Professional Practice

Sally specialises exclusively in the field of family finance and has been consistently recommended in that area by the major guides to the legal profession. She has maintained her top tier ranking in the Legal 500 (2023 edition) where she is described as a “simply superb” leading junior. Joining 29 Bedford Row in 2011, she has a predominantly London-based practice comprising substantial matrimonial disputes, commonly involving private companies, trusts or complex pension issues. In addition Sally has considerable experience of high value Schedule 1 claims.

• Recommendations

  "An excellent money barrister who is great on the detail and good at negotiation."

  Chambers and Partners 2025

  "In any court Sally Max will always know the papers better than anyone else in the room. She is hugely industrious, forensic in her approach and compelling." "An excellent, no-nonsense barrister, who gives firm advice. She knows papers inside-out and she always fights her client's corner." "Sally is really forthright in her presentation and her written work is very detailed."

  Chambers and Partners 2024

  "Sally is clear, strategic and realistic. She will settle the cases that can settle and stand up for the client where required. She gives clients the confidence to do so by the clarity of her analysis and assessment of the case."

  Legal 500 2024

  Sally is simply superb. She has an absolutely amazing intellect and her advocacy is second to none

  Legal 500 2023

  She is ferociously intelligent, with unfailing forensic knowledge of the papers and the issues in a case

  Legal 500 2022

  "A no-nonsense detail merchant who puts both instructing solicitors and clients at ease with her forensic approach and clear, firm advice." "She's approachable, friendly and someone who ensures clients are well prepared for what lies ahead." "She will read every piece of paper in a case and digest it fully."

  Chambers and Partners 2022

  Razor sharp. Incredibly analytical and strategic. She is always meticulously prepared and knows her way around every page of a bundle. She is no nonsense and a very effective and powerful advocate.

  Legal 500 2021

  Her preparation is meticulous and she can recall all the facts in a case, making her a formidable opponent … Her ability to absorb complex information quickly is astonishing … Razor-sharp and does not miss a trick.

  Chambers and Partners 2021

  She has a brain like a steel-trap and is hugely adept at relating to the client – a force to be reckoned with.

  Legal 500 2020

  Detail-focused, patient and surgically precise in her advice and advocacy. She’s an excellent negotiator and advocate.

  Chambers and Partners 2020

• Publications and Lecturing

  • Co-author, Dictionary of Financial Remedies (Class Publishing).

  • Revised and updated the financial provision for children section in the ‘Children and Young Persons’ volumes of Halsbury’s Laws of England’ (2012 issue).

  • Sally lectures regularly on topical issues in the financial remedies field.

• Personal Information

  Sally read law at King’s College, Cambridge. She is married with four children.