UK Guide 2026 : South West
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Goughs
The Family Team has extensive experience in handling a wide range of family law matters. They can provide specialist advice related to separation and divorce, children matters, finance and pensions, domestic abuse, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. They focus on understanding clients’ needs and priorities, developing a strong rapport with them and becoming their trusted advisor for legal and non-legal matters.
The team's recent work includes:
● Matrimonial finance disputes including high value matters, farming cases and business disputes – department co-works closely with firm’s private client and commercial teams, and external advisers where required, to provide necessary expertise and service to clients.
● Private law children cases including complex areas such as parental alienation, addiction, social services involvement, international and internal relocation, and third party applications.
● Domestic abuse including coercive control.
● Trusts of land and cohabitee disputes including third party claims.
● Nuptial agreements (both pre- and post-) and cohabitation contracts.
● Pensions on divorce including the splitting on complex military pensions.
The team also operate within the firm's sectors and provide specific and tailored advice to those within the armed forces, individuals who own work or operate within the agriculture sphere and have a dedicated focus on supporting clients whose work falls in the land and development field.
Provided by Chambers
Goughs is adept at handling complex divorce proceedings and related financial disputes. The team regularly assists with challenging private law children cases and offers further experience in negotiating prenuptial and cohabitation agreements. The firm has a number of offices around Wiltshire.
Provided by Chambers
The team have always been able to provide realistic advice for their clients and ensure that expectations are always managed accordingly.
They have a very open approach that allows you to feel in control, but also protected and feeling like your best interests are being cared for.
I was offered invaluable advice that allowed me to make informed decisions.
Above all, the firm was willing to listen and get results at my pace.
Goughs have developed and enhanced an impressive family team.
Provided by Chambers
Ross Phillips frequently assists with private children cases, prenuptial agreements and financial disputes.
Ross has a very firm and very robust style.
I felt like Ross went above the expected level of support.
Ross is superb in terms of his client care and his focus on achieving excellent outcomes for his clients.
Thomas Boyce regularly assists clients with financial disputes arising from divorce and also has experience in children and domestic abuse matters.
Tom is knowledgeable and personable.
Family/Matrimonial
Family/Matrimonial
Provided by Goughs
Matthew Drew
Head of Department
Natalie Kemp
Mark Hood
Alice Blackmore
Georgia Holmes
Georgina Catlin
Natasha Miller
Rhianna Cole
Hannah Francis
Amelia Cruise
Hannah Conway
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