Hall Brown Family Law fields an ‘excellent team at every level’, headed up by Izzy Walsh, who is ’a tour de force’ whose practice involves international cases with complex corporate and trust structures, as well as nuptial agreements. Catherine Bell, ‘an empathetic and pragmatic lawyer’, has notable experience in domestic and international surrogacy issues alongside high-net-worth financial remedy cases.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘Izzy Walsh is extremely capable. She makes full use of her commercial background when formulating her case strategy and is a very effective fighter.’

  • ‘Izzy Walsh, the managing partner, is truly excellent. She knows the law as well as most barristers and leaves no stone unturned in her cases - a tour de force.’

  • ‘Excellent team at every level. Hardworking associates who know their cases inside out, and partners who know when to be fully involved or when it is best to have a light touch. Genuinely clever individuals.’

  • ‘Izzy Walsh is super bright, strategic and no-nonsense.'

  • ‘Great example of a boutique firm that has grown, whilst maintained the feeling of a small firm.’

  • ‘Catherine Bell is an empathetic and pragmatic lawyer who is loved by her clients and by barristers.'

  • ‘Hall Brown have a great small team who are highly effective at delivering good value and pragmatic advice in the full range of family law matters from high-net-worth cases to more straightforward matters.’

  • ‘Izzy Walsh is a fantastic lawyer. She is responsive and willing to go the extra mile for clients and instructing lawyers. She provides very good value advice and is somebody that I and my colleagues are very happy to refer matters to.’

Work highlights

  • Advised a client in respect of the prospects of appeal of the first instance decision of his Part III claim.
  • Successfully applied for and was granted a legal services order for a client in respect of his legal costs of the appeal.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Izzy Walsh

Other key lawyers

Catherine Bell