JUNIOR PROFILE
Max Turnell

Max Turnell

UK Bar 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Max specialises in all areas of family finance. Max regularly deals with cases involving trusts & complex asset structures, claims under Schedule 1, TLATA and Part III, jurisdiction disputes and enforcement issues. He is comfortable both on his own or as a junior in a larger team.

Max’s reported cases include:

· Barclay v Barclay [2023] EWFC 164

· Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)

· AA v AHM [2021] 4 WLR 58

· JB v MB [2020] EWFC B69

· MWH v GSH [2020] 2 FLR 71

· Re A [2019] 2 FCR 673

· Aziz v Aziz [2017]

Career

Max was called to the Bar in 2016, before which he held Visiting Lectureships in Contract Law and the Law of Trusts at King’s College London.

He attended:

• The University of Bristol, LLB (Hons) Law

• University of Law, BPTC (Advocacy Scholar)

Professional Memberships

• Thought Leaders 4 HNW Divorce (Next Gen Founding Committee Member)

• Resolution’s Brexit Working Party

• Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (Sunley and Hardwicke Scholar)

• Family Law Bar Association

• Society for Advanced Legal Studies (Associate Fellow)

Publications

Aligned with his practice, Max is also a frequent contributor to family law publications including:

• Trusts in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, 1st Edition (Co-Author)

• Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance, 10th Edition (Contributor)

• Enforcement in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings, 1st Edition (Co-Author)

• Dictionary of TLATA and Inheritance Act Claims, 2nd Edition (Co-Author) and forthcoming 3rd Edition.

Personal

Tennis, cycling, skiing and reading

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Family: Matrimonial Finance - London (Bar)

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Max Turnell is noted for his specialty in family finance law. His work covers Schedule 1 and TOLATA disputes often of a high-value and highly publicised nature.

Strengths

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  • A fantastic advocate, who is appealing to judges and clients due to his calm and authoritative manner.

    Family: Matrimonial FinanceUK Bar
  • Max can cut through all the detail and come out with a clear solution to the problem.

    Family: Matrimonial FinanceUK Bar
  • An excellent barrister who is committed to his cases. Max is great with clients and tenacious in court.

    Family: Matrimonial FinanceUK Bar
  • Max presents matters in a way that clients can comprehend. He is authentic in his delivery of advice and in his general approach.

    Family: Matrimonial FinanceUK Bar
  • He is very kind and caring, and he has a good knowledge of the law.

    Family: Matrimonial FinanceUK Bar

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