29 Bedford Row is highly ranked in the Legal 500 2027 UK Bar Guide across family law

02 October 2026

29 Bedford Row remains ranked in the top tier for Family: divorce and financial remedy and Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators, and in Tier 4 for Family: children and domestic abuse, in the Legal 500 2027 UK Bar Guide published today.

With 46 barristers appearing in the guide, 21 rankings have risen by one tier.

In Family: divorce and financial remedy, Brent Molyneux KC, Christopher Wagstaffe KC and Nicholas Allen KC move up to Tier 1. They join Philip Cayford KC, Timothy Scott KC, Jonathan Southgate KC and Alexis Campbell KC.

Helen Williams moves up to join Sally Max in Tier 1 for juniors. Simon Calhaem, Conor Fee, James Finch, James Pullen, Miriam Foster, Petra Teacher and Max Lewis rise to Tier 2, and Ben Fearnley, Charlotte Trace, Lee Arnot, Nicholas Bennett, Joseph Switalski, Mark Ablett and Tara Lyons rise to Tier 3.

We are particularly pleased to see three new names in the divorce and financial remedy table. James Cooper is ranked for the first time, Philip Tait moves up from Rising Star to Leading Junior, and Samara Brackley adds this ranking to her existing one in children and domestic abuse.

In Family: children and domestic abuse, Christopher Butterfield moves up to Tier 3 and Roshi Amiraftabi to Tier 5. In Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators, Laura Heaton rises to Tier 2.

Joint Head of Chambers Alexis Campbell KC and Nicholas Allen KC said: "These results reflect another very strong year for chambers. It's particularly pleasing to see so many of our juniors moving up the rankings, and to welcome James Cooper, Philip Tait and Samara Brackley to the divorce and financial remedy table. We're very grateful to our clients for taking part in the research and for their continued support, and to our clerking team, whose hard work sits behind everything we do."

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