Recognition and awards
4PB is consistently recognised as a leading set of specialist family law barristers, renowned for its expertise across all areas of family law. We have been ranked in Tier 1 in the Legal 500 Children category for an unparalleled 13 consecutive years, while also maintaining our position as the sole top-ranked set in the Children category in Chambers & Partners. 4PB is also recognised as a leading set for our divorce and financial remedy work and described as “a set with top-class counsel at all levels in matrimonial finance work.”
In 2024, we were proud to be recognised as Family Set of the Year at both the Family Law Awards and the Chambers UK Bar Awards, underpinning our position at the forefront of family law. 4PB is also recognised for our commitment to access to justice, winning Pro Bono Set of the Year at the Advocate Pro Bono Bar Awards 2024.
What the directories have to say about us:
2025 > >
4PB is “a brilliant set across the board – top choice for children law matters.”
Legal 500, 2025
“An immensely respected set recognised for its immeasurable expertise in private and public children law, as well as its complementary skill in matrimonial finance work.”
Chambers and Partners, 2025
“The set’s extensive client base consists of individuals from all walks of life, including household names, businessmen, and some of society’s most vulnerable individuals.”
Chambers and Partners, 2025
2024 > >
“4PB is a set with top-class counsel at all levels in matrimonial finance work.”
Legal 500, 2024
“An immensely respected set recognised for its immeasurable expertise in private and public children law, as well as its complementary skill in matrimonial finance work.”
“Hands down the most effective and responsive clerks in London. Committed to what they do, each and every one of them performs exceptionally well.”
Chambers and Partners, 2024
2023 > >
‘4PB has an excellent reputation, both in the financial and children’s fields. It is one of the leaders and widely recognised for it.”
“The Chambers is extremely helpful and accommodating. It has strength in depth in both finances and children.”
Legal 500 2023
“When it comes to matrimonial finance, the barristers here handle complex, acrimonious, high-value disputes, often involving multiple jurisdictions, offshore accounts and trusts.”
“In recent times, the set has been heavily involved in cases at the forefront of the law relating to fertility, female genital mutilation and transgender rights.”
Chambers and Partners, 2023
2022 > >
“Its venerated silks and juniors regularly appear before the highest courts in the country, handling a broad range of matters including those relating to international child abduction, historical child sex abuse, radicalisation, non-accidental injury, and many more.”
“The clerks are accommodating, down-to-earth and knowledgeable of what is needed on different cases.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022