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London Bar > Family (including divorce and financial remedy) Tier 1
1 King's Bench Walk is ‘an immensely impressive family set at all levels’, standing out for 'its expertise in both finance and private children work.’ The team is very well versed in handling high-value cases involving complex trusts, assets and businesses. The set garners praise for its 'fantastic range of barristers, who are always well prepared and worth their weight in gold'. The 'superb' Charles Howard QC is 'at the top of his game', and Philip Marshall QC is 'extremely polished and charming with a steel backbone, and wins over judges with a mixture of panache and tenacity'. At the junior end, Katherine Kelsey is 'always on top of a case and is never fazed'. The 'phenomenally bright' Deepak Nagpal QC took silk in March 2021, further strengthening chambers at the senior end.
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Set
‘1KBW has a good blend of first-rate children and money barristers.’
‘1KBW has significant strength in depth among its barristers, from the most junior to the most senior. ‘
‘It has great depth at all levels, from silks to the most junior members, for both finance and children work.‘
‘1KBW has excellent strength in depth across all experience levels.’
Clerking
‘The clerks are unfailingly helpful and friendly. They will always do all that they can to make a preferred barrister available and if not available, will always come up with a suitable alternative.’
‘Chris Gittins leads a proactive team.‘
London Bar > Children law (including public and private law) Tier 2
1 King's Bench Walk is a ‘first-class’ set that has a ‘great balance at all levels with a number of real stars in the children world’, and in particular it has been described as a ‘go-to set for child abduction work because of its range of experienced barristers all of whom you can trust to do a good job.’ In Re F Richard Harrison QC, acted in a Court of Appeal case that examined the power of the court to set aside a final return order in child abduction proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention. Deepak Nagpal QC is a 2021 Silk appointment, and also a full member of elite set Temple Chambers in Hong Kong.
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‘A top set, one of the leading for family work.’
‘Excellent set of chambers. It runs an excellent child abduction course on an annual basis which is very informative. The barristers I have instructed from this set are always very well prepared and knowledgeable.’
‘1 KBW has vast strength and depth at every level. Counsel are dedicated, hardworking, always well-prepared and work well in a team with the solicitor. ‘
‘1KBW has excellent breadth of counsel for both financial and children matters. This niche lies in the fact that it truly has pre-eminent experts in both fields under the one roof so a client can feel that their overall needs are being serviced in ‘one stop’. ‘
‘1KBW is a chambers with a wonderful breadth of experience and knowledge. Its annual child abduction conference is excellent.‘
Clerking
‘Great clerks room very responsive.’
1 King's Bench Walk > Set Profile
1KBW is a leading Chambers specialising in family law, with a pre-eminent reputation in this field, both nationally and internationally. 1KBW is consistently ranked by the legal directories in the top tiers of leading sets for family law. 1KBW barristers have been at the cutting edge of the development of family law and have been in most of the ground-breaking cases over the last two decades. 1KBW also has one of the most innovative and experienced Dispute Resolution teams in the country.
1KBW has a dedicated and professional clerking team, led by its Senior Clerk Chris Gittins, which is able to deal with any enquiry and is widely regarded as one of the most helpful and reassuring clerking teams in the field. Also supporting 1KBW barristers is a team of fees clerks, administrators and other support staff.
The Set: 1KBW comprises 60 barristers, including 15 QCs. The set is widely acknowledged to have an unrivalled breadth of talent, with leading and junior practitioners at every level of seniority. As well as some of the most eminent practitioners at the family bar, former members of 1KBW have included Baroness Hale, the current President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, Dame Judith Parker, DBE and numerous other members of the judiciary. The set adopts a highly professional, supportive and responsive service to clients. There is a tremendous sense of commitment at this set, both to the development of the law and to the needs of clients. The clerking at this set is second to none, with highly experienced and dedicated clerks offering a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise, all of which is applied when assisting clients with cases honestly, openly and rigorously.
Types of work undertaken: 1KBW specialises in family law, and our reputation is founded in this field. In matrimonial finance, members of 1KBW have appeared in many of the leading and landmark cases of the last two decades, such as Owens, White, Moore, McFarlane, Miller, Radmacher, Imerman, Charman and many more. Its members continue to act in some of the most high-profile cases in the field of matrimonial finance. In children law, the set boasts many of the current ‘stars’ in this field, both silks and juniors. Members of 1KBW regularly appear in the leading cases across every aspect of children law: private law children, Hague and non-Hague abduction, wardship and care and adoption proceedings. Members of the set also undertake work in the Court of Protection. Their experience in dealing with sensitive public and private children cases and finance cases means that its members have a unique set of skills to deal with Court of Protection work. The set’s history of advocacy in the criminal courts is often said to give it the edge over its rivals within the family courts.
1KBW has one of the most innovative and experienced dispute resolution teams in the country.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Head of Chambers | POCOCK QC, Christopher (1984) | cpocockqc@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Head of Chambers | ROBERTS QC, James (1993) | JRobertsqc@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | SCRIVEN QC, Pamela (1970) | PScrivenQC@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | ANELAY QC, Richard (1970) | ranelay@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | TURNER QC, James (1976) | JTurnerQC@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HOWARD QC, Charles (1975) | chowardQC@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | KIRK QC, Anthony (1981) | akirk@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | NEWTON QC, Clive (1968) | cnewton@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | EATON QC, Deborah (1985) | deaton@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | FEEHAN QC, Frank (1988) | ffeehan@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | MARSHALL QC, Philip (1989) | pmarshall@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HARRISON QC, Richard (1993) | RHarrisonQC@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | McKENNA QC, Anna (1994) | amckenna@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | OLIVER QC, Harry (1999) | HOliverQC@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | NAGPAL QC, Deepak (2002) | dnagpal@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | BUDDEN, Caroline (1977) | cbudden@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HARDING, Cherry (1978) | CHarding@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | LISTER, Caroline (1980) | clister@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CUDBY, Markanza (1983) | mcudby@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | SELMAN, Elizabeth (1989) | eselman@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | FLETCHER, Marcus (1990) | mfletcher@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | McCOURT, Christopher (1993) | cmccourt@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | BAUGHAN, Andrew (1994) | ABaughan@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Members of Chambers | GREEN, Victoria (1994) | vgreen@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CHANDLER, Alexander (1995) | achandler@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CROSTHWAITE, Graham (1995) | gcrosthwaite@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | FOX, Nicola (1996) | nfox@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | ANDERSON, Nicholas (1995) | nanderson@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CASTLE, Richard (1998) | rcastle@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | KELSEY, Katherine (2003) | kkelsey@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HOLMES, Martha (2003) | mholmes@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HARRIS, Caroline (2004) | charris@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | PERRINS, Jennifer (2004) | jperrins@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | TAHIR, Perican (2004) | Ptahir@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | NEWMAN, Peter (2005) | PNewman@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | JARMAIN, Stephen (2005) | sjarmain@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | WATTS, Andrea (2006) | awatts@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | OZWELL, Kate (2007) | kozwell@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | TATTON-BENNETT, Alex (2007) | ATatton-bennett@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | McHUGH, Kelan (2007) | kmchugh@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CHOKOWRY, Katy (2003) | kchokowry@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | MOYS, Laura (2008) | lmoys@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | RIDLEY, Samantha (2009) | sridley@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HARTLEY, Charlotte (2009) | chartley@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CHAPMAN, Juliet (2009) | JChapman@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | GORDON, George (2010) | ggordon@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | PALMER, Jennifer (2011) | jpalmer@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | DANCE, Thomas (2012) | tdance@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | POMEROY, Helen (2012) | hpomeroy@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HARRIS, Frances (2013) | FStratton@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | BENSON, Millie (2014) | mbenson@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | CRIMP, Lucia (2015) | lcrimp@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | SUTCLIFFE, Anna (2015) | asutcliffe@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | TURNELL, Max (2016) | mturnell@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | LLOYD_THOMAS, Imogen (2015) | ILloyd-Thomas@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | HALSALL, Victoria (2017) | VHalsall@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | WILSON, Emma (2017) | EWilson@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | TAIT, Elle (2018) | ETait@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | Barwell O’Connor, Tadhgh (2019) | TBOConnor@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
| Member of Chambers | James, Leonie (2019) | LJames@1kbw.co.uk | 020 7936 1500 |
Barrister Profiles
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| Nicholas Anderson | Nick has a practice covering all aspects of financial and private law… | View Profile |
 | Richard Anelay | Extensive experience as a silk in large scale matrimonial finance, public and… | View Profile |
 | Tadhgh Barwell O"Connor | Tadhgh’s practice encompasses all areas of family law and he has experience appearing… | View Profile |
 | Andrew Baughan | A specialist in criminal litigation. He is described as an “adept and… | View Profile |
 | Millie Benson | View Profile | |
 | Caroline Budden | Caroline’s practice includes public and private law aspects of the Children Act,… | View Profile |
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| Richard Castle | Richard is a leading practitioner in matrimonial finance cases, including cases with… | View Profile |
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| Alexander Chandler QC | Alexander is a leading junior in matrimonial finance, specialising in high net… | View Profile |
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| Juliet Chapman | Juliet’s financial remedy practice includes both big and small money cases. She… | View Profile |
 | Katy Chokowry | Over the last five years, Katy has appeared in a significant number… | View Profile |
 | Lucia Crimp | View Profile | |
 | Graham Crosthwaite | Graham deals with a broad spectrum of children cases, and has particular… | View Profile |
