Bahamas to Hong Kong.

Elizabeth Selman MICArb

Elizabeth handles the full breadth of financial and private law children issues arising from marital and relationship breakdown. Her finance cases often involve high net worth clients and her children cases frequently involve complex issues often with an international element. This breadth of experience can provide clients with the significant advantage of retaining her for both areas of potential dispute following marital or relationship breakdown. Elizabeth regularly appears with, and against, leading counsel. Elizabeth is an arbitrator undertaking children work.

Elle’s practice encompasses all areas of family law, including private law children, public law children, child abduction and matrimonial finance matters. She joined chambers in October 2019 following completion of her pupillage. Elle also contributed to 1KBW on International Child Abduction with other members of chambers.

Specialises in all areas of family law and has experience appearing at all levels up to and including the High Court.

Frank Feehan KC

Frank has expertise in all areas of family law and is unusual in having successfully represented parties in both financial and children matters, domestic and international, in all levels of court including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in the last 5 years. In those years he has appeared in Sharp v Sharp, the landmark case concerning the approach to short and ‘dual career’ marriages; Mills v Mills, concerning the proper approach to a lifetime maintenance order (heard in the Supreme Court in June 2018); S v A concerning a novel approach to the construction of awards in Sch 1 Children Act cases; Re M (Children) concerning the enforcement of foreign private law orders in the UK; and Re W (A Child) concerning the approach to be taken to domestic adoption cases. Frank has been called to the Bar of the Cayman Islands and has appeared successfully in a number of children and financial cases there in the last few years at both Grand Court and Court of Appeal level. He continues to accept instructions in all aspects of private and publicly funded work.

George specialises in matrimonial finance, Schedule 1 and co-habitation disputes. He is also instructed in private law children proceedings, and as a private FDR evaluator.

Graham Crosthwaite

Graham deals with a broad spectrum of children cases, and has particular expertise in international matters, including child abduction, Wardship, international relocation and jurisdictional issues. Graham’s practice also includes complex care proceedings and private law disputes. Graham also deals with matrimonial finance work.

Harry Oliver KC

Harry took silk in 2020 having been the leading finance junior for many years. In 2018 he was awarded Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year, by Chambers & Partners. He previously won it in 2013 and was shortlisted in 2012. No other barrister has ever been nominated three times and won the award twice. Harry specialises in complex divorce, financial remedies and claims for provision for unmarried parents under Children Act 1989 Schedule 1. His cases usually involve high and ultra-high net worth individuals (including up to £3bn). He has particular experience with complex corporate, trust, tax and business valuation issues, in the UK and overseas. He represents individuals, trusts, trustees and companies and has advised on overseas divorces including in Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Isle of Man. He also advises commercial funders of litigation. He is instructed to advise on pre-nuptial agreements including with international dimensions. He is a qualified and experienced arbitrator and regularly is called upon to preside over private FDRs. Harry has been instructed as an expert witness on English law in foreign proceedings.

Helen is a specialist family practitioner who maintains a deliberate balance in her practice between financial remedies proceedings and private law children disputes.

Imogen Lloyd-Thomas

Imogen specialises in all areas of family law and has experience appearing at all levels including the High Court.

James Turner KC

James Turner KC has a wide and varied practice that has encompassed all areas of family law, criminal law, medical disciplinary work and administrative law. He has appeared in 200 reported cases, including a number of cases in each of his major fields of practice in the House of Lords, Supreme Court or Privy Council – click here for a full list. James is a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple and is recommended in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directories as a Leading Silk in Family work, having appeared as leading counsel in many of the landmark cases over the last two decades in the fields of both finance and children.

James Roberts KC

James is a silk who has been ranked for many years in the professional directories as a barrister specialising in “heavy” and high net worth financial remedy cases and particularly those with an international element. He is extremely numerate and is recognised as being a formidable advocate. He sits as a part-time Judge dealing with complex financial remedy cases. He is Chair of the Family Law Bar Association.

Jay is a senior junior specialising in family and children cases. He is one of only 8 junior counsel ranked as Tier 1 in his field by the Legal 500, where he is described as ‘intelligent’, ‘a brilliant communicator’, and ‘a class act’. Public Law Children Jay has a heavyweight public law practice. Jay frequently appears in the High Court, and is used to dealing with the most serious cases involving non accidental injuries, baby shaking cases, and allegations of forced marriage. Jay is a regular speaker at seminars on these topics. Reported cases Surrey CC and LV and FM and A, B & C [2023] EWFC 186 CQ, DQ & EQ [2018] EWHC 3979 (Fam) F (A Minor: Secure Accommodation Resources) [2017] EWHC 2189 (Fam) Private Law Children Jay is experienced in all aspects of children law, including arrangements for where children live, and who they spend time with. Jay has particular experience dealing with cases involving parental alienation. Jay also deals with leave to remove applications, including leave to remove to India, Hong Kong and Israel. Jay is frequently instructed by professional people, including barristers and solicitors. Jay understands the importance of rigorous confidentiality, and a high level of client service. Child Abduction Jay deals with abduction and other cross border matters, whether under the Hague Convention or otherwise. Jay has dealt with an extremely complex Article 11 case (D v O) following the wrongful retention of a child in Poland. Jay is currently instructed on a difficult point of jurisdiction and habitual residence, opposing the return of a child to China. Reported cases A Local Authority v DZ & Ors [2022] EWHC 3705 (fam) D v O [2019] EWHC 3099 (Fam)

Jennifer Palmer

Jenny specialises in divorce and all areas of family finance, including applications pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. She has experience in cases with high-value assets, complex trust and corporate structures, and cases with international elements. Jenny acts and advises in all areas of family finance, as well as all matters connected to those proceedings such as interim remedies, forum/jurisdiction disputes and issues of enforcement. She has an established and wide-ranging practice including experience as junior counsel in cases involving substantial wealth, offshore assets and issues of jurisdiction. Jenny contributed to the 10th edition of ‘Jacksons Matrimonial Finance’. Prior to joining 1 King’s Bench Walk, Jenny worked as an analyst at a major European hedge fund. She is commercial and confident in dealing with complex financial structures. Cases of interest KV v KV [2024] EWFC 165 Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam) Helliwell v Entwistle (Costs) [2024] EWHC 1298 (Fam) ES v SS (No 2) [2024] EWFC 59 Potanina (respondent) v Potanin (appellant): [2024] UKSC 3 ES v SS [2023] EWFC 177 Barclay v Barclay & Anor [2023] EWHC 1179 Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)

Jennifer Perrins

Jennifer Perrins specialises in private law children work, divorce and finance. She has particular experience and interest in cases involving jurisdictional and international issues. Has appeared as junior counsel in 5 Supreme Court cases concerning international child abduction. Recent notable cases include: Re X (Children)(Article 61 BIIa) [2021] EWCA Civ 1305; G v G (Secretary of State for the Home Department Intervening) [2021] UKSC 9, [2021] 2 WLR 705; Re NY (A Child) (Reunite International and others Intervening) [2019] UKSC 49, [2020] AC 665; Re W (Abduction: Implementation of Return Order) [2019] EWHC 357 (Fam), [2019] 2 FLR 1081 (CA); Lachaux v Lachaux [2019] EWCA Civ 738, [2019] 4 WLR 86 (CA); Re S (A Child)(Abduction: Hague Convention or BIIa) [2018] 4 WLR 108, [2018] 2 FLR 1405 (CA) Jennifer regularly writes articles on family law topics, is a co-author of the recent Bloomsbury publication ‘1KBW on International Child Abduction’, and is a contributor to the latest edition of Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance & Taxation.

Juliet Chapman MCIArb

Juliet’s financial remedy practice includes both big and small money cases. She has particular experience dealing with cases involving an international dimension, often with an element of non-disclosure by one of the parties. Her private law children act practice covers domestic and international relocation, Schedule 1 provision, and those with intractable contact disputes.

