Moore Barlow leverages its network of offices across Richmond, Woking and Guildford. Its expertise spans financial disputes, often involving international assets, complex business structures and inherited wealth, and children matters. The group is noted for its standout focus on parental alienation, an area in which practice head Joanna Farrands is a key name. Karen Barham is praised as ‘one of the best mediators in the country’, offering the one couple one lawyer model. Beverley Cullis advises clients on both domestic and international surrogacy agreements as part of the team’s modern families offering which also supports unmarried families.
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‘A great niche firm who provide a excellent, attention to detail service to their clients. Really user friendly to work with and prepared to go the extra mile for their clients.’
‘Victoria Walker is an excellent family lawyer: a very safe pair of hands with great judgement and tremendous client care skills.’
‘A fantastic law firm, specialising in family matters in the Guildford area. They deal with the full range of family issues and offer sensitive, careful advice to clients. They are very solution driven.'
- 'Erin Lyon is a rising star and one to watch. Erin undertakes work which is beyond her years of call, with ease and intellect.’
‘Victoria Walker is everyone's ideal of a fantastic family lawyer. Thoughtful, sensible, bright and brilliant with clients. A ready smile and easy manner with clients and opponents alike, in even the most difficult of cases.’
‘Karen Barham is an imaginative and brilliant mediator bringing a real talent to solving difficult and challenging family breakdowns. She has a real knack of taking clients with her. Technically brilliant with a fine attention to detail. Charismatic and persuasive mediator. A tremendous lateral thinker. Extremely good at negotiation. Always popular with clients.'
‘I find their approach to their clients less corporate, and their service has a personal feel to it. Their interactions feel tailored to the specific client who is often going through an difficult personal experience.'
- 'Karen Barham is in my view one of the best mediators in the country. She is quite simply brilliant and is a leading light in the legal community both locally in Surrey and nationwide.'
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Practice head
Joanna Farrands
Other key lawyers
Victoria Walker; Mandy Spring; Beverley Cullis; Erin Lyon