About

Provided by The 36 Group

We are experts in all areas of family law, from family finance to the welfare of children. We approach every case with sensitivity, respect for our clients, and fearless advocacy.

As one of the leading sets of chambers for family law nationally and internationally, our barristers are known for their tenacity and are frequently involved in complex and challenging cases. But no matter the status or value, we treat every case with the same determination to succeed for our clients.

We have also been recognised for our expertise in family-chancery crossover work and as pioneers in alternative dispute resolution.

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Family: Children - London (Bar)

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

A renowned set that handles a wide range of public and private family proceedings. Members appear in both matrimonial finance and children cases for clients who include high net worth individuals, celebrities, politicians, and members of the general public. Matters of the greatest complexity are handled including those complicated by the presence of trusts, assets, pensions and tax issues. Individuals here also appear in highly sensitive children proceedings, many of which include serious allegations of abuse, FGM, parental alienation and drug use. The set is further noted for having specialist expertise in disputes involving unmarried couples. Commentators note: "36 Family has experienced counsel across all levels." Another adds: "It has a very good offering of high quality barristers, who have a wealth of experience of handling all aspects of private family law."

Danny Chapman is the senior clerk.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Hannah Markham
Hannah Markham
Star Individuals

Hannah Markham KC focuses on sensitive children matters in the public and private law spheres. Her practice has a strong international focus and she is fluent in Spanish. She is well versed in the most serious care cases as well as matters concerning international relocation.

I thought she was outstanding. I appreciated her awareness and approach throughout the case.

She's an outstanding advocate, probably one of the busiest lawyers I've ever worked with, but one who will always give you her time. She is one of the best at what she does.

She will fight for the underdog in any case and she knows what justice means for her clients.

Hannah is amazing with clients and has a great manner in court. She is a brilliant tactician and strategic planner, who creates a fantastic team approach on cases.

Clients let themselves open up to her. She's so good at building relationships.

William Tyler
William Tyler
Star Individuals

William Tyler KC is a well-regarded silk specialising in both public and private children law proceedings, and an expert in jurisdiction issues. He is noted for his experience in handling proceedings involving serious allegations. Tyler has experience of handling, among others, matters involving molestation and human rights abuses.

The King of family law. He is respected massively and phenomenally hands-on with the solicitors.

Will Tyler is a top rate advocate and children practitioner - judges listen to him and clients love him. A delight to work with.

Clients love him. While he is kind and charming, he also cuts through the noise effortlessly and is highly effective.

Kate Tompkins
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Kate Tompkins
1
Band 1

Kate Tompkins is a children law specialist who handles both private and public law issues. She has particular expertise in cases where a serious allegation is made against one parent and the other seeks full custody. Her practice has seen her receive instructions in matters with jurisdictional disputes.

She was very well prepared, presented exceptionally well in court and her orders were detailed and quick.

She's always focused on what's best for the child.

An outstanding junior who is very good with the clients. She has a gravitas well beyond her years. Judges like her sensible no-drama common sense approach to all matters.

Kate is an excellent advocate who cuts through issues with laser-like focus and is unmatched in cross-examination.

Martin Kingerley
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Martin Kingerley
1
Band 1

Martin Kingerley KC is an experienced family practitioner who focuses his practice on surrogacy and fertility matters. His expertise also extends to adoption, fictitious illness cases and placement disputes. Kingerley has represented clients before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Martin Kingerley is approachable and takes a collaborative approach.

His technical knowledge and judgement are second to none. He is calm, measured and a pleasure to work with.

Smooth and succinct advocacy; judges love him.

Martin has the most extraordinary manner about him. He is mesmerising and absolutely brilliant.

Niki Langridge
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Niki Langridge
1
Band 1

Niki Langridge exclusively practises in the matrimonial finance sphere, handling moderate to high net worth financial remedy cases, many of which have fact-finding or asset issues attached to them. She is a qualified collaborative counsel and mediator, offering services in ADR. Langridge has particular expertise in high-income cases involving a high level of disputed maintenance.

