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Overview
Deka Chambers boasts a team of specialist family law barristers. We have a strong reputation as approachable and conscientious practitioners who deliver excellent results.
Family law barristers at Deka Chambers offer advice and advocacy in all areas of family practice and regularly appear in the High Court and Court of Appeal.
As members of a multi-disciplinary set of chambers our expertise is complemented by access to practitioners in other specialisms when our cases involve issues in areas of civil or criminal law.
The team is also able to provide advice in writing, remotely by videolink or in person at our modern conference facilities in Chambers, located between the Royal Courts of Justice and the Central Family Court.
Family Law Expertise
- Assisted Reproduction & LGBTQ+ Partners / Parents
- Children Private Law
- Children Public Law
- Family Finance
- International Family Law
- Local Authority
Recent Articles
Our team publishes articles on the websites of Family Law Week, London Boroughs Legal Alliance and Local Government Lawyer, as well as on Deka Chambers’ own website.
Training
Members of the team regularly provide CPD training for professional clients on a variety of family topics. For more information please contact us.
Awards
King's Counsel
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Latest News & Events
A new approach to deprivation of liberty
This month has seen a significant change in how practitioners and courts are to approach deprivations of liberty for both adults and children moving forward with the Supreme Court decision in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under…
Leave to Oppose Adoption: Good Practice Guidance
In this article, Oliver Millington considers R (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2026] EWCA Civ 673, a helpful reminder of guidance to be applied when the court is considering an application for leave to oppose the making of an adoption order. In the recent case…
When is a father not a father?
Oliver Millington looks at the Court of Appeal’s decision in Re J (Loss of Parental Responsibility) [2026] EWCA Civ 344, which provides clear guidance that an unmarried man who is registered on a child’s birth certificate does not acquire parental responsibility unless he is, in…
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