Harcourt Chambers is widely regarded as ‘a brilliant chambers with an extraordinary variety of talented barristers’ based in London and Oxford and operating on the Midlands circuit in the field of family and children law. Head of chambers Nick Goodwin KC is ’an exceptional barrister’ whose children work involves both public and private law proceedings, including adoption and placement decisions. He has recently handled several medically complex cases concerning the death of or serious injuries sustained by children. ‘Tenacious advocate’ Aidan Vine KC is regularly instructed in relation to child abduction and care cases, including those involving brain injuries and fatalities. Lucy Fairclough is widely praised for her advocacy style which is ’both effective and disarming’ as well as for building ‘rapport with the most vulnerable clients incredibly quickly’. Natasha Miller has appeared at all levels of the family courts, up to and including the Court of Appeal, while Paige Campbell is a notable name at junior-junior level.
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- 'Matt Molloy is helpful and quick to respond to requests.'
- 'The clerks are extremely helpful and are always available to assist. They are always willing to assist and be flexible when required. Matt Molloy in particular is extremely helpful. '
- 'Harcourt Chambers' clerks are always available and extremely helpful. They are a go-to set of chambers as the standard of counsel is extremely high.'
- 'This set of chambers has very good strength in depth especially in the public law area . Counsel are consistently of a high quality and interchangeable when required with no loss of expertise and competence.'
- 'This chambers has a great strength in terms of quality in the area of family law and there is always a suitable and appropriate advocate to cover a case if your preferred advocate is not available. They have a specialism in family law and high quality from juniors to KCs.'
- 'Harcourt Chambers is a brilliant chambers with an extraordinary variety of talented barristers who specialise in a variety of different areas of law.'
- 'Harcourt is, without doubt, one of the best sets in the country. At every level of seniority its barristers bring true expertise and commitment to their cases.'
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