Chambers and Partners (2024) – “He is one of the leading family solicitors in Exeter.” “He is a powerhouse. He is calm, focused, firm and compassionate. His paramount concern is his client’s best interest. He is incisive and an out-of-the-box thinker.” “I have nothing but praise for his mental acuity, imaginative solutions, efficiency and sound advice.”
Chambers and Partners (2023) – “Andrew is a good lawyer and a pleasure to deal with.” “He is technically good.”
Legal 500 (2023) – “Andrew Barton is the standout. He gets excellent work and does it very well. He is hardworking and runs the team very well.”
Chambers and Partners (2022) – “Andrew Barton took a genuine interest in my case, and his ability to guide me through that process was pretty remarkable. He provided a human element to what can often be seen as a financial transaction.” “He is approachable and understands the impact of business issues on divorce.”
“Andrew and his team provided me with the honest and dignified approach to divorcing my husband that I was looking for. He did not try to needlessly point score and treated both my husband and I in an extremely professional way throughout the process. I would have no hesitation in recommending Andrew to anyone looking to exit their relationship with their dignity intact.”
Private Client, June 2021
Chambers and Partners (2021) – advises on financial remedy proceedings arising from divorce and frequently assists with mandates involving farming assets and international issues. One source enthuses: “He is very good with clients, is hard-working and he always gives clear advice.”
Chambers and Partners (2020) – Clients consider him to be “absolutely fantastic,” with one remarking: “Andrew has been perfect in a stressful situation thanks to his straightforwardness and the way he has approached things at every point in a fact-based and very practical way, which is exactly what I needed.”
Legal 500 (2020) – is “technically excellent” and “isn’t afraid to take an inventive approach to litigate or settle cases and ensure the best for his clients”; he has a strong practice in financial cases involving international assets, financial provision following a foreign divorce and jurisdiction issues. Senior associate and “exceptionally hard-working solicitor.”
Chambers and Partners (2019) – an experienced practitioner representing clients in complex divorce settlements. He also advises on inherited wealth, pensions and trusts. Sources describe him as being “always calm, fantastically efficient, having a great knowledge of the law and understanding particularly technical points,” before going on to note: “He is particularly good at dealing with complex pension and business issues.”
“I feel fortunate that the failings of my previous solicitor led me to instruct you in the matter of my divorce – I do not think it would have reached as clean and fair a resolution for both parties had you not undertaken this work on my behalf. I very much appreciate the considered advice you provided and the resulting positive outcome for my family and I, despite the difficult situation and personalities involved”.
Private Client, January 2018
Legal 500 (2018) – is “a fantastically energetic and efficient solicitor with excellent technical and legal knowledge and an ability to think outside the box.”
Chambers and Partners (2018) – Andrew is noted for his work on high net worth financial cases, with a special focus on prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Impressed clients describe him as “the consummate, unflappable professional.”
