3PB

Family

Mark Lyne has been a specialist family law barrister for over 25 years and has developed a particular expertise in areas of law that relate to the challenges that affect families and family relationships.

Family

Mark Lyne is a senior family law barrister with exceptional expertise in:

• matrimonial finance cases
• applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989
• applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
• family provision cases
• cases involving bankruptcy and matrimonial finance
• public and private law cases under the Children Act 1989
• child support cases

The fact that Mark offers expertise in areas beyond those relating simply to marital breakdown allows him to offer more comprehensive assistance in financial remedy and related financial disputes such as matrimonial finance cases, applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989,  applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, family provision cases, cases involving bankruptcy and matrimonial finance.

Mark also has many years of experience in both public law and private law children cases. He has  plenty of recent experience of cases involving maintenance and child support, international relocation and also of disputes involving the children of same sex relationships.

He has a reputation as someone whom clients find approachable and sensible. Every new case that Mark deals with is a reminder of the uniqueness of each and every family dispute. The width of Mark’s experience has gained him a reputation for being able to deal effectively with the cases in which he is instructed.

Mark’s most notable cases have included arguing that the White v White principles should not automatically apply to second marriage cases, dealing with one of the very first Presumption of Death Act 2013, acting for a father preventing relocation of a child to South Africa, applying the new provisions on enforcement against properties under the Child Support legislation, along with a wide variety of medium to high value financial remdy cases.

Mark also has specialist profiles on the 3PB website for family finance disputes, Private Law children cases, Care and Adoption disputes and TOLATA cases (Property).

Year of Call: 1981

Family Law Bar Association

Downing College, Cambridge – BA (CANTAB)