A highly regarded specialist family law barrister. She is a popular junior acting in financial remedy and private law children cases, cohabitation claims and domestic violence disputes. With a full spectrum practice, clients can benefit from retaining Kate in respect of a range of family law issues. In addition to her own busy practice, she is regularly led by silks. Kate is personable and empathetic with her clients. She is hardworking and gives pragmatic and intelligent advice. Outside the court room Kate is a robust and effective negotiator. In court she is a persuasive advocate and accomplished cross-examiner. Kate’s skills and approach lead to her instruction by a broad range of clients including very high net worth individuals and high-profile personalities.

Katherine Kelsey MCIArb

Advises and acts in all areas of matrimonial finance. She has experience in dealing with complex cases involving high net worth and high profile individuals. She also advises and acts in relation to claims brought under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Katherine advises and acts in all areas of private law children work. She has experience in dealing with complex cases involving internal and external relocation and intractable contact disputes. A qualified Arbitrator and Mediator.

Over the last five years, Katy has appeared in a significant number of the leading cases in international family law in both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. She appears routinely in the High Court. In tandem with her international practice, Katy undertakes work in matrimonial finance and private law children. She has a keen interest in relocation cases and those involving applications under the Maintenance Regulations.

Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, private law children and child abduction. He is known for being approachable and sensitive to the needs of each particular client. He realises that not everyone wants to deal with their private issues in court and is skilful in negotiating favourable outcomes for clients outside of court. Inside of court, Kelan has considerable trial experience with a particular aptitude for the forensic process and persuasive advocacy, both written and oral. In all cases, he believes in providing sensible and commercial advice at the earliest opportunity and keeping a focus on the outcome throughout.

Laura Moys MCIArb

Laura has a maintained a purposely versatile practice dealing with complex financial and private law children disputes. She is recognised for both her skill as an advocate and her ability to assist her clients to resolve difficult and emotionally-charged cases by agreement. Laura was appointed as a family Recorder (part-time Circuit Judge) in 2018. She is an experienced private FDR judge, provides Early Neutral Evaluations in children cases, and has a keen focus on enabling parties to reach out of court solutions to a range of interrelated family problems. She is also a qualified Arbitrator and Mediator.

Leonie accepts instructions in all areas of family law and has experience appearing at all levels up to and including the High Court. For the 2022- 2023 legal year, Leonie was the judicial assistant to Lord Stephens at the Supreme Court. She gained a unique insight into appeals before the Supreme Court and worked on complex cases at the highest level in multiple areas of law. Prior to joining chambers, she worked as a Research Assistant for the Law Commission (on the surrogacy and wills projects) and completed a training contract at a firm known for matrimonial finance and private children work. Finance Leonie accepts instructions in all aspects of financial proceedings including matrimonial finance, enforcement, variation, applications pursuant to TOLATA 1996 and applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. She has experience of acting both in court and in representing clients at Private FDR. Private Law Children Leonie acts on behalf of all parties in private children disputes concerning contact, residence, relocation, enforcement, and all aspects of parental responsibility. She has acted in private children proceedings following child abduction proceedings and a ‘stranded spouse’ case. Child Abduction Leonie is available to instruct in all stages of child abduction work. Public Law Children Leonie accepts instructions in public law proceedings on behalf of Local Authorities, parents, Guardians, and other family members.

Lucia practises across the full breadth of finance and children work, led by silks and in her own right. She has extensive experience in all areas of matrimonial finance, including cases involving complex trust and company structures. Recent notable cases include: Bloom v Bloom [2017] EWFC B108. She also practises in private and public law children cases, with particular expertise in intractable contact disputes, matters involving complex psychological issues, and extended fact-finding hearings. Prior to joining 1 King’s Bench Walk she was a solicitor in the litigation and arbitration department at Linklaters LLP, and in the family and child care department at a family firm, undertaking her own advocacy.

Mandy practises primarily in matters concerning financial remedy for married and co-habiting couples. She has a particular interest in cases involving third party property interests and trust structures and is regularly instructed on cases involving pre and post nuptial agreements and their enforceability. Ranked in both legal directories over many years, Mandy also has strong international experience, acting on cases with assets throughout Europe, the Gulf region and Asia.

Marcus Fletcher

Marcus has a particular interest in public law – care work – and has appeared in complex and lengthy child protection hearings. Private law – Child Arrangements Orders (formerly contact, residence, specific issues, prohibited steps and parental responsibility). He has experience in relocation and transfer of residence / intractable contact cases.

Markanza Cudby MCIArb

Specialises in all areas of children’s work, both public and private law. Also adoption and child abduction.

An experienced child law specialist, covering both public and private law including international child abduction. She represents parents, Local Authorities and Guardians at all levels of court and undertakes Direct Access work. For the first five years of practice, she also undertook criminal work and feels that the cross examination and witness handling techniques she learnt then gave her a good grounding for her family work; she has further trained as a mediator and collaborative lawyer and so brings strong client handling and negotiation skills to her cases

Max specialises in all areas of family finance. His cases often involve trusts & complex asset structures, jurisdiction disputes and enforcement. Notable reported cases include: 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 He is also a frequent contributor to publications including: 1KBW on Trusts in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, 1st Edition (Co-Author) Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance, 10th Edition (Contributor) 1KBW on Enforcement in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, Forthcoming 1st Edition (Co-Author) Dictionary of TLATA, Forthcoming 1st Edition (Co-Author)

In the field of finance, Millie regularly deals with complex cases and those involving the enforcement or variation of orders. Millie has been led in several high net worth cases, involving non-matrimonial assets, pre-nuptial agreements and international elements. Millie's thriving private law children practice includes cases relating to contact disputes, permanent and temporary leave to remove, and serious allegations of domestic violence. In her public law work, Millie represents parents, local authorities, and guardians, and has acted in cases involving serious allegations of non-accidental injuries and sexual abuse. Millie was the second junior, led by Philip Marshall KC, who represented Tini Owens in her appeal to the Supreme Court.

Naomi Wiseman is a specialist family barrister with a diverse portfolio of public, private and international children law cases. Naomi represents parents, children (through their Children’s Guardians) and local authorities in public law proceedings and parents and Rule 16.4 Guardians in private law cases including child abduction, wrongful removal and stranded spouse cases. She has a particular interest in child rights and often provides expert commentary for national broadcasters, including the BBC and in the national press on key issues surrounding this important subject. She was instrumental in the campaign to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 and end child marriage in England and Wales (Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 and was nominated in the category of Junior Barrister of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2022 for this work. Naomi frequently gives lectures on a diverse range of family law topics and was a visiting fellow at the Cambridge Family Law Centre at the University of Cambridge in 2020. She has an ongoing relationship with the law faculty and provides guest lectures at the university. Naomi has been published in the Family Law Journal with articles on FGM, forced and child marriage and revocation of adoption and in the International Family Law Journal focussing on the use of the wardship jurisdiction for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Prior to practising as a barrister, Naomi worked in a range of roles in Westminster and spent time on the Obama campaign in North Carolina in 2008. She worked as a policy advisor for a leading children’s charity, the National Children’s Bureau and ran the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children.

Nicholas Anderson MCIArb KC

Nick has a practice covering all aspects of financial and private law children proceedings, including child abduction. He regularly represents clients in both the financial and children aspects of their cases. Nick has been involved in leading cases in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and regularly appears in High Court financial and children proceedings. Nick specialises in applications to relocate children (within the UK or abroad) and deals with financial proceedings all levels, involving cases involving pre-nuptial agreements, third party interests and trusts. Nick has been recommended in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for both children and financial work, regarded as having ‘a very agile mind and extremely persuasive style of advocacy'. Nick sits as a Recorder in family cases; he is a Recorder in the Financial Remedies Court, authorised to deal with complex financial work, in addition to sitting in private law and public law children’s work. Nick’s experience in sitting in the Financial Remedies Court means that he is often chosen to conduct Private FDR hearings. Nick is a qualified mediator and accepts instructions on a direct access basis, often following a referral from solicitors. He is a qualified arbitrator.

