29 Bedford Row is highly ranked in Legal 500 2025 across Family Law

With 46 barristers appearing in the guide a total of 52 times across the core areas of family practice, 29 Bedford Row is particularly pleased to see five barristers ranked for the first time. Richard Tambling, Emily Page, Nicholas Bennett and James Finch all enter the Family: divorce and financial remedy... Read More >

Non Court Dispute Resolution and the Future of Family Practice - 24th September 2024

Nicholas Allen KC will be a panelist at the Irwin Mitchell Non Court Dispute Resolution and the Future of Family Practice talk being held on 24th September 2024. Please click here for further information regarding this event. 

29 Bedford Row supports careers evening for under represented students

Nicholas Allen KC, James Shortall and friends from Coram Chambers were able to offer advice and tips in getting into a career in the law. LEDLET is a charity which introduces Welsh students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to the law. The aim is to encourage the students to aim... Read More >

29 Bedford Row supports the 10,000 Black Interns Scheme

29 Bedford is hosting two new interns through the 10,000 Black Interns Scheme this month. Bryanna Bondzsie and Lynnie Ngugi will shadow a number of team members to gain first hand insight into how barristers manage cases and liaise with clients. The programme was set up to offer internships to young... Read More >

29 Bedford Row has signed up to Advocate’s Chambers Pro Bono Framework.

The Framework provides chambers with an opportunity to encourage more barristers to undertake pro bono work and to make a real difference to the lives of people who are in need of legal assistance but who cannot afford to pay or obtain legal aid.

29BR has appointed... Read More >

Sir Nicholas Francis

29 Bedford Row is delighted to announce that Sir Nicholas Francis, who retired as a High Court Judge on 1st May 2024, returns to chambers as an Associate Member from today (7th May 2024). Nick was one of the pioneers of the private FDR process before he was appointed a Judge of... Read More >

Case Management Tables

Nicholas Allen KC and Daniel Mutton have prepared the tables, which are intended to provide a composite guide on the different procedural sources currently in effect for all financial remedy applications below High Court level.  They set out the prevailing requirements and timeframes across the Family Procedure Rules 2010,... Read More >

FLBA committee elections

We are delighted to announce that Petra Teacher has been elected to the Family Law Bar Association Committee in this year's elections.

Court of Appeal Victory for Philip Cayford QC and Simon Calhaem - Villiers v Villiers

On 10 June the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Villiers v Villiers [2022] EWCA 772, a case with a not inconsiderable history (having previously been referred to the Supreme Court on the question of the court’s substantive jurisdiction in light of the Scottish Divorce Proceedings).

In... Read More >

New Associate Member

Chambers is very pleased to announce that Francesca Fothergill of Parklane Plowden has joined 29 Bedford Row as an associate member.

Francesca is a high-value matrimonial finance specialist. She is highly ranked in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 directories.  She is frequently instructed in cases with... Read More >

Recorder Appointment

On the 26th January 2022 it was announced that on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, that Lee Arnot was appointed a Recorder.

Lee has been assigned to sit in crime on the... Read More >

FRC Efficiency Conduct Statement

On 11th January 2022 Mr. Justice Mostyn and His Honour Judge Hess issued a Statement on the Efficient Conduct of Financial Remedy Proceedings in the Financial Remedies Court Below High Court Judge Level with the approval of the President. We attach some thoughts in relation to the... Read More >

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS 2022 SUCCESS

We are delighted to have retained our "Top Tier" status for Family Law in the newly published Chambers & Partners 2022 Directory. We also have a record-breaking 36 individual recommendations - spread across matrimonial finance and children - of which we are very proud. Our clerks and support staff are also... Read More >

Nicholas Allen QC appointed Deputy High Court Judge

29 Bedford Row is delighted to announce that Nicholas Allen QC has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge. He will hear cases in the Family Division of the High Court and in the Family Court. 

Nicholas will... Read More >

SPEAR’S FAMILY LAW INDEX

Congratulations to Alexis Campbell QC, Tim Scott QC, Jonathan Southgate QC, Brent Molyneux QC, Peter Mitchell QC & Charlotte Trace who have been included in the latest SPEAR'S Family Law Index  - View the full index in here 

Planning for the Future

29 Bedford Row is delighted to announce that it has commissioned the construction of five new courtroom/conference suites all of which will have cutting edge AV equipment. This will take the total number of such rooms available in chambers to 10 which will allow several remote or hybrid court hearings,... Read More >

Citywealth Margic Circle Awards 2021

We are delighted that we have been shortlisted for a Citywealth Magic Circle Award 2021 for Chambers of the Year.

Citywealth’s Magic Circle Awards were established 16 years ago to highlight the excellence of professional advisers and managers in the private wealth industry.

29 Bedford Row extends partnership with ThoughtLeaders4

29 Bedford Row is pleased to have extended its HNW Divorce Community Partnership for a 2nd year with ThoughtLeaders4.

Senior Clerk James Shortall, “The ThoughtLeaders4 approach is unique and their future plans align perfectly with our strategy.

Alexis Campbell QC and Nicholas Allen QC,... Read More >

New Heads of Chambers

The members of 29 Bedford Row are delighted to announce that Alexis Campbell QC and Nicholas Allen QC will jointly succeed Philip Cayford QC as Head of Chambers from 1st January 2021. Chambers wishes to record its sincere gratitude to Philip for his outstanding leadership over the last... Read More >

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS SUCCESS

29 Bedford Row is delighted to be one of only three family sets to be ranked in the top band for Matrimonial Finance in the newly published Chambers & Partners guide. The set is again recommended also for children law, with the guide praising its expertise at both silk and... Read More >

Mr Justice Peel

Chambers are delighted to announce the forthcoming appointment of Mr Justice Peel to the Family Division, we know you will join us in wishing him well for the future. His appointment will take effect from the 6th Oct https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/high-court-appointment-2/

LEGAL 500 RECORD

The “amazing” 29 Bedford Row has once again been ranked as a Tier 1 Family Law set in the newly published Legal 500 guide, which highlights our “talented array of money and children specialists”. We have a record 34 individual recommendations across the Family Law, Children Law and Offshore... Read More >

Nicholas Allen QC & Joseph Switalski explain cost changes

COSTS IN FINANCIAL REMEDY PROCEEDINGS – JULY 2020 CHANGES

 1)     Costs have been attracting increased focus in some recent decisions (see Francis J in WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84 and Cohen J in MB v EB (No. 2) [2020] 1 FLR 1086). Practitioners will also... Read More >