Practice area · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Family and children

The law firms named as solicitors in the most UK cases on family and children (divorce, financial remedies, children, care proceedings, adoption, child abduction, domestic abuse) over the last 5 years. In that time 793 judgments in this area named at least one of 319 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments Judgments in the Supreme Court, Privy Council or Court of Appeal
1 Dawson Cornwell 111 121 23
2 Goodman Ray 53 55 8
3 Duncan Lewis Solicitors 36 39 8
4 The International Family Law Group LLP 30 32 2
5 Bindmans LLP 22 22 5
6 MSB Solicitors 19 19 6
7 Creighton & Partners 18 18 6
=8 Irwin Mitchell 17 19 4
=8 Brethertons LLP 17 17 5
=10 Payne Hicks Beach 16 20 7
=10 Sills & Betteridge LLP 16 16 7
12 Osbornes Law 15 18 2
=13 Anthony Louca Solicitors 13 15 2
=13 Ben Hoare Bell 13 14 1
=13 Hill Dickinson 13 13
=16 Hughes Fowler Carruthers 12 13 4
=16 RWK Goodman 12 13 1
=16 TV Edwards LLP 12 13 6
=16 Hanne & Co 12 12 3
=16 Miles & Partners 12 12 5
=16 Oliver Fisher Solicitors 12 12 2
=16 Wilson Solicitors LLP 12 12 2
=23 JMW Solicitors LLP 11 16 5
=23 Family Law Group 11 11 4
=25 Beck Fitzgerald 10 10 3
=25 Charles Strachan Solicitors 10 10 1

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Firms are ranked by the number of cases from 2022–2026 in this area in which judgments name them as solicitors, under their current name (judgments naming a firm that has since merged count towards the firm it joined). Several judgments in the same case, such as interim rulings, a later judgment on costs or an appeal, count as one case: judgments are linked by the court's case number and by appeals, or failing that by the parties' names. Only firms named in at least 3 cases are ranked, and equal counts share a place. This measures how often a firm acts in reported cases, not their outcome. Counts are minimums: they come from judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law), not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment counts only when we are confident who acted. Areas are assigned from each judgment's court and subject matter, and a judgment can fall in two areas. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent of every firm listed. Something wrong? Tell us.

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