Nicola maintains a high calibre practice in private children law and financial work. Her financial work encompasses matrimonial finance, Schedule One, international issues and complex substantial asset cases. Her children work includes international relocation, complex disputes involving allegations of harm, mental health issues and parental alienation. A qualified Arbitrator in children cases and sits as a Deputy District Judge in family (CFC and South Eastern circuit) and civil cases.

A specialist family law barrister with particular expertise in matrimonial finance, disputes between cohabitants pursuant to TOLATA 1996 and financial relief under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Perican often appears in high value cases, involving complex trust and business assets, including advisory work in other jurisdictions such as the Channel Islands. In addition to her work involving financial disputes, Perican has significant experience in private law children matters, involving acrimonious contact and residence disputes, as well as matters involving jurisdictional issues.

For many years Peter has been widely recognised as a leading practitioner in matrimonial finance and divorce. Peter is particularly recognised for his advocacy. Legal 500 have described him as “at the top of his game”, “a superb advocate, quick on his feet”, a “fearless and talented advocate” with a “powerful advocacy style”, and who “instils enormous confidence”. Peter is also recognised in the legal directories for his “phenomenal attention to detail”, his “calm and confident manner”, for being “humorous and pleasant to deal with”, and because he “rolls up his sleeves to sort out disputes”. Peter is the Chair of the FLBA’s matrimonial finance sub-committee, which has responsibility for all divorce/financial remedies work within the FLBA. He was first elected to the FLBA National Committee in 2017, and was re-elected in 2020 and again in 2023. Peter sits regularly as a judge for ‘Private FDRs’ and has gained a strong reputation in this field. He is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading provider of Private FDR evaluations, described as “always on top of the papers” and delivering a “thorough and well-reasoned indication”. Peter’s cases often involve high net worth or high profile individuals, complex corporate or trust structures and disputes over jurisdiction, and he frequently appears unled against King’s Counsel.

Philip Marshall MCIArb KC

Consistently ranked as a leading practitioner in the field of matrimonial finance and divorce. Philip is a qualified financial remedies (IFLA) arbitrator. His cases typically involve ultra-high net worth disputes, often involving complex jurisdictional disputes and offshore corporate and trust structures. He frequently advises on and drafts high profile pre–nuptial agreements. Philip appeared in both White v White and Miller; McFarlane in the House of Lords, and represented the appellant wife in Owens v Owens before the Supreme Court. Philip is instructed by the Official Solicitor to represent protected parties in financial remedy cases in the Family Court and Court of Protection.

Richard Harrison KC

A specialist family lawyer with particular expertise in financial remedy applications and international children cases.

Richard Anelay KC

Extensive experience as a silk in large scale matrimonial finance, public and private law child cases and criminal work. Specifically – public law child cases involving all types of harm for LAs, parents and guardians. Private law children work concerning living arrangements, international relocation, adoption and child abduction and criminal work, including serious fraud, murder and sex abuse. Extensive experience as a Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder and Deemster (IOM) including Financial Dispute Resolution hearings, matrimonial finance, public and private law children, adoption, permanent relocation abroad and child abduction cases.

Richard is a leading practitioner in matrimonial finance cases, including cases with very substantial assets and those involving complex jurisdictional issues. He is very experienced with cases involving corporate and off-shore structures, particularly those in which there is an allegation of non-disclosure of assets. Richard also sits as a Recorder in the Family Court.

Samantha Ridley

Samantha is ranked as a leading family barrister. She is an experienced specialist in the field of private law children, high net worth matrimonial finance and in particular in cases with a complex international element. Her breadth of experience offers the significant advantage of strategic advice and representation for clients across all areas of their family disputes.

