• A leading specialist Chambers: all members practise solely in family law
• Family Law Set of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008 (Chambers and Partners)
• 39 members, including 12 Queen's Counsel
• Many of the best known and highly regarded practitioners in the field of family law
• Involved in almost all of the leading family law cases

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What the directories say

Both leading professional directories place 1 Hare Court in the very top division of family law Chambers:

"This pre-eminent family set continues to be at the forefront of high-end ancillary relief work, and is increasingly involved in cases with international dimensions. Many of its members are also specialists when it comes to drafting pre- and postnuptial agreements. With three of its juniors taking silk this past year, it now houses more silks than any other set exclusively dedicated to family law. Because of the "strength in depth of the barristers," it remains the set of choice for many of London's top solicitors, who are attracted to it not just because of the consistently high quality of its members but also because it is "totally in tune with developments in the law and keeps everyone up to speed."  (Chambers UK Guide 2012)

"1 Hare Court is known nationally for its depth of expertise in matrimonial finance. It has a glut of leading silks and extensive junior talent, as well as a clerking team that has been together for nigh on a decade now. Solicitors from London and further afield treat it as a first port of call because "whoever you instruct they will be experienced and well thought of."  (Chambers UK Guide, 2011)

"Always at the forefront of the major cases, they constitute "the crème de la crème of the Family Bar" ... " (Chambers UK Guide, 2010)

“1 Hare Court's “clerking squad has no equal” and “its family team is one of the best there is.” It houses experienced silks and juniors in abundance, who handle some children work but are at their busiest tackling matrimonial finance matters. The set is home to some of the foremost names at the Family Bar ...” (Chambers UK Guide, 2009)

"1 Hare Court has an ‘abundance of excellent silks and juniors and a clerking team that is unmatched’" (UK Legal 500, 2011)

"'Outstanding’ specialist set 1 Hare Court houses barristers who are ‘all highly intelligent and exercise good judgement with serious advocacy skills that produce excellent results’. ‘All counsel are experts and are approachable, pragmatic, flexible, imaginative and capable of thinking outside the box’. (UK Legal 500, 2010)

" Leading specialist set 1 Hare Court receives consistently high praise and is regularly involved in the leading cases in the family arena such as Charman v Charman and McCartney v McCartney ..."  (UK Legal 500, 2009)

Former members of Chambers include:

• Sir Nicholas Wall (President of the Family Division)
• Baroness Butler-Sloss (former President of the Family Division)
• Lord Justice Thorpe 
• Dame Margaret Booth
• Sir Peter Singer (now an Associate Member)
• Mrs Justice Hogg
• Mr Justice Mostyn
• Mr Justice Moor