Family Law.

Divorce, custody, adoption — the cases where the clients are families, not businesses. We protect what matters with discretion and plain talk, settling where settlement serves you and fighting where it doesn't, in step with our estates and property colleagues.

500+Families guided through transitions in the last 10 years
92%Of our family matters settled without a trial
5.0Client rating across the firm's review record

Overview

Family cases turn on trust before they turn on law. You will know where your case stands, what each path costs, and what it means for the children — in plain words, from the very first meeting.

Divorce and separation, custody and support, adoption and guardianship. We move fast where children or safety are at stake, and slow where a negotiated outcome protects everyone — especially when property, businesses or pensions are intertwined.

Where family matters cross borders or generations — custody across jurisdictions, prenuptials with international assets, estates tangled with a separation — our London headquarters and associated counsel in Singapore plug in under one instruction, so you never have to manage two firms at the hardest time.

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The Family Law team

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E. Whitcombe Shaw

Senior Partner · Lead, Family Law
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Nadia Berrada

Partner · Custody & Support
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C. J. Armah

Partner · Divorce & Separation
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R. Fenn

Counsel · Adoption & Guardianship
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What the record says

They protected the children first and argued about everything else second.
Client survey, 2025
A steady hand in the most unsteady chapter of a client's life.
Peer review panel, 2025

Recent work

Matters we're proud of

Custody

Custody arrangement preserving both parents' roles across two households

Divorce

Uncontested divorce with a negotiated property split in 11 weeks

Guardianship

Grandparent guardianship established after a parent's deployment

Cross-border

International custody coordination across two jurisdictions

Latest articles and knowledge

Article

Custody plans that survive the school year

Legal briefing

Prenups for second marriages: five clauses that prevent litigation

Article

Adoption timelines: a realistic month-by-month guide

Talk it through, in confidence

A private first conversation with the family team — no commitments, no judgment.

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