Ranking tables
Family/Matrimonial | UK
North West
Rankings overview for Departments
Hill Dickinson LLP 1 Years Ranked
Irwin Mitchell 1 Years Ranked
Mills & Reeve LLP 1 Years Ranked
Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront) 1 Years Ranked- Aaron & Partners LLP
- MSB Solicitors
Susan Howarth & Company Solicitors 1 Years Ranked- Maguire Family Law
- McAlister Family Law
- Stephensons
Aramas Law 1 Years Ranked
Farleys Solicitors (Part of Lawfront) 1 Years Ranked
Harrison Drury 1 Years Ranked
Poole Alcock 1 Years Ranked- Burnetts
- SAS Daniels LLP
- Ward Hadaway LLP
Carole Atkinson Weightmans24 Years Ranked
David Pickering JMW Solicitors LLP22 Years Ranked- Christine BarkerWard Hadaway LLP
- Richard BargeAaron & Partners LLP
Abigail Bennett JMW Solicitors LLP7 Years Ranked
Alison Bull Mills & Reeve LLP21 Years Ranked- Andrew Newbury Hall Brown Family Law23 Years Ranked
Emma Collins Weightmans15 Years Ranked
Fiona Davidson Weightmans11 Years Ranked- James Brown Hall Brown Family Law13 Years Ranked
Joanne Raisbeck Hill Dickinson LLP10 Years Ranked- Sam Hall Hall Brown Family Law12 Years Ranked
- Emma PalmerMSB Solicitors
- Helen MarriottBrabners LLP
- James MaguireMaguire Family Law
Beverley Jones JMW Solicitors LLP11 Years Ranked
Elspeth Kinder JMW Solicitors LLP9 Years Ranked
Fiona C Turner Weightmans8 Years Ranked
Joanne Radcliff Hill Dickinson LLP10 Years Ranked
Mark Heptinstall Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)12 Years Ranked
Michael Chapman JMW Solicitors LLP12 Years Ranked
Natalie Dickson Freeths LLP5 Years Ranked
Phillip Rhodes Irwin Mitchell7 Years Ranked
Roland Humphreys gunnercooke6 Years Ranked- Sarah McCarthy Jackson Lees Group6 Years Ranked
- Amanda McAlisterMcAlister Family Law
- Cara NuttallBrabners LLP
- Elizabeth HassallHM3 Legal
Andrew Moore Mills & Reeve LLP11 Years Ranked
Antonia Love Farleys Solicitors (Part of Lawfront)11 Years Ranked
Patricia Robinson Gorvins Solicitors6 Years Ranked
Pauline McNamara JMW Solicitors LLP8 Years Ranked
Sarah Thompson Keystone Law3 Years Ranked
Sue Brookes Mills & Reeve LLP14 Years Ranked
Susan Howarth Susan Howarth & Company Solicitors3 Years Ranked
Vicky Poole Susan Howarth & Company Solicitors3 Years Ranked- Colin DaviesKuits Solicitors
- Fiona WoodMcAlister Family Law
- Lorraine SaundersAaron & Partners LLP
Charlotte Beck Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)2 Years Ranked
Christopher Longbottom Clarke Willmott LLP5 Years Ranked
Helen Stoller Poole Alcock3 Years Ranked
Katie Lowe JMW Solicitors LLP5 Years Ranked
Kim Aucott Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)9 Years Ranked
Nathaniel Groarke Irwin Mitchell7 Years Ranked- Niki Wilburn-Shaw Knights plc2 Years Ranked
Ruth Kearns JMW Solicitors LLP3 Years Ranked
Samara Iqbal Aramas Law1 Years Ranked- Claire PorterSAS Daniels LLP
- Denise MoranMaguire Family Law
- Helen MillerStowe Family Law LLP
- Henry VenablesMaguire Family Law
- Jackie PriceStephensons
- Liz BottrillWard Hadaway LLP
- Matthew TaylorStowe Family Law LLP
- Pippa TudorMSB Solicitors
- Simon Magner MawdsleyAaron & Partners LLP
- Victoria GethinStephensons
Rachel Lim Weightmans2 Years Ranked
Rose-Marie Drury Mills & Reeve LLP8 Years Ranked- Amy HarrisBrabners LLP
- Hannah SaxeBrabners LLP
- Leanne InstrallBrabners LLP
- Rachel BenettStephensons
Antonia Williamson Freeths LLP1 Years Ranked
Emily Finn Clarke Willmott LLP3 Years Ranked- Emma Benson Irwin Mitchell1 Years Ranked
Linzi Perriman Weightmans1 Years Ranked- Madelaine Hailey Hall Brown Family Law3 Years Ranked
- Caroline Hamilton-BarrettMSB Solicitors
- Emma ArmstrongBurnetts
- Helen DaviesDTM Legal LLP
- Jo-Anna JellingsBrabners LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Hall Brown Family LawFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedHall Brown has a recognised team of practitioners in Manchester experienced in handling all aspects of family matters, including high net worth financial issues as well as private children law. The firm's clients include high-profile personalities from the North West region who require advice on complex cases encompassing intricate business structures, investments and trusts. Hall Brown also advises on wealth protection issues and is skilled at managing matters which span multiple jurisdictions.
