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Alex Aspinwall

Alex Aspinwall

Alex Aspinwall joined FOURTEEN as a tenant following a three-month probationary tenancy ending in December 2022. He now welcomes instructions in all areas of family law and has experience acting for clients at first instance and appellate levels.Alex is regularly instructed in complex financial remedy proceedings acting both alone and as junior counsel. Alex has advised and appeared in proceedings involving issues of 3rd party intervenors (individuals and corporate bodies), disputes as to assets held under trust and property held internationally. He regularly appears in First Appointments, FDRs, and Final Hearings as well as developing a busy practice in providing pre-action advice.Alex has a particular interest in cases involving an international element. Alex has recently acted in numerous Forum and Jurisdiction disputes and prides himself on providing robust and pragmatic advice at an early stage of proceedings. International disputes concerning Forum,  Jurisdiction and application of the DMPA 1973 are a topic in which Alex has an active academic interest, and he has provided training/lectures on the same. Alex regularly provides seminars and training sessions to solicitors and welcomes the opportunity to engage with the academic side of family law in the form of unusual cases or novel issues.Alex has appeared in a number of reported cases. Most recently, Alex represented the applicant mother in AB v CD [2025] EWHC 3657 (Fam) before Mr Justice Williams. The hearing marked the culmination of long running proceedings and Alex obtained findings of domestic abuse against the father leading to a favourable contact order.Alex has experience conducting protracted fact-finding and final hearings in private child law proceedings. He recently represented the applicant father in the reported matter of Re A-M & Anor [2023] EWFC 124, a case involving significant allegations of abuse across multiple jurisdictions. He further appeared in the reported matter of The Mother v The Father [2024] EWFC 139.Alex is also Direct Access qualified.
Andrew Austin

Andrew Austin

Andrew Austin practises exclusively in family law, with a particular focus on financial remedies and private children disputes. He is recognised in The Legal 500 for both areas of practice on the South-Eastern Circuit. He is known for his pragmatic approach, clear advice, and ability to manage sensitive issues with care In financial matters, Andrew acts in cases ranging from cases involving modest assets to more complex disputes. Andrew has been instructed at every stage of the financial remedy proceedings including on applications for MPS and enforcement proceedings. In private law children work, regularly represents parents in cases involving allegations of domestic abuse, including controlling and alienating behaviours. His cases have included diagnoses of narcissistic traits and where s.91(14) orders have been considered appropriate. He has been instructed in both internal and international relocation cases. He also has extensive experience in applications for under the Family Law Act 1996 for non-molestation and occupation orders. Andrew accepts instructions from solicitors and on a direct access basis. He has delivered lectures and seminars on recent developments in both financial remedy and private law work. Approachable and calm under pressure, Andrew is valued for his measured advocacy and his commitment to achieving fair, workable outcomes for his clients.
Clare Bishop

Clare Bishop

Clare has a thriving and busy practice across the spectrum of family law, welcoming instructions from both solicitors and Direct Access clients under the Bar Public Access Scheme.Clare was shortlisted in 2024 for two prestigious awards. In February 2024 she was shortlisted by Advocate for Pro Bono International Barrister of the Year. In June 2024 she was shortlisted for Family Law Young Barrister of the Year. Clare is praised for her empathetic approach, meticulous preparation and her robust written and oral advocacy which regularly achieves positive outcomes for her clients.Clare has appeared for clients at all stages of proceedings including in complex multi-day fact-finding and final hearings and in international cases in the High Court. She has appeared against Counsel of all levels of seniority including KC’s.
Ben Boucher-Giles

Ben Boucher-Giles

Ben’s expertise is primarily in high-value, complex matrimonial finances cases, particularly those involving an international element. Ben also has a wealth of experience in private law children disputes with particular experience in cases of international and domestic relocation and cases concerning serious allegations of physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children.  Ben is widely considered to give direct advice in an approachable fashion. He is known for being well prepared and is particularly adept in handling cases with complex legal issues or where robust cross-examination is required.  Prior to joining FOURTEEN, Ben had a successful practice in the North East of England and retains strong links there.  Ben has acted for clients in proceedings in all levels of court, up to and including the Supreme Court.
Dominic Brazil

