Our family law barristers are recognised for their outstanding level of expertise. Garden Court Chambers is ranked as a leading set of chambers for family law in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide.
We are regularly instructed in complex and serious cases, as well as cases in the lower courts where the outcome for clients is equally significant.
As the largest barristers’ chambers in London, we offer unrivalled inter-disciplinary expertise. We are routinely instructed in cases that crossover between family law and other areas of law including immigration, housing, welfare benefits, mental health, community care, Court of Protection and crime.
Our family law barristers have a reputation for tough and effective advocacy in court, and we are adept at representing vulnerable clients. We offer expert, practical legal advice across all areas of family law, from financial disputes to the welfare of children.
USEFul family law website and legislation
Some of the primary legislation
Children and Families Act 2014
Children and Young Persons Act 2008
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008
Children and Adoption Act 2006
Work and Families Act 2006
Childcare Act 2006
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003
Adoption and Children Act 2002
Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001
Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000
Court Proforma Orders
CAP01 – Order – Directions at Gatekeeping Allocation
CAP02 – Lite Final
CAP02 – Order – First Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment (FHDRA) Directions
CAP03 – Order Dispute Resolution Appointment
CAP04 – Final Order
Financial Proceedings Directions Order
Financial Remedy Omnibus (with Variation Settlement Order)
Standard Family Orders
Standard Financial and Enforcement Orders
CMO Final FR for PFD
SDO Final ER for PFD
Useful family law websites
Association of Lawyers for Children
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
Child Rights Information Network
Children's rights law in the UK
Children's Legal Centre
Child Maintenance Options website
Divorce Aid
Family Law Bar Association and Family Law Bar Association Published Guidance Locator
Family Division of the High Court
Family Justice Council
Family Division Practice Directions
Family Law Bar Association and Family Law Bar Association Published Guidance Locator
Family Mediators Association
Fatherhood Institute
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Islamic Family Law
Resolution (previously Solicitors Family Law Association)
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Team
Amanda Weston QC
Year of Call: 1995
Year of Silk: 2018

Allison Munroe QC
Year of Call: 1992
Year of Silk: 2020

Sarah Forster
Year of Call: 1976

Kathryn Cronin
Year of Call: 1980

Celia Graves
Year of Call: 1981

Ravinder Rahal
Year of Call: 1983

Amanda Meusz
Year of Call: 1986

Sorrel Dixon
Year of Call: 1987

Maggie Jones
Year of Call: 1990

Dinah Loeb
Year of Call: 2004

Malek Wan Daud
Year of Call: 1991

Henry Drayton
Year of Call: 1993

Amina Ahmed
Year of Call: 1995

Gregor Ferguson
Year of Call: 1995

Sharon Love
Year of Call: 1997

Katharine Marks
Year of Call: 1998

Mai-Ling Savage
Year of Call: 1998

Rebekah Wilson
Year of Call: 1998

Hannah Rought-Brooks
Year of Call: 1999

Ed Elliott
Year of Call: 2000
Bansi Soni
Year of Call: 2003

Davina Krishnan
Year of Call: 2004

Christopher McWatters
Year of Call: 2004

William Tautz
Year of Call: 2004

Victoria Burgess
Year of Call: 2006

Artis Kakonge
Year of Call: 2006

Stephen Lue
Year of Call: 2006

Ann Osborne
Year of Call: 2016

Hannah Wyatt
Year of Call: 2008

Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright
Year of Call: 2008

Gráinne Mellon
Year of Call: 2010

James Holmes
Year of Call: 2011

Naomi Wiseman
Year of Call: 2011

Nisha Bambhra
Year of Call: 2011

Natasha Shotunde
Year of Call: 2013

Katherine Duncan
Year of Call: 2014

Monifa Walters-Thompson
Year of Call: 2014

Luke McLean
Year of Call: 2017

Rachel Schon
Year of Call: 2018
Associate Members

Elizabeth Woodcraft
Year of Call: 1980

Smita Shah
Year of Call: 2002