Niki is a go-to barrister for high earning clients. She is so savvy when handling complex finances and her judgement is spot on.

Niki Langridge gains the client's trust and is sensible and commercial in her advice and approach.

Niki is as good as it gets. She is astute, insightful, deeply analytical and someone who has a wonderful way with clients.

She is first class and one of the best senior juniors there is. Her preparation and presentation of the case are both outstanding.

She has a deep corporate knowledge which stands her in good stead for the sort of work which she regularly undertakes. She is destined for higher things.

Rhys Taylor
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Rhys Taylor
1
Band 1

Rhys Taylor is a family barrister who receives praise from commentators particularly for his pensions knowledge. He has additional expertise in TOLATA disputes, and is adept at assisting with cases which have international elements. He is also frequently instructed in cases with complex company and trust structures.

A very experienced barrister with particular expertise in pension-related family cases.

Rhys creates a comfortable environment which puts everyone at ease. His judgement is sound and his views are always perfectly justified and fully explained.

Chris Carr
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Chris Carr
2
Band 2

Chris Carr specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown, and has experience of dealing with tricky, technical issues such as pension and company assets, trusts and international complications. He is also instructed to handle cases concerning Schedule 1 applications.

Chris Carr is a wise head on young shoulders. He is very good with difficult clients and has the patience of a saint.

Chris is always a hit with clients. He is excellent with instructing solicitors and always brings a new dimension to a case.

I love Chris's no-nonsense approach - he gets to the issues quickly and with ease. He cleverly distils complex issues and presents them concisely and persuasively.

A deeply intelligent barrister. He sets out each case clearly, succinctly and with great authority.

Hannah Jones
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Hannah Jones
2
Band 2

Hannah Jones is a matrimonial finance junior, who is quickly establishing her practice and is praised for the quality of her advocacy. She is adept in matters which involve properties, businesses and pension structures. Jones has experience in financial remedies disputes with jurisdictional issues.

Clients love her and feel safe with her. You want her on your team.

Hannah is a very safe pair of hands - clients love her enthusiasm and completely trust her advice.

A superb advocate, who is balanced but very strong in his views and highly informative. He's fantastic with clients.

Andrzej Bojarski
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Andrzej Bojarski
3
Band 3

Andrzej Bojarski is a well-regarded family practitioner specialising in complex, high-value financial disputes following relationship breakdown, who has particular expertise in cases involving offshore trusts and chancery matters. He also acts as a family arbitrator and mediator in finance proceedings. His international profile has seen him instructed in cases in places as far afield as the Middle East.

Andrzej is incredibly intelligent and knowledgeable. He is a skilful advocate and his drafting and submissions are concise and extremely effective.

He brings great insight to complex financial matters and has a vast reservoir of knowledge.

An excellent silk, who is thoroughly likeable whether for or against you. He is tactically very incisive.

A pleasure to work with. He has an incredible eye for detail and an excellent way with clients.

In Andrzej Bojarski KC, you have a silk who can match the best in London. He knows the law inside out and is a very calm and collected advocate.

Chloe Kenvin
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Chloe Kenvin
3
Band 3

Chloe Kenvin is a practitioner who specialises in financial remedy disputes, often involving overseas assets. She routinely handles matters with non-disclosure, trust structure and company valuation issues.

Chloe is an effective advocate who has a calming and reassuring manner. This enables her to build great rapport with instructing solicitors, clients and judges.

As an advocate, she is polite and calm, but also robust and a real fighter when she needs to be.

Chloe is a top-class family barrister. She gives sound advice in a no-nonsense way.

Kate Grieve
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Kate Grieve
3
Band 3

Kate Grieve is regularly instructed in complex public and private law children's proceedings, often involving sensitive issues of parental alienation. She particularly specialises in cases involving severe abuse and also acts in adoption cases.

Kate is simply amazing. She is always there for the client and works collaboratively with the team.

A really safe pair of hands. Kate is sensible, well prepared and someone who gives realistic advice. She is good at managing high maintenance clients.

Clients feel safe with her, both in court and outside of court. She has an amazing ability to make people feel at ease and to feel heard and supported.