 | Markanza Cudby | Specialises in all areas of children’s work, both public and private law.… | View Profile |
 | Thomas Dance | Tom’s financial relief practice encompasses matrimonial finance, Schedule 1 applications, cohabitation claims… | View Profile |
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| Deborah Eaton | A pre-eminent authority in children law for many years, she frequently handles… | View Profile |
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| Frank Feehan | Frank has expertise in all areas of family law and is unusual… | View Profile |
 | Marcus Fletcher | Marcus has a particular interest in public law – care work –… | View Profile |
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| Nicola Fox | Nicola maintains a high calibre practice in private children law and financial… | View Profile |
 | George Gordon | Specialises in matrimonial finance and co-habitation disputes. He is also instructed in… | View Profile |
 | Victoria Green | Victoria has been a specialist family practitioner for many years, having previously… | View Profile |
 | Victoria Halsall | Victoria’s practice encompasses all areas of family law, from first to final… | View Profile |
 | Cherry Harding | Barrister specialising in all aspects of the law relating to children and… | View Profile |
 | Caroline Harris | Caroline specialises in both criminal and family law and has regular experience… | View Profile |
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| Richard Harrison | A specialist family lawyer with particular expertise in financial remedy applications and… | View Profile |
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| Charlotte Hartley | Reported cases Akhmedova v Akhmedov [2020] EWHC 1526 (Fam) – enforcement proceedings in… | View Profile |
 | Martha Holmes | An experienced child law specialist, covering both public and private law. She… | View Profile |
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| Charles Howard | Barrister specialising in dealing with high net-worth financial disputes, both following divorce… | View Profile |
 | Leonie James | Leonie accepts instructions in all areas of family law. She joined chambers… | View Profile |
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| Stephen Jarmain | Stephen practice focuses on high value money cases and complex private law… | View Profile |
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| Katherine Kelsey | Advises and acts in all areas of matrimonial finance. She has experience… | View Profile |
 | Anthony Kirk | Barrister and mediator specialising in family law with a particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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| Caroline Lister | Family law practitioner who specialises in both high net worth and complex… | View Profile |
 | Imogen Lloyd-Thomas | Imogen specialises in all areas of family law and has experience appearing… | View Profile |
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| Philip J Marshall | Consistently ranked as a leading practitioner in the field of matrimonial finance… | View Profile |
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| Christopher McCourt | Barrister specialising in all aspects of financial remedy proceedings and disputes between… | View Profile |
 | Anna McKenna | Anna is a QC specialising in private and public law children cases.… | View Profile |
 | Kelan Mchugh | Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, private law children and child abduction. He… | View Profile |
 | Laura Moys | Laura has a maintained a purposely versatile practice dealing with complex financial… | View Profile |
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| Deepak Nagpal | Deepak is a renowned matrimonial finance barrister. Deepak has appeared at all… | View Profile |
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| Peter Newman | Praised by the legal directories as a ‘go-to’ barrister for matrimonial finance work. He… | View Profile |
 | Clive Newton | Specialises in all aspects of family law and education law. In public… | View Profile |
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| Harry Oliver | Harry took silk in 2020 having been the leading finance junior for… | View Profile |
 | Kate Elizabeth Ozwell | A highly regarded specialist family law barrister. She is a popular junior… | View Profile |
 | Jennifer Palmer | Barrister | View Profile |
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| Jennifer Perrins | Jennifer Perrins specialises in private law children work, divorce and finance. She… | View Profile |
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| Mr Christopher Pocock | Queen’s Counsel specialising in divorce and matrimonial finance in disputes between high… | View Profile |
 | Helen Pomeroy | Helen is a specialist family practitioner who maintains a deliberate balance in… | View Profile |
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| Samantha Ridley | Samantha has an expertise in matrimonial finance and private law children work,… | View Profile |
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| James Roberts | James is a silk who has been ranked for many years in… | View Profile |
 | Pamela Scriven | Barrister specialising in all areas of children’s law, both public and private.… | View Profile |
 | Elizabeth Selman | Elizabeth handles the full breadth of financial and private law children issues… | View Profile |
 | Frances Stratton | Frances’ practice encompasses all areas of private family law. She enjoys researching… | View Profile |
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| Anna Sutcliffe | Finance/Private Law Children/Public Law Children/Child Abduction | View Profile |
 | Perican Tahir | A specialist family law barrister with particular expertise in matrimonial finance, disputes… | View Profile |
 | Elle Tait | View Profile | |
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| Alex Tatton-bennett | Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance and divorce, and related enforcement proceedings. He… | View Profile |
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| Max Turnell | View Profile | |
 | James Turner | James Turner QC has a wide and varied practice that has encompassed… | View Profile |
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| Andrea Watts | Family specialist with a broad children practice covering care proceedings, adoption, private… | View Profile |
 | Emma Wilson | Specialises in all areas of family law and has experience appearing at… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Jo Pickersgill : Consultant CEO Chris Gittins : Senior Clerk Mark Betts : Deputy Senior Clerk Nicola Cade : Senior Practice Manager Tim Madden : Senior Practice Manager Chris Young : Practice Manager Lewis Hicks : Practice Manager Will Inkin : Practice Assistant Callum Gordon : Junior ClerkLanguages
Hindi French Spanish Greek Turkish Swedish- Family (including divorce and financial remedy)
Top Tier Set Rankings
- Children law (including public and private law)