Dominic Brazil

Dominic is a family law specialist who also has expertise in dealing with disputes involving co-owned property. He is regularly instructed by intervenors in matrimonial finance cases. He is a leading junior in matrimonial finance cases who has been ranked in band 2 in Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. He has particular experience of dealing with financial remedy cases involving pre-nuptial agreements, international elements including jurisdiction disputes and other potentially complicating factors such as trusts (both UK and international), bankruptcy, partnerships and companies.Whilst matrimonial finance cases are a principal area of practice, Dominic also has significant experience of Children Act disputes (both Private and Public Law) and Schedule 1 Children Act Cases.
Gillon Cameron

Gillon Cameron

Gillon is a specialist family law practitioner recommended by The Legal 500 and by Chambers and Partners in both Matrimonial Finance and Children categories. He accepts instructions via solicitors and, where appropriate, directly from a client via public access.  His practice has a strong emphasis on financial remedies and disputes between cohabitants involving trusts of land. He also has wide experience in cases involving dissipation of assets, financial provision for children and foreign elements.  He is available to provide advice, to draft court documents, and to provide representation at court in relation to all areas of family financial disputes and disputes about arrangements for children, including representation of parents who are fighting to ensure appropriate contact with their children.
Rachael Cassidy

Rachael Cassidy

Rachael practises in all areas of family law, accepting instructions in matrimonial finance, cohabitation disputes, public and private law cases concerning children, applications for injunctive relief under the Family Law Act 1996 and cases with an international dimension. Rachael’s practice includes cases in the Family Court and High Court. Prior to coming to the Bar, Rachael worked as a qualified secondary school teacher through the Teach First programme and volunteered as a caseworker for the National Centre for Domestic Violence. She has experience of working with a wide range of clients and her previous experience enables her to bring an empathetic but focused approach to her cases.
Stephanie Coker

Stephanie Coker

Stephanie has a busy private family practice, with a particular interest in financial remedies matters involving nuptial agreements and reciprocal enforcement of orders (incoming and outgoing). She accepts Direct Public Access instructions. She prides herself in her personability and ability to give clear and commercially minded advice to clients. She is a robust advocate who is frequently commended for her attention to detail and understanding of the issues. In addition to her practice, Stephanie has acted as an Associate Lecturer at Kent Law School where her teaching responsibilities spanned across Land Law, Family Law, and Foundations of Property. Outside of practice, she regularly prepares case summaries for the Financial Remedies Journal. She enjoys providing seminars on areas of interest and offering training to solicitors.
Joan Connell

Joan Connell

Joan practices in public law children cases and has a wealth of experience representing local authorities, parents, grandparents, and Guardians. It is this breadth of representation that enables Joan to see the case from different perspectives and pass on her depth of experience to her client. Joan brings calm and compassion to her cases and is regularly chosen to represent teenagers who are separately represented. Joan has experience of serious non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, factitious or induced illness and alienation cases. She also has considerable experience of care cases with an international element including transfer of proceedings under the 1996 Hague Convention. Joan has considerable experience of international private and public law cases when acting for local authorities, parents, and children. Since Brexit Joan has been involved in the transfer of public law cases to other jurisdictions under the 1996 Hague Convention including Albania and Romania. Joan also has considerable experience of cases involving the assessment of relatives abroad.
David Dura SC

David Dura SC

David Dura joins FOURTEEN from Waratah Chambers (Australia). David Dura was admitted as a Solicitor in 1998 and spent 4½ years at a suburban Family Law firm before making the move to join the New South Wales Bar. Admitted to the Bar in 2002, David first commenced practice at Edmund Barton Chambers before joining Waratah Chambers as one its founding members in 2008. David was appointed Senior Counsel in 2023. David offers advice and representation on all areas of parenting and property matters, following the breakdown of a marriage or de facto relationship. He also has experience in domestic violence matters and proceedings commenced under the Succession Act (NSW). Prior to his appointment as Senior Counsel in 2023, David was named by the Doyle’s Guide as one of the preeminent Family & Divorce Law Junior Counsel in Australia.
Grace Garrett-Sadler

Grace Garrett-Sadler

Grace is a specialist family law practitioner, who balances work in financial remedies with private law children disputes. Grace is ranked in the Legal 500 for her work in financial remedies, and her work in this area includes married and unmarried couples, with Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 proceedings and applications for financial relief after a foreign divorce under Part III of the MFPA 1984. In respect of private law children dispute, Grace’s practice often involves allegations of parental alienation and sexual offenses. Her practice also often includes applications concerning internal or international relocation. Grace continues to accept instructions in applications under the Family Law Act 1996.
Michael Glaser KC

