St Pauls Chambers’ family law barristers specialise in many areas of family law, including the financial consequences of divorce and the breakdown of relationships between cohabitees. In addition, St Pauls’ barristers advise in all legal matters concerning children.

What Is a Family Law Barrister?

Family barristers cover various types of cases, including:

  • Divorce, custody disputes and visitation rights;
  • Adoption and surrogacy;
  • Inheritance;
  • Abduction;
  • Financial disputes (where these concern child support or child maintenance);
  • Domestic violence and abuse;
  • and pre-nuptial agreements.

This is not an exhaustive list but rather an indication of the broad and varied work undertaken by family law barristers. There is often a focus on mediation and arbitration to minimise family matters being made public in a courtroom when discussion and dispute resolution should suffice. This is particularly important in matters of a sensitive nature.

Do I Need a Family Law Barrister?

There are various areas of family law, most of which are intricate and complex. To understand your rights and best protect the interests of yourself and your family, it is highly advised to seek the support of a family barrister. A member of the family law barrister team at St Pauls can help you navigate family law in a sensitive, cost-effective and efficient manner.

Family Law Barristers at St Pauls Chambers

The Leeds family law barristers team at St Pauls Chambers are recognised legal experts specialising in all forms of financial and children-related matters. Members of St Pauls have successfully and consistently represented individuals, local authorities and guardians in numerous high profile child care and high net worth financial remedy cases.

St Pauls Chambers are repeatedly ranked as a ‘leading set’ by the definitive independent guide to the UK profession (Chambers and Partners). Many of our barristers also feature year on year in the highly esteemed The The Legal 500 directory.

At St Pauls Chambers, our Family Law Barristers in Leeds regularly advise on pre- and post-proceedings and appear in:

  • highly complex and high net worth financial remedy cases;
  • high profile child care cases involving multiple medical experts and the gravest of allegations;
  • financial injunctions of the utmost urgency;
  • highly technical ToLATA and proprietary estoppel case;
  • and intractably entrenched private children matters.

Family Law Areas

A feature of the Family Department is that, within its broad base, there are a considerable number of individuals who are specialists in niche family law areas. These include:

A number of members of our family law barrister chambers have extensive experience conducting sexual cases, both in the family court and the crown court. Such cases, and especially trials, require meticulous preparation, commitment and attention to detail. Our barristers are well versed in managing document-heavy and multiple expert cases.

Members of our family law barrister chambers possess family law expertise that extends to all types of family-related matters. As such, many members also have cross expertise in civil and/or criminal proceedings.

Our family barrister team are well-versed in financial disputes, arbitration and collaborative law also.

“The clerking team is responsive, extremely approachable and knowledgeable”

The Legal 500

Get in touch

For further information and enquiries please contact our clerks team.

"St Pauls Chambers is home to Simon Bickler KC, who has expertise in severe abuse cases, and Nicola Saxton, who is well known for her practice in high-value matrimonial finance disputes."


Family Barristers

Richard Barraclough KC

Richard Barraclough KC

Call: 1980 Silk: 2003

Bryan Cox KC

Bryan Cox KC

Call: 1979 Silk: 2005

Simon Bickler KC

Simon Bickler KC

Call: 1988 Silk: 2011

Nikki Saxton

Nikki Saxton

Call: 1992

Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon

Call: 2006

Voldi Welch

Voldi Welch

Call: 2008

Hannah Lynch

Hannah Lynch

Call: 2011

Stephen Flint

Stephen Flint

Call: 2012

Kristina Goodwin

Kristina Goodwin

Call: 2013

Stephen Elphick

Stephen Elphick

Call: 2014

Harry Crowson

Harry Crowson

Call: 2018

Temitayo Dasaolu

Temitayo Dasaolu

Call: 2018

Ellie Guildford

Eleanor Guildford

Call: 2021

Contact Us

Chambers is centrally located within walking distance of the train station, secure car parks and the Courts.

Contact Us

St Pauls Chambers
Park Row House
19-20 Park Row
Leeds
LS1 5JF

For out of hours assistance please call the senior clerk on 07854170429.

The switchboard will open from 08:30 until 17:30

Phone: +44 (0)1132 455 866
Email: [email protected]
CJSM: [email protected]

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