Linzi Bull
Partner
Services
Family law
Sectors
Private wealth
Linzi is a partner in the family law team in London, with a strong reputation in all areas of family law including divorce, the financial implications of relationship breakdown, wealth protection through nuptial agreements, and private law Children Act disputes (including internal and external relocation cases).
She often represents high net worth individuals in cases with an international element. Linzi has acted in reported cases before the High Court and Court of Appeal. She also acted for the safeguarder in in the Supreme Court case of XY (AP) (Appellant) (Scotland) [2020] UKSC 26. As head of the modern family team at Penningtons Manches Cooper, Linzi has a particular interest in modern family cases including international and domestic surrogacy, AI and ARTs cases and polyamorous relationships. She has advised a client who successfully obtained their gender recognition certificate.
I aim to provide a bespoke and holistic service for my clients and to support them throughout my instruction and afterwards. I want my clients to feel that theirs is not ‘just another file on my shelf’, and that I have considered the long-term implications of our work together – both personal and financial.
Linzi is described in Chambers UK as ‘a smart, forward-thinking, intuitive family lawyer with exceptional client care skills’. The Legal 500 notes: ‘Linzi Bull is hugely intelligent, tremendously committed and so very insightful, her clients love her, and with good reason’. She is top recommended by Spear’s and has been interviewed on the Thomson Reuters podcast ‘The Hearing’.
Recent work highlights
Safeguarding
International surrogacy case
Polyamorous relationship dissolution
Variation of maintenance case
Gender recognition certificate
Children Act dispute
Occupation and non-molestation orders
International post-nuptial agreement
US financial order
Occupation and non-molestation orders
International post-nuptial agreement
US financial order
External recognition



What people are saying
Linzi Bull is specialised in LGBTQ+ family issues including international surrogacy, and innovative use of pre-conception agreements.
A very popular choice for the A-list client who values dedicated, attentive, high-quality representation.
[She can] navigate through the difficult facts and then move seamlessly into settlement discussions.
In recent years, Bull has become a specialist in LGBT family cases and heads her firm’s unit. She advises on cases involving international surrogacy.
Linzi Bull is hugely intelligent, tremendously committed and so very insightful, her clients love her, and with good reason.
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