Michael Glaser KC

Prior to his call to the Bar, Michael worked in finance for five years and then qualified as a commercial solicitor specialising in intellectual property law. Michael transferred to the family Bar in 1998 and practises a wide range of family work including ancillary relief, trusts and cohabitation disputes, and Children Act matters, together with associated civil matters. Within his ancillary relief work, which is the principal area of his practice, he specialises in cases which have particular complexities including trusts, bankruptcy, partnerships and companies. Michael is able to accept instructions on a direct access basis and he regularly gives lectures in relation to recent case law developments.
Sophia Gonella

Sophia Gonella

Sophia Gonella joined FOURTEEN in September 2023. Having completed a specialist pupillage in matrimonial finance at another leading set, she has particular experience in financial remedies, cohabitation disputes, and ToLATA claims. Sophia is rapidly developing a busy and varied practice across the spectrum of family law and provides representation and advice at any stage in proceedings.Sophia has a particular interest in ToLATA proceedings and cohabitation disputes. Prior to joining the Bar, Sophia taught Trusts and Equity, Land Law, and Family Property at Durham University and completed her 50,000-word thesis on trusts of the family home and the ‘familialisation’ of property law. Sophia is highly equipped to navigate issues relating to trusts and cohabitation disputes in practice and represents clients in proceedings under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.Sophia is regularly instructed in financial remedy proceedings. She frequently appears in FDRs and Final Hearings and has been commended for her robust negotiation skills, adept handling of complex cases, and attention to detail. She has successfully represented clients at both interim and final hearings involving enforcement, orders for sale, international freezing orders, and disputes as to assets held in trusts.Sophia also appears in cases with an international element and particularly welcomes instructions in proceedings under the Hague Convention 1980 and Brussels II Revised (‘legacy’ and enforcement cases).Sophia is often instructed in private children proceedings, engaging in protracted fact-finding hearings, final hearings, and hearings concerning urgent applications. She recently appeared in the reported case of DV v ZV (Application for relocation to Poland) [2024] EWFC 283 concerning an application for relocation to Poland. On several occasions she has appeared in the High Court in proceedings under the Children Act 1989, involving complex issues which often include a multijurisdictional element. She has also appeared in the High Court as junior counsel to Michael Glaser KC in the reported case of Re A v B (Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 778 before Mr Justice Cobb.
Declan Harris

Declan Harris

Declan Harris became a tenant at FOURTEEN in October 2025 following the successful completion of his pupillage. Declan has a growing practice across the full spectrum of family law. He has acted in multi-day fact-finding hearings, drafted advice in financial remedy proceedings, and is frequently instructed for final hearings. He appears regularly in the Family Court in private law children matters, Family Law Act applications, and financial disputes. He is experienced in managing cases involving allegations of domestic abuse and complex factual issues.
Rachael James

Rachael James

Called in 1992, Rachael is a very experienced family law practitioner specialising in all aspects of the law relating to children at all levels of court.  Rachael places a strong emphasis on client care and has a friendly, approachable style, giving firm and realistic advice. Rachael is regularly instructed to represent parents and rule 16.4 Guardians in complex private law proceedings and has expertise in contentious and intractable contact disputes.  Rachael’s recent cases have included private law adoption applications and she is regularly instructed where there is a need for a fact-finding hearing. Rachael represents local authorities, parents and children in public law proceedings and is regularly instructed in complex cases, involving non-accidental injury, serious sexual, physical and emotional abuse, death of a child and adoption.  She is very experienced in representing parents with mental health and cognitive difficulties.  Recent cases have involved an international element, including where there is a need for assessment of relatives living outside the jurisdiction and placement of children abroad.
Seema Kansal

Seema Kansal

Seema is a much sought-after junior in all areas of family law (finance and children) and is regularly instructed to deal with the most complex of cases. She is a seasoned advocate with a particular focus on private family and matrimonial finance work. She has been led by silks in family law matters. She appears in all courts including the Court of Appeal. She advises and represents clients not only in the UK but also clients who are abroad and who consult her through the arrangements for Public Access. Seema has a solid reputation as a tenacious advocate who leaves no stone unturned in working towards achieving the best result for each client. Seema’s clients value her client care, her patience and attention to detail in the most complex of cases, and her robust and effective advocacy. Once instructed, she is often retained by her clients who are always impressed by not just her commitment but also her success rate. Seema is accredited to accept work under Public Access (also known as direct access) in suitable cases. She is a hot favourite for Public Access work as she is able to build a rapport and a relationship of trust and confidence very quickly. She also, very often, obtains excellent results.
Anu Lal

