Cripps‘ ’excellent and experienced’ London family offering is headed up by Alex Davies: ‘robust, and good at the detail of cases’, Davies represents a range of high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Simon Donald provides ’practical, tactical, reasonable advice’ to clients, including unmarried couples. The group's non-court dispute resolution options include Camilla Hooper, who is a qualified mediator.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘An excellent and experienced family team. Clients have absolute confidence in them. Very astute approach, shrewd judgement and effective.'

  • ‘Cripps have made huge efforts to grow their London offering and with Alex Davies at the helm as Head of Department, they have made huge steps in the right direction.'

  • ‘Alex Davies is rightly recognised as a Leading Individual and has built the family team up in a way that others can only try to replicate. He is one the best Lawyers I have ever had the pleasure and fortune of working with.'

  • ‘Simon Donald has given practical, tactical, reasonable advice in respect to Family proceedings.'

  • 'Simon Donald has great knowledge & experience, he always explains everything very clearly, with good communication at all times.'

  • ‘The family team at Cripps is collaborative in its approach.'

  • ‘Alex Davies is robust, and good at the detail of cases. Equally he avoids labouring poor points, and works collaboratively where appropriate.’

Work highlights

  • Advising the successful appellant in Savage v Savage [2024] EWCA CIV 49 – defining the law in circumstances where there is a dispute as to property or land entitlement, establishing the court is not bound to only take into account the views of the majority beneficial owner(s).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Davies

Other key lawyers

Simon Donald, Camilla Hooper, Helen Fisher