Family

We have been recommended as a leading Family law set by both The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.  Chambers 2009 says that "42 Bedford Row is an established force in the family law market. Although best known for its children-related work, it also has the capacity to advise on matrimonial finance matters, housing as it does barristers of manifold talents".

The Family law team comprises almost 30 members, 7 of whom are individually recommended as leaders in their field by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. We offer specialist practitioners at all levels of experience and we provide advocacy and advice in all types of family and matrimonial law matters. Family practitioners at 42 Bedford Row have a particularly strong reputation in public law childcare matters.

The group regularly organises seminars and training for legal and social work professionals. We are accredited by the Law Society to provide CPD points.

Members of the family group regularly provide advice and representation relating to the following areas of law:-

  • Adoption Act Applications
  • Ancillary Relief
  • Child Abduction
  • Inheritance Act Applications
  • Private Law Children Act Applications
  • Public Law Child Care
  • Human Rights
  • Mental Health
  • Community Care
  • Asylum Applications
  • National Assistance Act Cases
  • Education
  • Provision for the Elderly
  • Registered Home Act Applications
  • Judicial Review