Anu Lal

Anu joined FOURTEEN as a tenant after successful completion of her pupillage in October 2024. She maintains a busy practice across all areas of family law. Anu prides herself on her thorough preparation, her keen eye for detail and commitment to her work. She has excellent client care skills and will go the extra mile to explain complex concepts and proceedings to lay clients with clarity and simplicity. Her approachable manner and experience in working with mental health service users allows her to quickly build rapport with vulnerable lay clients. She has been instructed by the Official Solicitor where her lay client lacked litigation capacity. Anu is frequently instructed in financial remedy proceedings at all stages including final hearing. She has provided advice and representation in an application for financial relief after a foreign divorce under Part III of the MFPA 1984. In private children proceedings, Anu is regularly instructed in cases involving allegations of alienating behaviours, domestic abuse including sexual abuse. She has also appeared in the High Court on a matter involving a question of forum conveniens. Outside of her practice, Anu sits as a Board Member of Bridging the Bar, a charity committed to improving diversity at the Bar. Before completing pupillage, Anu worked for the Inns of Court College of Advocacy as well as Bridging the Bar and carried out work in non-legal roles such as project management and recruitment within mental health social work.
David Merrigan

David Merrigan

David Merrigan’s practice at the Bar is a broad spectrum of all aspects of family law. He is noted for his pragmatic approach, focused advocacy and supportive manner with clients.David has written various professional articles on a variety of family law issues; and presented numerous lectures and seminars on case law updates in both private and public law.David has a particular interest in the education of future barristers; and works with the Bar Standards Board in setting and marking examination questions, on the topics of civil litigation and ethics.
Christopher Miller

Christopher Miller

Christopher practices exclusively in family law and areas related to the breakdown of family relationships, such as applications brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 and TLATA 1996.  He is renowned for his meticulous attention to detail, persuasive advocacy and sympathetic, but direct, manner with clients. Christopher has presented numerous lectures and seminars on diverse topics such as financial provision under sch 1 of the CA 1989, forensic testing for alcohol abuse, circumventing nuptial contracts, international relocation of children and parental alienation. Christopher has been appointed to sit on the Ethics and Legal Advisory Committee to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Christopher regularly appears on behalf of parents and children’s guardians in cases involving complex expert medical evidence and/or disputed scientific evidence. He also has a particular interest in public law cases which have an interface with immigration or international issues. Christopher is instructed to act on behalf of parents and children in the most complex of private law disputes, often involving alleged alienation and/or serious allegations of parental abuse. He has extensive experience of litigation concerning the proposed permanent international relocation of children. Christopher regularly represents high net worth clients and appears in cases that involve issues such as foreign assets, trusts, nuptial agreements, linked POCA proceedings and complex business assets. Christopher has been interested in the international movement of children and the conflict of laws from the outset of his career. He has represented clients in reported cases concerning the Hague Convention (abduction of children), Brussels II Revised (when in force) and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations at both High Court and Court of Appeal level.
James Mulholland

James Mulholland

James Mulholland practises in children law, representing parents, family members, intervenors and children in complex public and private proceedings. He is regularly instructed in cases involving significant allegations of physical, sexual and domestic abuse, including lengthy fact-finding and welfare hearings. James is instructed in cases with an international dimension, including child abduction and applications for the permanent or temporary relocation of children. He is also instructed in applications for injunctive relief under the Family Law Act 1996. He is recognised by Chambers and Partners and is ranked as a Leading Junior in The Legal 500, which notes: “James can skilfully and appropriately cross-examine both very vulnerable and very difficult lay parties. He is meticulous and a brilliant advocate.”
Ewan Murray

Ewan Murray

Called to the Bar in 2008, Ewan practices exclusively in the private client elements of family law.  He provides advice and acts for clients on the financial and children aspects of relationship breakdown under Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, and Children Act 1989.  Ewan provides pragmatic and straightforward advice while maintaining an empathetic approach to his clients.  Ewan has represented clients in courts of all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal. As well as conventional Court proceedings, Ewan has represented clients in arbitration, private FDRs and round table meetings.
Jack Phillips

