

Sharon Chandra
Jennifer Perry
The 2025 listing of leading New Zealand Family & Divorce Barristers details Senior and Junior Counsel practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial and custody matters within the New Zealand legal market who have been identified by the state’s family law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Showing all 17 barristers
Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.
Senior Counsel
Preeminent
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Deborah Chambers KC | Bankside Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Lady Deborah Chambers KC |
| Vivienne Crawshaw KC | Shortland Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Vivienne Crawshaw KC |
Leading
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Casey KC | Mills Lane Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Margaret Casey KC |
| Lynda Kearns KC | Bastion Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Lynda Kearns KC |
Recommended
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Bruton KC | O'Connell Chambers | |
| Anita Chan KC | Princes Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Anita Chan KC |
| Stephen McCarthy | Cavendish Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen McCarthy |
Junior Counsel
Leading
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon Chandra (biography) | Bankside Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Sharon Chandra |
| Jennifer Perry (biography) | Wyndham Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Perry |
| Louise Reed | Southern Cross Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Louise Reed |
Recommended
| Barrister | Chambers or list | Doyle’s ranking record |
|---|---|---|
| Inger Blackford | Trinity Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Inger Blackford |
| Sarah Bush | Wyndham Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Sarah Bush |
| Isaac Hikaka | Mills Lane Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Isaac Hikaka |
| Jeremy Johnson | Bankside Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Jeremy Johnson |
| Zara Matheson | Mills Lane Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Zara Matheson |
| Janna McQuigan | Canterbury Chambers | Doyle’s ranking record: Janna McQuigan |
| Anna Norcross |
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