Spear’s Review

A founding partner of Ribet Myles, Alistair Myles left an established firm in 2021 to establish one of London’s new wave of family law boutiques, following a more modern and less costly model. The lower overheads of a leaner firm, he says, are passed back to the client in ‘pretty competitive’ rates.

His cases, he says, are defined less by the overall value of assets involved than by the difficulty of the law. They are ‘not necessarily the ones with hundreds of millions of pounds, but the ones with interesting points of law and quite technical, complex points’. He works across trusts, complex financial remedy matters and private children disputes for HNW clients. 

His pitch reflects a shift in the market. As an older generation of family lawyers retires, he sees clients increasingly drawn to boutiques over the full-service giants. ‘We’re at the forefront of family law – we offer an excellent service – but you’re not going to be paying through the nose.’

Notable cases

• Haley v Haley [2020]
• US v SR [2018]