Jack Phillips

Jack joined FOURTEEN as a pupil in October 2023. Prior to pupillage, Jack worked as a paralegal at Burgess Mee working on private family matters and then at Hertfordshire County Council where he worked on public law matters. Jack volunteered as an advocate with Communities Empowerment Network representing students and their families faced with school exclusions. Jack has volunteered as an Appropriate Adult with the Hertfordshire Youth Justice Service supporting young people under arrest. He has also spent time in Cape Town volunteering for a Law and Human Rights Office at their law clinic and in local townships. Jack was awarded a High Distinction certificate for his work. During the first Covid-19 lockdown Jack worked as an advice and advocacy officer at POhWER, an advocacy charity, supporting people in Hertfordshire to access services. Jack then took on a role ensuring everyone classed as clinically vulnerable in Hertfordshire were contacted and provided with necessary assistance. Jack received the Quartercentenary Scholarship from Middle Temple and the University of Law’s Conference Module Prize.
Ulrike Ramsay

Ulrike Ramsay

Ulrike Ramsay has a busy practice comprising of financial remedies and private children work, as well as applications under the Family Law Act 1996. In terms of financial remedies work, Ulrike is frequently instructed on matters of complexity such as cases concerning foreign properties, company assets, intervenor claims, as well as conduct cases, in particular cases concerning financial and/or litigation misconduct. Before coming to the Bar, Ulrike worked as a paralegal at Burgess Mee Family Law where she assisted with high-value financial remedy cases. In terms of private children work, Ulrike regularly represents parents, Guardians and other family members in a wide range of applications such as contact/residence disputes, schooling issues, urgent applications to prevent the removal of a child from a parent’s care/the jurisdiction, as well as cases concerning allegations of domestic violence.
Tatiana Rocha

Tatiana Rocha

Tatiana has quickly developed a successful practice across all areas of family law, regularly appearing at all levels up to and including the High Court. Tatiana frequently represents clients at multi-day fact-finding and final hearings, which often concern allegations of domestic abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, threats to kill, and controlling and coercive behaviour. One of her recently published High Court appearances was following a complex fact-finding hearing in which all findings sought were made out. BB v CC [2024] EWHC 2693 (Fam) Tatiana has a keen interest in proceedings involving an international element, and has recently successfully represented a client seeking to relocate internationally. Final Hearing, Application for relocation to Poland [2024] EWFC 283 (B) In Financial Remedy Proceedings, Tatiana is sought for her astute understanding of complex cases and robust approach to achieving the best outcome for her client. Tatiana has recently appeared in two High Court cases – a fact-finding hearing at which the findings sought were made out BB v CC [2024] EWHC 2693 (Fam), and a final hearing at which the High Court considered the question of when parental responsibility should be terminated BB v CC [2025] EWHC 959 (Fam).
Gayan Samarasinghe

Gayan Samarasinghe

Gayan acts in both private and public law children proceedings. He acts in a broad range of cases including international relocations, in fact-finding hearings concerning serious allegations of harm, and in cases involving allegations of parental alienation. Gayan is frequently instructed in family finance cases and is often instructed in claims involving intervenors, in TOLATA cases, and cases involving companies. He was recently successful in a seven day final hearing involving six parties to a dispute over the beneficial ownership of two properties.
David Sharp

David Sharp

David Sharp was educated at Oxford University and has been in private practice at the Bar in England and Wales for over 36 years, specialising for the last 26 years in family work and cohabitation disputes. David has been involved in several high profile cases that have attracted the attention of the national media, and a number of other cases at the forefront of legal developments in the field of family law. David also has a wealth of practical experience in relation to the realities of family life, having been married for 34 years and having 5 children.
Mandy Short

Mandy Short

Mandy practices in all areas of family law in respect of children. She has extensive experience in private children law disputes and care proceedings. Mandy is also a trained mediator. Mandy deals with all aspects of private children law, including applications for Child Arrangements Orders and contested relocation applications – both within and outside the jurisdiction. Mandy accepts instructions from all parties to proceedings, including on behalf of children, represented through their Children’s Guardians under rule 16.4. Mandy has provided advice and representation in cases concerning the recognition of foreign marriages and divorce. In public law children matters, Mandy represents local authorities, parents, grandparents and guardians. Mandy is regularly instructed in very complex matters, and has considerable experience in cases involving alleged non-accidental injury, complicated medical evidence, fabricated illness, sexual abuse cases, neglect and female genital mutilation.  Mandy frequently encounters applications within care proceedings for Special Guardianship Orders. Mandy has experience in acting in cases with an international element, including applications for international relocation.  Mandy receives instructions where the Court is considering international adoption and is instructed in child abduction cases brought under the Hague Convention. Mandy is extremely adept at identifying the issues in a case from the very start and providing robust representation and advice to clients. She is able to ensure that clients understand not only the legal process, but what is expected of them during that process; she is able to build a good rapport with clients.
Joanna Smith

Joanna Smith

Joanna Smith joined FOURTEEN as a tenant after successful completion of her pupillage in October 2019. Joanna maintains a diverse practice covering all areas of family law with a focus on private children, public law and financial remedy cases. She regularly represents parents, grandparents as well as those seeking or opposing non-molestation and occupation orders. Joanna prides herself on her thorough preparation, attention to detail and ability to build a rapport quickly. She maintains a kind and compassionate approach whilst giving clear advice and has worked with a wide range of clients in her children and financial work. Before joining chambers Joanna worked as a paralegal at TV Edwards LLP where she built her knowledge of financial remedy and private children litigation, as well as forging valued professional connections. Joanna regularly appears for parents and grandparents in a wide range of applications including disputes over shared care, schooling, foreign travel and the urgent return of children retained in breach of an order. Joanna has particular experience representing parents in contested hearings regarding allegations of domestic abuse, child abuse, historical sexual abuse, and controlling or alienating behaviours. She also regularly represents parents seeking and opposing relocation applications. Joanna regularly acts in care proceedings for parents, grandparents and children through their Guardians at all stages of proceedings. She is experienced at navigating a range of issues including chronic neglect, domestic abuse, substance misuse, mental health and cases where the children are at risk of child sexual exploitation. Joanna represents clients in a broad range of financial remedy disputes including applications on divorce, cohabitee disputes under TLATA 1996 and applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Joanna has acted in cases involving third party interests, interim maintenance and LSPO applications.
Damian Stuart

Damian Stuart

Damian Stuart is a specialist in proceedings under The Children Act 1989 primarily representing parents and children in care proceedings. Formerly a solicitor (admitted in 1998), he transferred to the Bar in 2009 and has been part of the FOURTEEN family since 2013. As a solicitor, Damian was a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel and held higher rights of audience (civil proceedings). Since 2023 Damian has been an Arbitrator qualified to sit in proceedings relating to children. For further information on when Arbitration, rather than the traditional court route, may be the right solution, please see IFLA. Damian is said to have a sympathetic manner with clients and is known for his tenacious, thorough and forensic manner. His presentation of legal arguments (whether in writing or orally) has won praise from judges.
Holly Symonds

Holly Symonds

Holly Symonds specialises in the law relating to the financial consequences of relationship break ups. This includes applications under the MCA 1973, Part III of the MFPA 1984, Schedule 1 of the CA 1989 and TLATA 1996. She is known for being tenacious, hardworking but also fair and especially adept at dealing with vulnerable parties including those who lack litigation capacity.  Further, Holly has considerable experience in representing parties in disputes relating to children. Holly draws on her considerable experience to achieve excellent results for her clients. She has written articles for the Family Law Journal, Financial Remedies Journal, Family Law Week and contributed to the Lexis Nexis Expert Panel and other blogs. She frequently speaks publicly in webinars, at events and most recently in an episode of the Law and Disorder podcast. In 2020-21, Holly was a judicial assistant in the High Court Family Division.
Martin Ward

Martin Ward

Martin Ward draws upon his extensive experience of not only family law but also his commercial and business law background to offer specialist advice and advocacy with an emphasis on achieving pragmatic and cost-effective outcomes in both private children and family finance disputes.  In appropriate cases, Martin will accept instructions directly from private clients under the Bar’s Public Access scheme.  Martin is a qualified Arbitrator (MCIArb) and member of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators.
Matthew Warmoth

Matthew Warmoth

Matthew Warmoth has a diverse family law practice. He acts for a range of clients at all stages of financial remedies proceedings. Matt also has an interest in Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 proceedings. He is frequently instructed in private law matters and is comfortable providing representation and advice at any stage in proceedings. Matt continues to represent parties in injunctive relief proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996.Matt is developing a busy practice within London and throughout the country. He regularly appears in the High Court and the Family Court. Matt prides himself on his thorough preparation of cases, his detailed legal knowledge and his ability to provide simple, practical and creative advice in all cases. He provides lectures and seminars on developments in family law.