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Philip Cayford KC KC
Position
Family practice, strong bias towards financial remedies. Acted for successful wife in Supreme Court in Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC (Strike out, abuse of process, legal costs funding, costs orders) and successful husband in Mils v Mils [2018] UKSC 38. Court of Appeal decisions include Villiers [2022] EWCA 722, