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Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
QUEEN ELIZABETH BUILDING, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9BS
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William Tyzack
Position
William practices in all areas of family law (finance and children), and welfare and financial issues relating to vulnerable adults in the Court of Protection. Particularly EU and international cases – child abduction, relocation, international maintenance issues and private international law. Has advised on English/EU law in European jurisdictions and elsewhere, and has provided expert evidence to the Supreme Court of New York, USA, and appeared in court in Portugal as an expert witness. Recent cases: C v B [2014] EWHC 2069 (abduction); EY v RZ [2013] EWHC 4403 (abduction); Re B [2012] EWCA Civ 1082 (EU Maintenance Regulation); AR v RN (Scotland) [2015] UKSC 35; AB v JJB (EU Maintenance Regulation) [2015] 2 FLR 1143.
Publications: Articles on EU law in International Family Law Journal: [2012] IFL 277 and [2015] IFL 258; joint editor with Thorpe LJ of the collected papers of the 2011 Dartington Interdisciplinary Conference
Career
Called 2007; Middle Temple; pupillage at QEB 2007-08.
Languages
German, French.
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association; Western Circuit; Child Abduction Lawyers Association.
Education
University of Oxford (first class hons, geography); City University (postgrad dip in law, commendation); BPP (BVC); Diplock Scholar of Middle Temple; City University Scholarship.
Leisure
Previously a ski instructor in Verbier, Switzerland; enjoys surfing in Devon and walks on Dartmoor with his lurcher.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) is ‘a superb set for finance cases with top silks and juniors and great strength in depth’. William Tyzack specialises in cases involving international focus and, in the case S-L v S-L, is acting on behalf of an applicant challenging the assertion of English domicile and instead seeking proceedings in Monaco. Katie Cowton KC has significant expertise in financial applications of divorce and civil partnership dissolution and financial claims after overseas divorces. Duncan Brooks KC and Sarah Phipps KC took silk in March 2023.