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Fiona Hay
Position
Also Oxford (0844 561 7135). Specialises in ancillary relief, especially cases involving pension issues and family businesses. Featured in Chambers 2007 and 2008 as a leading junior. Counsel in Re M (adoption on residence order) [1998] 1 FLR 570 and in Re F & H [2007] EWCA 692.
Career
Called 1989, Inner Temple. Publications of note: ‘Pensions and Equality’ (Family Law [2007] 310). Co-author (with Edward Hess) of ‘Pension Sharing – a Practitioners’ Handbook’ (Hammicks 2008).
Memberships
FLBA, MCIArb (Financial Scheme)
Education
Sevenoaks School; Exeter University (1987 BSc Law and Chemistry 2(1); 1988 BA Law 2(1)).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Fiona Hay –Harcourt Chambers ‘Fiona has great gravitas and brings her forensic expertise to cases, particularly her knowledge of pensions. She is also kind and empathetic with clients.’
Based in London and Oxford, Harcourt Chambers is ‘an incredibly strong set for family work’ with ‘a huge breadth of experience’ in handling complex matrimonial and family finance matters. Fiona Hay ‘s ‘advocacy is calm, measured and persuasive’ and she is well known as ‘an excellent judge of the likely outcome of financial cases’, while Jane Campbell regularly acts in high-value divorce and financial remedy matters. ‘Excellent negotiator’ Douglas Allen is ‘extremely well-prepared and thorough’ while undertaking financial remedy proceedings.
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 3Fiona Hay –Harcourt Chambers ‘Fiona is highly effective, unpretentious and down to earth both as an advocate and a tribunal. She is highly pragmatic and collaborative.’
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Fiona Hay –Harcourt Chambers ‘Fiona has a stellar brain, and her attention to detail and grasp of the technical issues, particularly regarding pensions. She is also very calm while being empathetic and strong in her advocacy when needed.’