Stephen Jarmain

Stephen practice focuses on high value money cases and complex private law matters. Stephen’s cases routinely involve an international element and he has experience with high profile work involving national and international news coverage. Stephen has represented clients in proceedings in all levels of court, up to and including the Supreme Court, and has also advised clients litigating abroad. Notable cases include: Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2022] EWFC 16 – Welfare judgment of the President of the Family Division in highly publicised wardship proceedings. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWFC 94 – Final Part III/Schedule judgment of Moor J. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWCA Civ 900; [2021] EWCA Civ 1216 – Appeal of fact-finding judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 1577 (Fam) – Lives with judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 1162 (Fam) – Fact finding judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 660 (Fam); [2021] EWCA Civ 890 – Immunities judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 915 (Fam) – Case management judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 303 (Fam) – Legal services order (LSO) judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2021] EWHC 3305 – Non-molestation application judgment. Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2020] EWHC 2883; [2021] EWCA Civ 129 – Appeal concerning the application of the Foreign Act of State judgment in wardship proceedings Al M (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein and Others) [2020] 2 FLR 493 – Appeal concerning confidentiality and media issues in highly publicised wardship litigation. M (Children) (non-Hague Convention state) [2020] All ER (D) 05 (Mar) – Appeal concerning temporary leave to remove to the United Arab Emirates. Timokhin v Timokhina [2019] All ER (D) 46 (Aug) – appeal concerning the interpretation of costs rules in children proceedings. RJ v Tigipko and others [2019] All ER (D) 117, GT v RJ [2018] EWFC 26 [2018], GT v RJ [2019] 1 FLR 46 – litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal concerning leave to remove and the use of publicity orders as a coercive tool to secure the return of children. Re C (Internal Relocation) [2017] 1 FLR 103 – the leading Court of Appeal authority on cases involving a relocation within the United Kingdom. Re D (a child) (No 2) (recognition and enforcement of judgment: Supreme Court jurisdiction) [2016] 4 All ER 95 – Supreme Court appeal concerning the voice of the child and the jurisdiction of the court to entertain appeals from the Court of Appeal under Brussels IIR. Re OB (Private Law Proceedings: Costs) [2016] 1 FLR 92 – the first reported case in which costs were awarded against a non-party in a private law case. Stephen represented the father, PB, who succeeded in his application for costs on the basis of principles drawn from wider civil jurisprudence. Re S and O (Temporary Removal from Jurisdiction) [2009] Fam Law 114 – case concerning a novel technique for securing the safe return of two children from a non-Hague Convention country. Stephen often appears with or against silks (KCs) in children cases and has written a number of journal articles concerning private law matters.

Tadhgh Barwell O'Connor

Tadhgh’s practice encompasses all areas of family law. He has experience both being lead and in his own cases appearing at all levels, up to and including the High Court concerning complex multi-day hearings: fact findings, final hearings in both children and financial remedy proceedings, and complex international matters regarding Wardship and Hague proceedings. He joined chambers as a tenant in October 2020 following successful completion of his pupillage and has been shortlisted for the Family Law Awards Young Barrister of the Year and Young Pro Bono Barrister of Year as well as being awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to the American Inns of Court.

Tom’s financial relief practice encompasses matrimonial finance, Schedule 1 applications, cohabitation claims and claims under the Inheritance Act. His children law practice includes internal and external relocation, child arrangements disputes and international child abduction.

Victoria has been a specialist family practitioner for many years, having previously also practised in criminal law. She has appeared at all levels of tribunal and against both junior and leading counsel. In public law children cases, Victoria has experience of dealing with cases in which there are the most serious allegations of harm to children. In the private law sphere, Victoria will often deal with both the children and financial aspects of a case on behalf of a client. Her cases often involve an international element.

Victoria Halsall

Victoria’s practice encompasses all areas of family law, from first to final hearing. She has experience representing clients at all levels up to and including the High Court. She is confident acting alone or as a junior.

Zoe specialises in all areas of family law and has experience appearing at all levels up to and including the High Court.