Niche family law firm, Jones Myers, has retained its top position in the Legal 500 and Chambers rankings for over three decades.
Legal 500 2026 comments how the ‘fantastic team’ … ‘always managing clients’ expectations’ and describes child abduction team as ‘a leader for all of Yorkshire.’
Managing partner, Richard Peaker, head of the Financial Remedies Department and an expert in complex financial disputes, retains his status as a Leading Partner. The department is regularly instructed in multi-jurisdictional proceedings and cases involving complex corporate and (often offshore) trust structures.
Fellow Leading Partner, Kate Banerjee, heads the Children’s Department. Dealing with every aspect of public and private children law, the departments specialisms span areas relating to jurisdiction, international child abduction, private residence, contact disputes and care proceedings.
Partner Anthony Parrish retains his Next Generation Partner status with partner Elizabeth Bell and in house Barrister Andrew Fox named as Key Lawyers. Also featured is partner Nicki Mitchell, a mediator and collaborative Family Lawyer.
The firm’s Chambers 2026 Band 1 listing for Yorkshire ranks Richard Peaker, Kate Banerjee, Elizabeth Bell and Nicki Mitchell who is ranked in both the Family and Matrimonial and Mediation categories.
Richard Peaker said: “Jones Myers is immensely proud to have achieved top rankings in Legal 500 and Chambers for over three decades. The listings demonstrate the depth and breadth of expertise of our outstanding family lawyers across Leeds, Harrogate and York. Enormous thanks to our committed and talented teams who work tirelessly for our valued clients.”
Founded as among the first specialist family law firms in the North in 1992, Jones Myers has its own in-house counsel. The practice continues to expand its teams across its Leeds headquarters and its York city centre and Harrogate town centre offices.
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