1 JMW Solicitors LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedJMW Solicitors has an impressive presence in the North West, with key offices in both Manchester and Liverpool. The team possesses noted expertise across a broad spectrum of complex family matters, handling high-value financial remedy cases involving pensions, businesses and trusts, as well as prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. It is also adept at children law, including international abduction cases and matters related to fertility law and surrogacy.
1 WeightmansFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedWeightmans has a strong presence in family work in the North West, with key offices in both Manchester and Liverpool. It is especially well known for its strength in wealth protection and cohabitation matters as well as for skill in private children cases. It works closely with its private client and property teams and is often involved in cases with significant international and trusts elements.
Band 2
2 Hill Dickinson LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedHill Dickinson is well known for advising clients on financial and children issues related to divorce and separation. Its specialist expertise includes advising on cohabitation, pensions, trusts and parental responsibility issues, with additional experience in handling the negotiation of nuptial agreements. The team regularly advises clients domiciled outside of the UK and those with overseas assets. The firm has offices in both Liverpool and Manchester.
2 Irwin MitchellFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedIrwin Mitchell is highly regarded in the Manchester market for its work in major financial remedy proceedings for high net worth individuals. The firm is also called upon for its expertise in private children law matters, including Schedule 1 applications, child relocations and adoption issues. Irwin Mitchell is active in wealth protection matters, regularly assisting clients with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and is adept at handling matters with significant cross-border aspects.
2 Mills & Reeve LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedMills & Reeve has a strong reputation for handling complex wealth protection and financial remedy cases for high net worth clients. The Manchester family team ably handles litigation, mediation and collaborative law matters and works closely with the firm's corporate and private client teams to provide a fully rounded service. It remains active on international children matters, including relocations to foreign jurisdictions, and also offers advice on fertility and surrogacy law.2 Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)Family/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedSlater Heelis offers family law services from offices in Manchester and Cheshire, advising on financial remedies and child residence and contact issues. It also regularly handles wealth protection agreements and inheritance claims. The team is skilled at alternative dispute resolution methods, including collaborative law, arbitration and mediation, as well as being well equipped to handle cross-border cases concerning non-UK residents and overseas assets.
Band 3
3 Susan Howarth & Company SolicitorsFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedSusan Howarth & Company is a Northwich-based firm with particular experience in children matters. It frequently acts on child arrangements orders and care proceedings, and is experienced in advising on cases concerning relocation, abduction and assault. The team is also adept at assisting clients with financial remedy proceedings.
Band 4
4 Aramas LawFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedAramas Law is a Manchester-based boutique with a branch office in Abu Dhabi. The firm handles a broad range of family law issues, including divorce proceedings, children law, and both pre- and postnuptial agreements. Its significant international expertise allows it to specialise in complex matters involving multi-jurisdictional families.
4 Farleys Solicitors (Part of Lawfront)Family/Matrimonial2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedFarleys Solicitors is a respected Blackburn-based practice noted for its experience advising clients on the financial aspects of separations, frequently assisting with financial remedy proceedings. It is also active in children law matters, representing clients in child arrangements order cases and care proceedings.4 Harrison DruryFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedHarrison Drury has a strong practice across Lancashire and Cumbria, with key offices including Manchester, Preston and Kendal. It is sought after for its wide breadth of expertise in family law, which includes financial remedy and child arrangements stemming from divorce, as well as wealth protection matters such as prenuptial agreements. The firm represents a broad base of clients including notable and high net worth individuals.
4 Poole AlcockFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedPoole Alcock is a notable Chester firm with a strong family law practice. The team handles both financial remedy and child law matters related to divorce and separation proceedings, including cases where substantial assets and complex business interests are involved. It also has notable expertise in agricultural divorces.