Cases
Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648
St John’s Chambers is a first-rate family set.”
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Voted ‘Regional Family Law Chambers of the Year’ at the Family Law Awards 2023 and nominated again 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.
The team also offers a series of free CPD-accredited training events in Chambers, and members regularly conduct bespoke seminars at solicitors’ offices, or at other venues throughout the UK. Keeping up to date with family law and sharing knowledge is really important to us. For more information, please contact our family clerks on 0117 923 4720 or email [email protected].
View our Divorce & Financial Remedy digital book here for further details about how we can help you.
Resources
- Podcast
Instructing Counsel
Directory Quotes
St John’s Chambers is a first-rate family set.”
A strong set with an extensive range of specialist and experienced matrimonial and financial remedy barristers, experienced at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high-net-worth individuals.”
A first-class set of chambers that offers suitable counsel for a variety of cases related to family law.”
A lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Chambers has good quality and experienced counsel available to deal with all aspects of cases and all levels of complexity.”
St John’s Chambers is one of the leading sets on the Western Circuit for public and private child law work.”
St John’s Chambers is a strong set for divorce adn financial remedy work, with several barristers, including a KC, well-known across the Western Circuit for acting in high-value and technically complex cases.”
All of the barristers at St John’s are extremely capable of dealing with all types of matters, from simple cases through to incredibly complicated and contentious ones.”
St John’s Chambers is a very strong family set, housing a team which covers all aspects of family law.”
St John’s Chambers has a lengthy roster of silks and juniors with invaluable expertise in a wide range of family and matrimonial matters. Members are particularly skilled at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high net worth individuals, especially those concerning the division of assets as part of divorce proceedings. The barristers are frequently called upon to assist with the most complex public children mandates encompassing sexual abuse, brain injury and trafficking matters, and also take on private work such as Children Act proceedings. ‘It is an excellent chambers with strength at all levels,’ one interviewee notes.”
Excellent set’ St John’s Chambers is ‘a go-to’ chambers in the South West for hard working, knowledgeable and good quality barristers across the board in the arena of family law.”
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