Celebrating Our Chambers and Partners 2027 Ranking
We are thrilled to share that Purcell Solicitors has once again been ranked in Band 2 for Family/Matrimonial in the Thames Valley in the Chambers UK 2027 guide.
Receiving this recognition means a great deal to us. The Thames Valley table covers Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, making it a large and highly competitive region.
We are also delighted to see members of our team recognised individually. Pauline Purcell retains her Band 1 ranking for Family/Matrimonial. Mandi Austin is ranked in Band 2, while Lisa Buckridge is ranked in Band 3. Lisa also gained a Band 1 ranking for Mediation.
These individual results reflect the experience and dedication that Pauline, Mandi, and Lisa bring to their work. Our overall ranking reflects the quality of our legal advice on complex divorce, financial claims, and children matters.
Pauline Purcell said: “I am so proud of everything we have achieved together. Mandi and Lisa deserve the warmest congratulations for their individual rankings. I also want to thank everyone at Purcell Solicitors for the part they played in this achievement.
“Our ranking belongs to the whole team. Every day, our colleagues bring care and commitment to their work. They support each other and give their full attention to the people who place their trust in us. I hope every member of the team feels proud of the contribution they have made.”
Chambers and Partners bases its rankings on independent research, including confidential feedback and an assessment of the work submitted by participating practices. Retaining Band 2 gives us valued external recognition of the standards our team works hard to maintain.
We are very grateful to everyone who provided feedback during the research process. We also want to thank our professional contacts for their continued support and, most of all, our colleagues for everything they do.
We look forward to building on this success together over the coming year.
Senior Family Law Partner & Director – SRA No. 258177
Pauline Purcell is the Managing Director and founder of Purcell Solicitors, a specialist family law firm based in Milton Keynes. She qualified as a solicitor and built her early career at Fennemores, a top-100 legal firm in central Milton Keynes, where she became a partner and head of the family department before establishing Purcell Solicitors in 2005.
She has specialised exclusively in family law for over 30 years. Her qualifications span several disciplines: she is a solicitor, a trained mediator, a collaborative lawyer, and a family arbitrator, and she was among the first collaborative lawyers in England. She holds a law degree from the University of Buckingham, where she also lectured on the part-time undergraduate law programme.
Chambers and Partners has ranked Pauline as a Band 1 practitioner for Family/Matrimonial in the Thames Valley for several years. The 2025 Chambers and Partners Guide describes her as “incredibly astute and excels at getting to the heart of the issue,” “robust and frighteningly clever,” and “a rock and massive support” to clients throughout their cases. She is also listed as a Leading Lawyer by Wiselaw.
Her particular expertise lies in high-value financial cases, including those involving business assets, pensions, and complex or international elements. She is a long-standing member of Resolution and is committed to reaching negotiated agreements wherever possible, though she regularly represents clients in court and family arbitration when proceedings become necessary.
Pauline is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number: 258177). She can be contacted at pauline@purcellsolicitors.co.uk.