According to Spear’s “the best family lawyers combine legal knowhow with an emotional understanding of a client’s situation, getting the best results for them while minimising the stressful aspects of the process.”
The latest edition of The Spear’s Family Lawyers Index writes that “Top Flight” Fiona Shackleton “is Britain’s most feared and revered divorce lawyer” and that “it’s not just Spear’s saying this, but her peers in the profession too.” The index highlights that Fiona is “probably the greatest family lawyer of all time.”
Philip McGuirk and Simon Beccle are “Top Recommended” lawyers. Matthew Booth, Nick Manners, Ben Parry-Smith and Sarah Williams are “Recommended” lawyers, and there is an inaugural ranking for Joshua Moger as a “Rising Star”.
Linked below with kind permission, this year’s Spear’s Family Lawyers index 2023 includes:
Baroness Shackleton – ‘Top Flight’ with a focus on very high profile cases
Simon Beccle – ‘Top Recommended’ with a focus on milestone legal cases
Philip McGuirk – ‘Top Recommended’ with a focus on high-value financial remedy cases
Matthew Booth – ‘Recommended’ with a focus on matrimonial and Schedule 1 cases
Catherine Costley – ‘Recommended’ with a focus on divorce and financial matters
Nick Manners – ‘Recommended’ with a focus on child law and financial remedy
Ben Parry-Smith – ‘Recommended’ with a focus on child relocation/abduction and divorce
Sarah Williams – ‘Recommended’ with a focus on surrogacy and adoption
The Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2023 is drawn up on the basis of peer nominations, client feedback, telephone and face-to-face interviews, data supplied by firms, as well as information gathered by the Spear’s editorial and research teams. It forms the core of the Spear’s 500, the key reference bible for HNW advisers.
For further details see the best family lawyers list for high-net-worth individuals as published online in The Spear’s Family Law Index 2023.