Kate's is an excellent advocate whose attention to detail is second to none.

Kelly Webb
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Kelly Webb
3
Band 3

Kelly Webb is a barrister with recognised experience in high-conflict children disputes, with additional expertise in appellate matters. She focuses her practice on abduction and parental alienation, and routinely acts on sexual abuse allegations. She also acts on cases with parallel criminal proceedings.

Kelly is a go-to for public law children work; her calm approach fills her clients with confidence.

Kelly is fierce when on her feet.

Rebecca Rothwell
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Rebecca Rothwell
3
Band 3

Rebecca Rothwell frequently acts on behalf of clients on trust-related mandates and financial remedy disputes with non-disclosure issues. Rothwell is also instructed on multi-jurisdictional and cohabitation disputes. She is additionally equipped to handle cases involving high-value pension and business assets.

Rebecca is a brilliant advocate, who has a wonderful manner with clients. Her advice is always spot on.

Rebecca has a clear, straightforward approach that put clients at ease. Her case preparation is exceptional and she works hard for her clients.

Rebecca is very approachable and supportive throughout and beyond the life of a case. She is a very strong advocate who applies a fantastic balance of hand-holding and informative firmness to clients.

Her written notes for hearing are detailed yet clear and concise, and her oral presentations have an understated eloquence which makes her arguments all the more compelling.

Rebecca is well prepared, diligent, calm at all times and excellent with clients. She is friendly and approachable to client and solicitor alike.

Ben Mansfield
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Ben Mansfield
4
Band 4

Ben Mansfield is a specialist in both public and private children law, who has experience of handling landmark test cases and a number of matters that are international in nature. He has particular expertise in relocation cases.

Ben has a very clam and measured approach.

Ben is a formidable advocate, who is articulate, incisive and fearless. He has an ability to pitch arguments in a way that resonates with judges.

Ben Mansfield is calmness personified and is somehow able to unpick the most complex of knotty children cases.

Gavin Lyon
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Gavin Lyon
4
Band 4

Gavin Lyon is a matrimonial finance practitioner specialising in financial remedy disputes. He frequently acts on behalf of wives and husbands in cases with numerous complicating factors, including property assets, pension funds, and multiple jurisdictions. He has expertise in Schedule 1 applications and cross-border work.

Gavin is a very solid counsel, who has an exceptionally calming manner with clients.

He's very detailed, very thorough and very personable.

Gavin Lyon is always meticulously prepared and delivers advice in a way that clients understand and accept.

Gavin is practical, approachable and astute. He's a pleasure to work with.

George Harley
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George Harley
4
Band 4

George Harley is a financial remedies and private children law practitioner who frequently represents parents in the context of family disputes. He focuses his practice on highly sensitive cases, usually those involving allegations of parental alienation and relocation disputes. Harley is frequently sought out by clients whose cases have cross-border dimensions.

George always has a sharp focus on securing excellent outcomes, and he has the adaptability to achieve his aims whether by constructive negotiations or powerful advocacy.

George is always very committed to his clients and their cause.

George punches above his weight and has excellent client management skills.

George Harley is a charming, eloquent and effective barrister. He is calm under pressure and able to manage a difficult client while ensuring a positive outcome.

Gerald Wilson
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Gerald Wilson
4
Band 4

Gerald Wilson focuses his practice on family and property law, and is a true expert in the financial aspects of relationship dissolution. His practice covers cases which have tax, asset and jurisdictional angles to them. Wilson is particularly highly regarded for his expertise in matters involving same-sex couples.

Gerald is a go-to counsel for complex money matters.

The depth of knowledge that Gerald has is unbelievable, and his ability to simplify very complex financial issues is unrivalled.

He has excellent drafting skills.

Lauren Lanson
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Lauren Lanson
4
Band 4

Lauren Lanson is a specialist family finance barrister. Her expertise extends to TOLATA work, schedule 1 proceedings and Children Act applications. She is frequently involved in cases involving trusts, companies and pension arrangements.

Lauren is absolutely brilliant. Her ability to see the bigger picture from the very beginning sets her apart.

