Voted “Family Law Chambers of the Year – Regional” at the Family Law Awards in 2025 and 2023, and shortlisted in 2024.

Our specialist barristers are able to provide expert advice and representation in disputes involving unmarried couples whether this relates to cohabitation disputes involving the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) or financial provision for children, by way of school fees, provision for the costs of disability of other financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.

We also represent family members and other intervenors in divorce proceedings with issues relating to ToLATA or otherwise.

We advise in both contentious and non-contentious cases, acting at every level of Tribunal and Court, both in the UK and overseas. Our cases include instructions from private individuals in domestic disputes and advising where one or more of the parties may lack capacity.

We have particular expertise in high net worth and international cases.

A number of our barristers are expert mediators and arbitrators and can deal with ToLATA and Schedule 1 claims in this capacity. We offer Arbitration in both financial remedy and Children Act matters and are the only Set in the South West offering this service. Download brochure here

Zoë Saunders was involved in the high-profile ToLATA case of Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648.

Our clerking team are always accessible, and take care and time to understand the case or the individual personalities involved when recommending individual barristers.

Public Access

Some members of the team are also available to act, where appropriate, for members of the public, under the Public Access scheme. Read more.

Publications and training

The team includes published authors, members who run their own Family Law blogs, and members who write regularly for Family Law Week, the Family Law journal and for other legal publications.