The 2026 listing of leading London Family & Divorce Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of family, divorce and matrimonial law matters in the London legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
James Carroll, Russell Cooke
Alex Carruthers, Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Kate Clark, Mishcon de Reya
Claire Gordon, Farrer & Co
Diana Parker, Withers
Baroness Fiona Shackleton, Payne Hicks Beach
James Stewart, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Suzanne Todd, Withers
Joe Vaitilingham, Vaitlingham Kay
Leading
David Allison, Family Law in Partnership
Camilla Baldwin, Camilla Baldwin
Catherine Bedford, Harbottle & Lewis
Debbie Chism, Stewarts Law
David Emmerson, Anthony Gold
Sital Fontenelle, Kingsley Napley
Michael Gouriet, Withers
Mark Harper, Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Emma Hatley, Stewarts Law
Frances Hughes, Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Davina Katz, Katz & Partners
Anne Kay, Vaitilingham Kay
Patrick Kearns, Newton Kearns
Suzanne Kingston, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Kate Landells, Withers
Jeremy Levison, Levison Melzer Piggott
William Longrigg, Charles Russell Speechlys
Antonia Mee, Burgess Mee
Alistair Myles, Ribet Myles
Paul Newton, Newton Kearns
Ben Parry-Smith, Payne Hicks Beach
Simon Pigott, Levison Meltzer Pigott
Katharine Rayden KC, Rayden Solicitors
Julian Ribet, Ribet Myles
Kevin Skinner, Goodman Ray
Anna Worwood, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Recommended
Saika Alam, Branch Austin McCormick
Tom Amlot, Penningons Manches Cooper
Frank Arndt, Paradigm Family Law
Connie Atkinson, Kingsley Napley
Jenny Beck KC, Beck Fitzgerald
Sharon Bennett, Bross Bennett
Abigail Blick, Blick & Co
Zoe Bloom, AFP Bloom
Charlotte Bradley, Kingsley Napley
Tessa Bray, Simons Muirhead Burton
Tom Brownrigg, Goodman Ray
Simon Bruce, Dawson Cornwell
Peter Burgess, Burgess Mee
Rebecca Cockroft, Fladgate LLP
Jo Edwards, Forsters LLP
Tom Farley-Hills, Simons Muirhead Burton
Trudi Featherstone, Goodman Ray
Antonia Felix, Mishcon de Reya
Claire Filer, Irwin Mitchell
Miranda Fisher, Charles Russell Speechlys
Mark Freedman, Osbornes
Steven Gasser, Laurus Law
Kay Georgiou, Kay Georgiou Solicitors
Emma Green, Howard Kennedy
Helen Greenfield, Family Law in Partnership
Jo Greenfield, Mills & Reeve
Georgina Hamblin, Hamblin Family Law
Henry Hood, Hunters
Sarah Hutchinson, Farrer & Co
Mark Irving, Harbottle & Lewis
Lois Langton, Howard Kennedy
Katie Longmate, Russell Cooke
Sam Longworth, Stewarts
Will MacFarlane, Birketts
Jacqueline Major, Clintons
Nick Manners, Payne Hicks Beach
Carolina MarÃn Pedreño, Dawson Cornwell
William Massey, Farrer & Co
Magnus Mill, AFP Bloom
Clayton Miller, Ketley Miller Joels
James Netto, International Family Law Group
Olivier Piercy, Hunters
James Pirrie, Family Law in Partnership
Clare Radcliffe, Mishcon de Reya
Lois Rogers, Ribet Myles
Rosie Schumm, Forsters
Alexandra Tribe, Expatriate Law