3PB

Family; Mediation

Overview
Nicola Frost is a specialist family law barrister.  Her practice encompasses finance and private law matters.  She is committed to achieving the best results for her clients and uses her strong negotiation skills to facilitate settlement, wherever possible.

Nicola’s clients appreciate her sensitive, amiable and pragmatic approach to issues, alongside her meticulous preparation and tenacity at court.

Nicola is the author of "A Practical Guide to Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements," published in November 2021.

Nicola is married with two young children.  She enjoys running, swimming and singing. She is the appointed safeguarding governor and Vice Chair of Governors at a primary school.
Family
Finance/Property

Nicola is highly experienced in matters involving financial remedies upon divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, cohabitation disputes under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) and applications involving provision for children under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989.  Nicola also has specialist expertise in the area of prenuptial agreements and advises upon and prepares both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Click here to listen to Nicola's latest podcast on "pre-nuptial agreements: are they worth it?", recorded with Get Legally Speaking.

Nicola has particular experience of:

• Prenuptial agreements / postnuptial agreements
• Consent orders (enforceability, challenge, Barder events)
• Cohabitation agreements
• TOLATA claims
• Transfers of overseas property, ensuring the enforceability of orders
• Conduct, including dissipation of assets
• Maintenance pending suit / spousal maintenance
• Farming cases
• Third party interests
• Insolvency, including transaction avoidance, non disclosure, uncovering concealed assets
• Schedule 1 to the Children Act
• Enforcement applications
• Cohabitation and conversion / delivery up
• Annulment proceedings
• Business assets
• Pensions (including Forces pensions)
• Disabled adult ‘child’ dependants
• Freezing injunctions

Private Remote FDR Hearings

Nicola is available for private remote FDR hearings. For more information on private remote FDR hearings please click here.

Private Law

Nicola has an extensive private law practice and covers the spectrum of child law matters. She is particularly experienced in relationship breakdowns involving intractable contact disputes. Nicola has a special interest in surrogacy cases and has acted and advised in this niche area of private law.

Nicola has acted in cases involving allegations of domestic and sexual abuse, psychiatric disorders and issues of alcoholism and drug misuse; she deals with complex medical evidence and has conducted lengthy fact finding hearings.

In addition to general private law practice (child arrangements, specific issue and prohibited steps orders), Nicola has acted in the following types of private law cases:

• Surrogacy
• Private adoption
• Removal from the jurisdiction (including Hague Convention)
• Internal relocation cases
• Declarations of parentage
• Non-molestation / occupation proceedings
• DNA cases

Court of Protection

Nicola is fully qualified to undertake Court of Protection cases and has been instructed on behalf of the Official Solicitor.

Public Interest Immunity / Disclosure

Nicola reviews and advises upon all aspects of PII, including compliance with the Disclosure Protocol, interaction with other agencies and balancing competing public interests. Nicola has experience of dealing with complex medical evidence and, in addition to social services’ records, is willing to review health departments’ records.

Mediation
Nicola is an Accredited Mediator – Civil & Commercial Mediation (Bristol ADR Group).

Year of call 2009; Inner Temple.

Family Law Bar Association Bar Pro Bono Unit Inner Temple Western Circuit European Circuit Accredited Mediator – Civil & Commercial Mediation (Bristol ADR Group) Advocacy Trainer (Western Circuit)

LL.B (Hons) (First Class) – Bristol Law School, UWE Bristol BVC (Very Competent) - Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, UWE Bristol Author of 'A Practical Guide to Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements'