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UK Bar Guide 2024

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Head of Chambers: Charles Hale KC and Barbara Mills KC

Senior Clerk: Michael Reeves

Chambers Manager: Furhana Mallick

Tenants: 91

THE CHAMBERS 4PB has a long history as an approachable team of specialist barristers providing excellent expert yet common sense and practical advice and advocacy, in all areas of family law. Many of the most serious, sensitive and significant family cases are undertaken by the barristers of 4PB and instructions are received from a diverse array of clients including media organisations, the rich and/or famous, government departments, LGBTQ parents, surrogacy parents, parents seeking to prevent children from being removed into care and children’s guardians. Many members appear in inquiries and have international practices, appearing both in Europe and the Caribbean and advising on English Family law in many countries. Chambers also provides an array of award winning services by way of family dispute resolution, whether by arbitration, mediation, Private FDRs, or Early Neutral Evaluation. With dedicated facilities and an unrivalled clerking team a bespoke, tailor made solution can always be found.

WORK UNDERTAKEN 

Family Law: Divorce and civil partnership dissolution, jurisdiction disputes, financial remedies on matrimonial and civil partnership breakdown, disputes between former cohabitants, marital, civil partnership and cohabitation agreements, financial arrangements for children, protection from domestic abuse, international family relocation disputes, child abduction, forced marriage, public children law, radicalism cases, public inquiries, private children’s arrangements, surrogacy (national and international), assisted conception, medical cases, court of protection work and professional negligence arising from family proceedings.

Members
  • Charles Hale KC (1992) (KC-2014) A
  • Barbara Mills KC (1990) (KC-2020) A +
  • Henry Setright KC (1979) (KC-2001) + ±
  • Kate Branigan KC (1985) (KC-2006) A
  • Jo Delahunty KC (1986) (KC-2006) +
  • Alexander Verdan KC (1987) (KC-2006) + ± A
  • Michael Sternberg KC (1975) (KC-2008) A
  • Pier Pressdee KC (1991) (KC-2010)
  • Catherine Wood KC (1985) (KC- 2011) +
  • Rex Howling KC (1991) (KC-2011) A +
  • Teertha Gupta KC (1990) (KC-2012) + A ±
  • Christopher Hames KC (1987) (KC-2015) + A
  • Alison Grief KC (1990) (KC-2015) + A
  • John Tughan KC (1991) (KC-2015) A
  • Cyrus Larizadeh KC (1992) (KC- 2016) A
  • Sam King KC (1990) (KC-2018) A
  • Cleo Perry KC (2000) (KC-2020)
  • Ruth Kirby KC (1994) (KC - 2021)
  • Joy Brereton KC (1990) (KC - 2022) +
  • Michael Gration (2007) (KC - 2022)
  • Mark Jarman (1989) (KC - 2023) A
  • Judith Murray (1994) (KC - 2023) A
  • Dorothea Gartland (2004) (KC - 2023) + A
  • Brian Jubb (1971)
  • Jane Rayson (1982) A
  • Mark Johnstone (1984) A
  • Fiona Munro (1986) A
  • Stephen Lyon (1987) A
  • James Shaw (1988)
  • Sally Bradley (1989) A
  • Joanne Brown (1990)
  • Katharine Bundell (1991) A
  • David Bedingfield (1991) +
  • Justin Ageros (1993) A
  • Rob Littlewood (1993) A
  • Paul Hepher (1994) A
  • Cliona Papazian (1994) A
  • Nicholas Fairbank (1996) A
  • Baljinder Bath (1996) A
  • James Copley (1997)
  • Justine Johnston (1997) A
  • Mai Ling Savage (1998) A
  • Lucy Cheetham (1999) A
  • Harry Gates (2001) A
  • Rebecca Foulkes (2001)+
  • Katie Wood (2001) A
  • Rhiannon Lloyd (2002) A °
  • Katherine Van Rol (2002) A
  • Ceri White (2002) A
  • Anita Mehta (2002) A **
  • Matthew Persson (2003) A
  • Francesca Dowes (2004) A
  • Greg Davies (2005) A
  • Samantha Woodham (2006) A
  • Laura Morley (2006) A
  • Nicola Wallace (2006) A
  • Jacqueline Renton (2007) A
  • Henry Clayton (2007) A
  • Amean Elgadhy (2008)
  • Andrew Powell (2008) A
  • Chris Barnes (2008) A
  • Sophie Connors (2009) A
  • Chris Stevenson (2009)
  • Joanne Porter (2010)
  • Michael Edwards (2010) A
  • Harry Nosworthy (2010) A
  • Rachel Chisholm (2010) A
  • Jonathan Evans (2010) A
  • Julia Townend (2011) A
  • Simon Rowbotham (2011) + A
  • Indu Kumar (2012)
  • Jonathan Rustin (2013)
  • Charlotte Baker (2014) A
  • Mani Basi (2014) A
  • Rosanne Godfrey-Lockwood (2014) A
  • Harry Langford (2014)
  • Pippa Sanger (2015)
  • Adele Cameron-Douglas (2015)
  • Miriam Best (2015)
  • Emma Spruce (2017) A
  • Lucy Logan Green (2018)
  • Ralph Marnham (2019)
  • Clarissa Wigoder (2019)
  • Frankie Shama (2020) A
  • Anna Comboni (2021)
  • Olivia Gaunt (2019)
  • Katherine Broger - Bareham (2021)
  • Nadia Campbell - Brunton (2019)
  • Kieran Ball (2022)
  • Alexandra Halliday (2022)
  • + Recorder
  • ± Deputy High Court Judge
  • ** DDJ ° DDJ (Family Division)
  • A Public/Direct Access

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Alex Verdan KC
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Alex Verdan KC
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Band 1
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Barbara Mills KC
1
Band 1
Charles Hale KC
1
Charles Hale KC
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Alex Verdan KC
Alex Verdan KC
Star Individuals
Deirdre Fottrell KC
Deirdre Fottrell KC
Star Individuals
Henry Setright KC
Star Individuals
Jo Delahunty KC
Star Individuals
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Alison Grief KC
1
Band 1
Catherine Wood KC
1
Catherine Wood KC
1
Band 1
1
Teertha Gupta KC
1
Band 1
2
Barbara Mills KC
2
Band 2
2
Cyrus Larizadeh KC
2
Band 2
2
John Tughan KC
2
Band 2
2
Michael Gration KC
2
Band 2
2
Samantha King KC
2
Band 2
Charles Hale KC
3
Charles Hale KC
3
Band 3
3
Christopher Hames KC
3
Band 3
3
Cleo Perry KC
3
Band 3
3
Joy Brereton KC
3
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