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Max Turnell

Max Turnell

Work Department

All areas of family finance.

Position

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)

Career

Max was called to the Bar in 2016, before which he held Visiting Lectureships in Contract Law and the Law of Trusts at King’s College London.

Memberships

Thought Leaders 4 HNW Divorce (Next Gen Founding Committee Member) Resolution’s Brexit Working Party Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (Sunley and Hardwicke Scholar) Family Law Bar Association Society for Advanced Legal Studies (Associate Fellow)

Education

The University of Bristol, LLB (Hons) Law University of Law, BPTC (Advocacy Scholar)

Mentions

London Bar

Family: divorce and financial remedy

LEADING JUNIORS4
Max Turnell –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Max is incredibly pragmatic and thoughtful. He is very good at seeing cases from several different angles and coming to a considered and proportionate solution. His knowledge of the legal precedents is brilliant, especially for someone of his call.’