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press & recognition

in press

the times | Meet the ultimate power dressers — divorce lawyers

afp bloom | Alexiou Fisher Philipps and BloomBudd Merge

Spear’s | the new "super-boutique" in family law

EPrivateClient | family law firms announce plans to merge

EPrivateClient | when two become one

LexisNexis | law-firms prioritise Organic growth over M&A

Financial Remedies Journal | Zoë Bloom

Art in Offices | AFP Bloom collaborated with Art in Offices for our Marylebone office

podcasts

divorce goddess podcast | independence and empowerment through divorce

Seeking Returns | Zoë Bloom founding partner of afp bloom

cles you actually want to hear | international family law

lexisnexis | Navigating growth and innovation

reported cases in the press

the law society gazette | DJ's ex-partner escapes costs order in bitter family proceedings

the guardian | Olivia Nervo wants reproductive coercion to be a standalone offence – she is not alone

metro news | Mum gave daughters £1,000,000 so she could claim benefits – and now can’t get it back

cowboy state daily | London Woman Claims Jackson Bank Helped Multi-Millionaire Husband Move Money Without Consent

independent | She once gave her mother a kidney. Now they’re embroiled in a £1m court feud

independent | Doctor who donated kidney to ailing mother now in £1m family legal fight

afp bloom | Crypto, Non-Disclosure and Jurisdiction

iclg | DJ mother left with legal bill as costs order overturned

afp bloom | Simon v Simon: Indemnity Costs Award for Litigation Misconduct

frj | Simon v Simon: Integro Funding Limited

gazette | 'Bitter and expensive' divorce creates 'procedural quagmire'

frj | Simon v Simon EWFC 89

northern scot | Real Housewives star owes nearly £1m after marriage breakdown

gazette | Unpaid litigation funder succeeds in intervention but loses out on remedies

daily mail | ITV Real Housewives of Cheshire star celebrated splitting

the times | Court of Appealrules in litigation funder’s favour in Housewives of Cheshire ‘collusion’ case

the sun | Lauren Simon’s feud with millionaire ex after he sued her – and won

the sun | Real Housewives of Cheshire star Lauren Simon dragged back to court with ex over £1m divorce bill

daily mail | Real Housewives of Cheshire star Lauren Simon is being sued

practical law | Wanton expenditure on legal costs warrants add-back

frj | DH v RH

frj | DH v RH, Variation of Interim Arrangements

awards

Citywealth Powerwomen 2026 | Zoë Bloom | gold

Citywealth Powerwomen 2026 | Zoë Bloom | shortlisted

the times 2025 | best law firms

lexisnexis 2025 | family law awards

Citywealth Powerwomen 2025 | Zoë Bloom | silver

Citywealth Powerwomen 2024 | Zoë Bloom | shortlisted

lexisnexis 2024 | Zoë Bloom | shortlisted

directories

legal 500 | family: children

legal 500 | Family: divorce and financial remedy

chambers and partners | Ultra High Net Worth

doyles guide | Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms

For all press enquiries please contact press@afpbloom.com

testimonialS

Our lawyers are recommended for family law in Chambers & Partners (High Net Worth), Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and Spears 500. Read what the directories, professionals and our former clients have to say.
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"A very modern, highly professional, forward-thinking boutique family law firm which has swiftly established itself as a force in the market and is going from strength to strength."
Chambers and Partners, 2025 (ultra high net worth)
"AFP Bloom are very good: they've got very good senior associates, they give the right advice and they've got good judgement."
Chambers and Partners, 2025 (ultra high net worth)
‘‘AFP Bloom are very commercial and pragmatic, and have a wider sense of the holistic impact of long-term matrimonial litigation in terms of length and costs.’’
legal 500, 2025

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Zoë Bloom Features in the Sunday Times Style's Round-Up of Family Law's Best-Dressed

Firm News

September 7, 2026
AFP Bloom

The Sunday Times Style went looking into what divorce lawyers actually wear. AFP Bloom Partner and co-founder Zoë Bloom made the cut; heels, snakeskin, and one very good coincidence included.

AFP Bloom Takes on Its First Trainees

Firm News

September 7, 2026
AFP Bloom

AFP Bloom takes on trainee solicitors for the first time, welcoming Talia Krais and Eliza Norman as part of a deliberate investment in the firm's next generation of lawyers.

Appealing to the Court of Appeal? The privacy you had doesn't come with you

Divorce Guidance & Tips

August 4, 2026
AFP Bloom

The Court of Appeal operates openly, unlike the Family Court below it. Reporting restrictions are not automatic and must be sought in advance.