Claire Howell
‘Claire is a highly skilled and very ambitious advocate. She is very focused on achieving the best outcome possible for a client and works very hard to try to achieve this.’
St Mary’s Chambers
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Specialist family law set St Mary’s Chambers is praised for its ‘top-rate’ barristers, and it is home to ‘fantastic barrister’ Sara Davis, who was originally called to the Bar in Canada, and head of chambers Claire Howell, who is sought after by local authorities and guardians. Judy Claxton‘s practice exclusively focuses on public children law work, and she is especially skilled in handling proceedings surrounding significant and fatal injuries, as well as significant allegations of sexual abuse. Laura Martin undertakes both private and public law work, with expertise in proceedings surrounding forced marriages and FGM; she is highly praised as ’extremely intelligent, quick on her feet, empathetic and understanding with clients‘. 2024 saw Steven Veitch,Marie Huggins, and Sarah Beasley join the set to considerably bolster its family law offering. Zoe Henry, as was, is now a circuit judge.
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Sara Davis
‘Sara is a fantastic barrister, as she is so easy to work with, great with clients and really knows her stuff. She is kind, gentle, understanding and patient, and she is a brilliant advocate.’
Anita Thind
Ben Clulee
‘Ben is extremely knowledgeable regarding the law and his calm and sensitive approach makes him stand out. His robust, yet caring approach, helps to resolve the case in the best interests of the child, and he clearly puts a lot of thought into his advocacy, whether that is cross-examination or submissions.’
Steven Veitch
Judy Claxton
Joshua Hazelwood
Kathryn Moran
'Kathryn is an exceptionally diligent, thorough and hard working advocate, and she regularly volunteers to take on tricky additional tasks to improve the presentation of the case and to take pressure off her instructing solicitor. Her advocacy is further enhanced by the quality and thoroughness of her preparation, meaning that she is never caught out and rarely on the back foot as a result.'
Laura Martin
‘Laura is an all rounder. Extremely intelligent, quick on her feet, empathetic and understanding with clients and a force to be reckoned with when required.’
Marie Huggins
Stephen Williams
'Stephen is a thorough and articulate advocate who advances his client's case with passion and skill. He is very personable and puts clients at ease through difficult situations.'
Vickie Hodges
Victoria Lovett
'Victoria is a brilliant advocate and great with clients. She builds rapport with clients and supports them in a way that few others can.'