Lauren is superb with clients. Her natural warmth puts them at ease and it is always obvious to them that she is fighting their corner.

A sensible, rigorous and client-focused barrister, who always has her eye on the big picture.

Lauren Lanson is a robust litigator and advocate who thinks two steps ahead. She is also exceptional at dealing with very emotive clients, bringing an air of calm to the trickiest of cases.

Lauren is very commercially-minded and knows when to push a point and when to concede. She is tough in court and great with clients.

Madeleine Whelan
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Madeleine Whelan
4
Band 4

Madeleine Whelan specialises in complex children law matters. She has a very varied practice that finds her acting in cases covering care orders, abuse and non-accidental injuries. Whelan also has impressive knowledge of growing matters such as surrogacy and LGBTQ+ family issues.

A brilliant advocate, who is charming with clients and an excellent all round family lawyer.

Madeleine is forceful, tactical and not someone who concedes points easily, Brilliant at cross-examination, sensible and very organised in her approach, she will undoubtedly be a silk of the future.

Maddie is exceptional and has a natural way with clients even in very difficult situations. She is fierce on her feet and has an obvious flair for family law and a desire to succeed.

Marc Samuels
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Marc Samuels
4
Band 4

Marc Samuels focuses his practice in matrimonial finance. He acts in complex cases that involve disputes over assets, trusts, inheritance and corporate structures, as well as the novel area of cryptoassets. Samuels is regularly sought to represent clients in cross-border matters.

Marc Samuels is thorough and clear on financial matters, and offers excellent client care.

Marc is a fantastic barrister. He makes both the client and solicitor feel as though they are in very capable hands.

Marc is exceptional for his year of call. Clients love him and he is always extremely well prepared.

He is quick to identify issues and offer strategic advice which can help achieve early settlement, although he is also a tenacious litigator when he needs to be.

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Sabuhi Chaudhry
4
Band 4

Sabuhi Chaudry is a private law children practitioner who specialises in the representation of parents in proceedings in the Family Court. Her cases often include addressing the needs of the family in matters relating to sensitive issues such as severe mental health problems and sexual abuse, or allegations of domestic violence and coercive control.

An excellent lawyer and advocate.

Just brilliant on all aspects of complex children cases where domestic abuse is an issue.

Sabuhi is an exceptionally persuasive and effective advocate, who possesses a unique ability to handle complex cases.

Sabuhi's attention to detail, meticulous preparation and ability to understand the layers and dynamics of a case mean she really truly brings over the fullness of the case in its entirety.

Ranked Barristers at
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Silks (KC)

London (Bar)

Family: Children

Hannah Markham KC
Hannah Markham KC
Star Individuals
William Tyler KC
William Tyler KC
Star Individuals
Martin Kingerley KC
1
Martin Kingerley KC
1
Band 1
Family: Matrimonial Finance

Andrzej Bojarski KC
3
Andrzej Bojarski KC
3
Band 3

Juniors

London (Bar)

Family: Children

Kate Tompkins
1
Kate Tompkins
1
Band 1
Kate Grieve
3
Kate Grieve
3
Band 3
Kelly Webb
3
Kelly Webb
3
Band 3
Ben Mansfield
4
Ben Mansfield
4
Band 4
George Harley
4
George Harley
4
Band 4
Madeleine Whelan
4
Madeleine Whelan
4
Band 4
4
Sabuhi Chaudhry
4
Band 4
Family: Matrimonial Finance

Niki Langridge
1
Niki Langridge
1
Band 1
Rhys Taylor
1
Rhys Taylor
1
Band 1
Chris Carr
2
Chris Carr
2
Band 2
Hannah Jones
2
Hannah Jones
2
Band 2
Chloe Kenvin
3
Chloe Kenvin
3
Band 3
Rebecca Rothwell
3
Rebecca Rothwell
3
Band 3
Gavin Lyon
4
Gavin Lyon
4
Band 4
George Harley
4
George Harley
4
Band 4
Gerald Wilson
4
Gerald Wilson
4
Band 4
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