1GC|Family Law
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1GC Family Law is a leading chambers recognised nationally and internationally for excellence in advocacy, strategic advice and dispute resolution. Members are instructed in complex, high-profile cases across public and private children law, financial remedies, Court of Protection and international family law. 1GC combines technical expertise, judicial insight and a client-focused approach, supported by an approachable clerking team and our longstanding commitment to NCDR and access to justice.
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Members of Chambers appear at all court levels, including the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Expertise spans public and private children law, adoption, surrogacy, financial remedies, offshore assets, trusts, injunctions, cohabitation, Court of Protection and human rights. Chambers is recognised for cross-border disputes, child abduction and jurisdictional issues, and is frequently instructed in legally significant and precedent-setting cases. Chambers has a market-leading NCDR offering.
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UK - Head office
Greater London
10 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Greater London, UK, WC2A 3BP, London
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- Andrew Norton KC (1992) (KC-2016)
- Sally Stone KC (1994) (KC-2021)
- Eleanor F Platt KC (1960) (KC-1982)
- Alison Ball KC (1972) (KC-1995)
- Janet Bazley KC (1980) (KC-2006)
- Charles Geekie KC (1985) (KC-2006)
- Nkumbe Ekaney KC (1990) (KC-2011)
- Andrew Bagchi KC (1989) (KC-2015)
- Sam Momtaz KC (1995) (KC-2017)
- Denise Gilling KC (1992) (KC-2021)
- Laura Briggs KC (2001) (KC-2022)
- Louise MacLynn KC (2001) (KC-2023)
- Sharon Segal KC (2000) (KC-2024)
- Emily James (1999) (KC-2025)
- Richard Jones (2003) (KC-2025)
- Elizabeth Szwed (1974)
- Peter Horrocks (1977)
- David Burles (1984)
- Pamela Warner (1985)
- Sylvester McIlwain (1985)
- Susan Pyle (1985)
- John Stocker (1985)
- Gary Crawley (1988)
- Nicholas Daniels (1988)
- Rachel Gillman (1988)
- Becky Littlewood (1988)
- Elpha LeCointe (1988)
- Malcolm Chisholm (1989)
- Michael Liebrecht (1989)
- Kate Mather (1990)
- Susan George (1990)
- Claire Heppenstall (1990)
- Catherine Jenkins (1990)
- Simon Sugar (1990)
- Doushka Krish (1991)
- Jillian Hurworth (1993)
- Jennifer Kavanagh (1993)
- Alison Moore (1994)
- Emma Hudson (1995)
- Siobhan F Kelly (1995)
- Julien Foster (1995)
- Sam Whittam (1995)
- Fareha Choudhury (1995)
- Mark Rawcliffe (1996)
- Duncan Watson (1997)
- Elizabeth Darlington (1998)
- Julia Gasparro (1999)
- Daisy Hughes (1999)
- Helen Jefferson (2000)
- Jessica Lee (2000)
- Rebecca Mitchell (2000)
- Karen Kabweru-Namulemu (2001)
- Tahmina Rahman (2001)
- Philip Perrins (2002)
- Edward Flood (2002)
- John Thornton (2002)
- Matthew Fletcher (2003)
- Emily Verity (2003)
- Henry Lamb (2004)
- Olivia Magennis (2005)
- Elizabeth Hartnett (2006)
- Alfred Procter (2005)
- Steven Ashworth (2006)
- Sophie Prolingheuer (2006)
- Georgina Cole (2007)
- Nasstassia Hylton (2007)
- Elena MacLeod (2007)
- Penny Clapham (2007)
- Gemma Kelly (2007)
- Craig Vickers (2008)
- Katherine Dunseath (2008)
- Lucy Sprinz (2008)
- Eleri Jones (2009)
- Joseph Moore (2009)
- Jessica Bernstein (2011)
- Jack Rundall (2011)
- Oliver Woolley (2012)
- Marlene Cayoun (2012)
- Patrick Paisley (2013)
- Tom Wilson (2013)
- Navpreeth Gihair (2013)
- Luke Eaton (2015)
- Melissa Elsworth (2015)
- Lucy Maxwell (2015)
- Liz Andrews (2016)
- Annabel Barrons (2016)
- Kiran Channa (2016)
- Anna Lavelle (2016)
- Niamh Daly (2018)
- Costanza Bertoni (2018)
- Louise Verroken-Jones (2018)
- Lucy Bennett (2019)
- Beth Hibbert (2020)
- Monica Young (2020)
- Emma Colebatch (2021)
- Harriet Stacey (2021)
- Mark Blundell (2021)
- Roseanna Cawthray Stern (2021)
- Sapna Jain (2021)
- Sylvie Armstrong (2023)
- Mark Harrop (2024)
- Gemma Neath (2024)
- Timothy Hutchinson (2023)
- Oliver Taylor (2024)
- Jane Crowley KC (1976) (KC-1998)*
- Sally Harrison KC (1992) (KC-2010)*
- Lorraine Cavanagh KC (2000) (KC-2019)*
- Edward Timpson CBE KC (Hon) (1998) (KC-2022)
- Timothy Bowe KC (2003) (KC-2023)
- Matthew Rees KC (1996) (KC-2024)*
- Timothy Bowe KC (2003)
- Ann Marie Wicherek (1978)*
- Gillian Downham (1993)*
- Andrew Venables (2013)*
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