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The outstanding specialist family law set (The Legal 500). Chambers prides itself on having been the family law market leader in every legal guide for every year since those guides were first published. It is a position earned and retained by an unrivalled expertise in relationship generated disputes. A large proportion of the specialist matrimonial money Silks in England and Wales are at 1 Hare Court. They have an array of talent at every level among the juniors. The annual Chambers Seminar is an important fixture in the family law year which all the top professionals attend, providing up-to-date analysis of the law from the sets expert barristers.

The set: Chambers traces its history back more than 200 years. Its former members include Law Lords and Lords Justice of Appeal. Recent past members include Baroness Butler-Sloss and Sir Nicholas Wall, former presidents of the family division, Lord Justice Thorpe, High Court Judges, Nicholas Mostyn and Philip Moor and former High Court Judge Mary Hogg.

Members write or contribute to the leading text books and leading periodicals. It is the home of the leading practitioners work Rayden & Jackson. Chambers now numbers 12 Silks, 31 juniors and an 11 strong clerks team.

Types of work undertaken: Chambers provides cutting edge expertise at every level. Recent important Supreme Court private family law cases have been dominated by members of chambers; whether in international divorce (where Nigel Dyer QC and Eleanor Harris were for the successful Mrs Agbaje), the nine Justice Supreme Court decision in Radmacher v Granatino (where Richard Todd QC and Geoffrey Kingscote were pitted against fellow member of chambers, Nicholas Mostyn QC) or before seven Justices in the case of Petrodel v Prest (where Richard Todd QC and Stephen Trowell acted for Mrs Prest). Martin Pointer QC was also recently in the cases of Sharland and Vince v Wyatt in the Supreme Court. Martin Pointer QC and Nigel Dyer QC have also been involved in cases in the Privy Council and Tim Bishop QC and Nicholas Cusworth QC have just been against each other in Work v Gray, a case concerning special contribution.

Members of chambers have had an active part as advocates in all the most celebrated divorce cases of recent years: White, Cowan, Lambert, Miller, McFarlane, Charman and McCartney. 85% of the hundreds of reported cases referred to in At a Glance have had involvement by members of chambers. Obviously the higher court cases attract greater publicity but chambers maintains a strong representation at every level of litigation and, increasingly alternative dispute resolution.

The majority of Chambers work takes the form of resolving disputes on divorce, both financial and regarding arrangements for children. The breakdown of civil partnerships or property disputes arising from unmarried parties cohabitation also represents an important part of Chambers work. Hare Court has an excellent reputation in drafting nuptial agreements. 1 Hare Court also deals with a large number of international jurisdiction disputes and members of chambers have acted in many of the leading authorities in this field.

In addition to traditional court work, Chambers has a strong offering in private dispute resolution services. 1 Hare Court offers private mediation services through a large and expert team of specialist barrister-mediators. Chambers has been at the forefront of the new family arbitration movement and has the largest number of family law arbitrators under one roof. Senior members of Chambers regularly act as evaluators in private FDR hearings, and some members are also associates of collaborative law pods.

Chambers also has an impressive international presence with its members providing representation or expert evidence in many other jurisdictions. In the last ten years members of Chambers have acted in 30 foreign jurisdictions. In recent years members of Chambers have been found advocating in cases as geographically far apart as the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.

Members are supported by a highly efficient clerks room run under the supervision of Steve McCrone. They won the Clerks Team of the Year award in 2015.

Barrister Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	Jude Allen	All areas of family law, with a focus on matrimonial finance, cohabitation…	View Profile
	Rebecca Bailey-Harris	Barrister specialising in family law. Important cases include: Miller v Miller; McFarlane…	View Profile
	Deborah Bangay	Barrister specialising in money, private children work and pre-nuptial agreements. Cases include:…	View Profile
	Timothy Bishop	Barrister specialising in financial remedies and matrimonial jurisdiction disputes; cases include: Xydhias;…	View Profile
	Nicholas Carden	Barrister specialising in financial remedies, including cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements; Inheritance Act;…	View Profile
	Rebecca Carew Pole	Barrister specialising in divorce; ancillary relief; private law children disputes; cases include:…	View Profile
	Tom Carter	Barrister specialising in all areas of family law.	View Profile
	Katherine Cook	Specialising in all areas of private family law, including financial remedy proceedings;…	View Profile
	Kyra Cornwall	Family law barrister.	View Profile
	Nicholas Neville Grylls Cusworth	Chair of the Family Law Bar Association 2012-2013 and head of chambers…	View Profile
	Katharine Davidson	Barrister specialising in family law.	View Profile
	Nigel Dyer	Barrister specialising in financial remedy claims across a broad spectrum, ie big…	View Profile
	Nichola Jayne Gray	Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, family provision and property disputes between cohabitees.	View Profile
	Eleanor Harris	Barrister specialising in all areas of family law.	View Profile
	Ann Hussey	Barrister specialising in family law, primarily high-net-worth cases including farming.	View Profile
	Madhavi Kabra	Family law (including divorce, ancillary relief and children law). Case includes Traversa…	View Profile
	Christian Edward Mackenzie Kenny		View Profile
	Geoffrey Kingscote	Barrister specialising in financial remedies applications, particularly those involving marital agreements and…	View Profile
	Lily Mottahedan	Lily joined chambers as a tenant in October 2013 following the successful…	View Profile
	Richard Sear		View Profile
	Roger Gavin Abbey Smith	Barrister specialising in financial remedies on divorce; domestic and international enforcement; jurisdiction…	View Profile
	Rachel Spicer	Barrister specialising in all areas of family law, including matrimonial finance, Private…	View Profile
	Emma Sumner	Barrister specialising in ancillary relief and private child disputes.	View Profile
	Richard Todd	Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, Trusts of Land Act, Married Women’s Property…	View Profile
	Stephen Trowell	Barrister specialising in financial relief ancillary to divorce, private Children Act work,…	View Profile
	Joshua Viney	All areas of family law with a focus on financial remedies.	View Profile
	Justin Warshaw	Barrister specialising in all aspects of divorce work; cases include: MET v…	View Profile
	Simon Webster	Barrister specialising in all areas of private law family disputes with a…	View Profile
	Nicholas Wilkinson	Practises in matrimonial finance; private law children; jurisdiction matters; TOLATA’96; FLA’96. High…	View Profile
	John Wilson	Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, professional negligence, inheritance claims, trusts, and matrimonial…	View Profile
	Christopher Wood	Barrister specialising in family law, mostly ancillary relief; cases include: A v…	View Profile
	Nicholas Yates	Nicholas specialises in financial remedy cases (including civil partnership and Schedule 1…	View Profile