About

Provided by Moore Barlow LLP

With offices in London, Richmond, Woking, Guildford, Southampton and Lymington, we’re well-placed to support clients in high net worth (HNW) hubs across London and the Home Counties. Our team handles complex financial remedy cases involving trusts, business interests, pensions, inherited wealth and volatile assets (including tech/startup shares), both in the UK and overseas.

We advise HNW clients on pre- and post-nuptial agreements, often coordinating “mirror” agreements across jurisdictions. Our children work includes complex issues such as parental alienation, international relocation, child abduction, and safeguarding concerns including abuse or substance misuse.

Unlike family law boutiques, we work closely with in-house specialists in private wealth, tax, corporate, and litigation to offer a holistic, seamless service- particularly valuable in HNW matters.

We champion non-court solutions, including mediation and collaborative law, and have a standout team led by Hall of Fame mediator Karen Barham. We also offer Accord, our unique “one couple, one lawyer” model for non-contentious separations.

Our expertise extends to modern family issues- advising on cohabitation, Schedule 1 and TLATA claims, surrogacy (domestic and international), and alternative family structures- areas in which few firms operate with confidence or depth.

Chambers Review

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Family/Matrimonial - The South

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Moore Barlow houses an impressive team of lawyers acting on high-value, complex financial disputes arising out of marriage or relationship breakdown. The team demonstrates particular experience in matters involving corporate assets, properties, inherited wealth and trusts both in the UK and offshore. It also acts on complex private law children cases with a particular focus on child arrangement orders and relocation cases. The firm has additional experience in high-value nuptial agreements, TOLATA proceedings and pension arrangements. Moore Barlow has offices in Guildford, Richmond, Southampton and Woking.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Judith Ball
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Judith Ball
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Band 1

Judith Ball is a market-leading practitioner based in the firm's Southampton office. She focuses on matrimonial finance cases with a particular emphasis on those involving cross-border issues, as well as business and pension arrangements.

Judith has a wealth of experience and is a joy to work with on cases.

Judith is totally amazing.

Judith is exceptional. She shows great client care and deals very nicely with the other side.

Joanna Farrands
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Joanna Farrands
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Band 2

Joanna Farrands heads the family law offering at Moore Barlow from its Guildford office. She is collaboratively trained and maintains a diverse practice that sees her advise on high-value divorce finance cases, nuptial agreements and private children matters.

Joanna is the go-to in the Surrey area. She is excellent - if I was getting divorced I would go to her.

Victoria Walker
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Victoria Walker
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Band 3

Victoria Walker is based in Richmond and tackles financial remedy and children proceedings relating to the breakdown of marriages as well as disputes between unmarried couples.

I found Victoria approachable and professional, as well as quite pragmatic.

Jan Galloway
Jan Galloway
Spotlight

Jan Galloway is a consultant and mediator based in the firm's Richmond office. She mediates a broad range of disputes concerning divorce and other family law issues.

Karen Barham
Karen Barham
Spotlight

Karen Barham is a highly experienced and well-regarded family mediator. She comfortably handles both children and matrimonial finance cases and is based in the firm's Guildford office.

Karen is one of the best mediators in the country.

Karen has good client skills and a good instinct for an outcome. 

Ranked Lawyers at
Moore Barlow LLP

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The South

Family/Matrimonial

Judith Ball
1
Judith Ball
1
Band 1
Joanna Farrands
2
Joanna Farrands
2
Band 2
Victoria Walker
3
Victoria Walker
3
Band 3
Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR

Jan Galloway
Jan Galloway
Spotlight
Karen Barham
Karen Barham
Spotlight

Members

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Beverley Cullis

Candida Purser

Charlotte Millard

David Hodgson

Erin Lyon

Joanna Farrands

Joanna Farrands

Head of Department

Kate Crabtree

Laura White

Louise Barretto

Natalie Dunn

Sian McKernon

Sophie Wallace

Industries

Provided by Moore Barlow LLP

Child abduction

Children (private law)

Cohabitee disputes and separation agreements

Divorce and civil partnership dissolution

Domestic abuse and injunctions

Family finance and property issues on divorce/separation

International family law

Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements