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  1. Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief) – Leading Sets
  2. Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief) – Leading Silks
  3. Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief – New Silks
  4. Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief) – Leading Juniors

Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief) – Leading Juniors

29 Bedford Row Chambers is ‘going from strength to strength’. At senior level, Nicholas Francis QC has ‘excellent legal knowledge’; Timothy Scott QC is ‘excellent for difficult detailed cases involving complex figure work’; and Philip Cayford QC is ‘well versed in sophisticated financial vehicles’. At junior level, Brent Molyneux is ‘an amazing advocate who is pragmatic and commercial’, and Nicholas Allen is ‘hugely responsive, unfailingly courteous and an absolute delight to work with’. Alexis Campbell has ‘fantastic judgement, and is loved by all clients’, and Jonathan Southgate is ‘the pick of the financial ancillary relief juniors’. Other recommended juniors include Richard Bates, Laura Heaton and Jonathan Tod.

1 Hare Court has an ‘abundance of excellent silks and juniors and a clerking team that is unmatched’. At senior level, Ann Hussey QC is noted for her ‘first-rate advocacy, and is excellent with clients’; Philip Moor QCinspires confidence’; and Richard Todd QC is ‘exceptional in every respect’. Deborah Bangay QC is an ‘extremely effective and successful advocate’, and Nicholas Cusworth QC has ‘superb natural advocacy skills and is tactically excellent’. Other recommended silks include Nigel Dyer QC, whose ‘advocacy is excellent’; Valentine Le Grice QC, who has the ‘ability to find a creative solution in any situation’; and recently appointed silk Timothy Bishop QC, who is ‘technically brilliant with a sharp legal mind’. Leading juniors include Emma Sumner, ‘a consummate professional’; Simon Webster, ‘the best junior around at the moment’; and Justin Warshaw, ‘an excellent and persuasive advocate’.

1 King’s Bench Walk is a ‘fantastic set of chambers with excellent barristers at all levels’. These include Barry Singleton QC, who ‘remains a serious, heavyweight player in the field of big financial cases’; the ‘superbCharles Howard QC; and Deborah Eaton QC, who is ‘an impeccable barrister on every level’. Christopher Pocock QC is ‘brilliant’ and ‘lethal with figures’, and James Turner QC is ‘completely unflappable, with tremendous intellect’. At junior level, the ‘extraordinarily cleverRichard Harrison is ‘a High Court judge in the making’; Harry Oliver is a ‘ferocious cross-examiner with a terrific presence in court’; Dominic Brazil is an ‘excellent advocate and a tenacious negotiator’; and Richard Castle has ‘a reassuring gravitas beyond his years of call’. Other recommended juniors include James Roberts, Ian Cook, Caroline Lister and Deepak Nagpal.

QEB is a ‘premier family law set’, and ‘almost without exception, the barristers are exceptional’. The set is also noted for its ‘seamless, professional and courteous’ clerking. Leading light Lewis Marks QC is ‘superb’, Lucy Stone QC is ‘a force to be reckoned with’, and recently appointed silk Stewart Leech QC is a ‘masterful and charming advocate’. The ‘persistent and charmingTim Amos QC is ‘the most technical lawyer of his generation’. The ‘most sought after senior junior’, Elizabeth Clarke undertakes ‘exactly the same work as junior silks’. Other recommended juniors include Sarah Phipps, ‘an excellent advocate with great attention to detail’, and Catherine Cowton, who is ‘charming, intelligent and numerate’. The ‘brilliantJames Ewins recently made a return the Bar.

1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers is a children and ancillary relief set, in which Alexander Chandler is recommended for his family finance expertise.

4 Paper Buildings is predominantly known for its children work, but also has some ‘really excellent people for matrimonial finance cases’. Of these, Jonathan Cohen QC is ‘highly intelligent, numerate and commercial’, and Michael Sternberg QCthinks outside the box and is a great strategist’. Charles Hale is an ‘exceptional performer’ who is ‘outstanding at both children and money work’. James Copley and David Williams are also recommended.

Coram Chambers is noted for its children work. Michael Horton primarily focuses on matrimonial finance and family property.

One Crown Office Row is recommended for matrimonial finance work. David Balcombe QC is an ‘extremely well-respected and well-liked barrister’.

Field Court Chambers covers both children and financial work, with Ruth Cabeza specialising in children and adoption cases. Lucy Theis was recently elevated to the High Court.

Harcourt Chambersattracts bright, competent barristers’, including the ‘excellent and tenaciousDamian Garrido, and Jonathan Sampson, who also excels in children work.

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