Family: Children | UK Bar

Birmingham-based 3PB Barristers is a well-regarded set with a formidable reputation in matrimonial finance and children cases, encompassing both public and private mandates. Its members act for private individuals and local authorities in children matters concerning non-accidental injuries, sexual abuse, religious indoctrination, parental alienation and placement orders. Practitioners offer expertise in a range of matrimonial finance mandates, including financial remedies featuring complex portfolios and cross-border assets. One source says of the set that "it is distinguished by its combination of in-depth knowledge and approachability."

No5 Barristers' Chambers, based in Birmingham, is a leading set for family matters. Its practitioners offer expertise across the full spectrum of matrimonial finance and children mandates. The advocates handle both private and public children matters, such as abduction and relocation, in addition to sensitive mandates concerning non-accidental injuries, sexual abuse and fabricated illnesses. The set's matrimonial finance expertise encompasses financial remedy matters featuring inherited wealth disputes, estoppels, complex pensions and corporate interests. The barristers regularly take on multi-jurisdictional as well as domestic mandates. A source notes that the set contains "a strong roster of practitioners with a good range of experience."

St Ives Chambers is a well-established and highly regarded family set. Its expansive bench offers expertise across the full range of matrimonial finance and children cases. Its barristers act for parents, children and local authorities in both public and private children matters, from complex adoption and placement matters involving asylum seekers, to sensitive issues concerning sexual abuse and non-accidental injuries. Members handle an array of matrimonial finance matters, including prenuptial agreements in addition to financial remedy cases featuring complex asset structures, pensions and maintenance orders. One source notes that it is a "fantastic set of highly skilled and approachable barristers."

St Philips Chambers is a well-established set for matters concerning children and matrimonial finance in the Midlands. It boasts a strong portfolio of barristers whose expertise is valued by private individuals, parents, children and local authorities. Practitioners are regularly instructed to act in the most serious public children cases, including non-accidental injuries, sexual abuse and child deaths, as well as private matters concerning cross-border abductions, placements and parental alienation. The set has a breadth of experience representing high net worth clients in financial remedies involving non-disclosure of assets, pensions and trusts. Sources state that "St Philips family law group are regularly in the most complex care cases, private law children cases and financial remedy cases in the Midlands."

Harcourt Chambers is home to a stable of highly regarded family law barristers. Its members are regularly instructed in complex, high severity cases, including those involving non-accidental injury, death and sexual abuse claims. Clients also rely on the set for matters involving adoption and The Hague Convention. Sources highlight that "the chambers have a consistently high standard at all levels of call. That level of consistency is uncommon, and impressive."