Clients seek out Barcan+Kirby LLP‘s ’dedicated, experienced, and caring‘ team for advice on issues ranging from family finance matters to public and private child care, child relocation, abduction, and domestic abuse cases. A consortium of lawyers lead the practice: Tom Powles is experienced with child and divorce proceedings, including ones involving allegations of abuse, and also advises on surrogacy matters as well as cases involving gender recognition questions. Kirsten Hale is regularly instructed to act on financial and cohabitation issues as well as child arrangements cases, Clare Cox spearheads the team’s care offering, and Charmaine Moger is well-versed in private law children matters.
Testimonials
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‘I feel they take care of every detail and make things as easy and stress-free as they can. Everyone I’ve been involved with have been so helpful and absolutely fantastic at their jobs.’
‘The team are all deeply committed to their clients and achieving the best outcome for them whether it is through settlement or a contested proceedings. I have seen the team go above and beyond to ensure the clients feel supported and well represented. They are organised in providing bundles and briefs, and I am always pleased to accept instructions from them as I know it will be a good working relationship. ’
‘Kirsten Hale combines a real strength in financial remedies with a genuine concern for her client. She manages cases and expectations really well whilst always striving for the best outcome.’
‘The practice adopt an extremely client-friendly approach. The comprise a large team with specialist expertise across all facets of Family Law, all of whom are extremely responsive. In addition, they have state-of-the-art offices which technologically accommodate high level in-person, hybrid and/or virtual conferencing facilities.’
‘Sarah Marshall is an exceptional family lawyer. Her ability to gain the trust of clients from all backgrounds is outstanding, as is her ability to explain the law in simple terms and to present a variety of options in relation to ways forward. ’
‘Excellent for both public and private law. Robust, pragmatic advice.’
‘The team at Barcan and Kirby LLP are excellent. They are very professional and efficient whilst also being compassionate. ’
‘The Barcan+Kirby Family Team are a dedicated. experienced and caring cohort whose focus on providing good, pragmatic and helpful advice is consistent regardless of whether the client is private paying or publicly funded. The team collaborate and discuss cases at their weekly meetings, which means the client gets the benefit of not just one lawyer's experience but that of the whole team, providing a much wider pool of knowledge and experience. ’
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tom Powles, Kirsten Hale, Clare Cox, Charmaine Moger