Cripps Harries Hall, a UK law firm based in Kent in the southeast of England, has appointed Alex Davies as partner and head of its family team and Benjamin Carter as a solicitor.

Davies has specialised in family law for 15 years, with particular emphasis on financial settlements on the breakdown of high net worth individuals' relationships.  He joins Cripps from TWM Solicitors in Epsom, Surrey.

Carter, meanwhile, joins from west London firm Owen White Catlin.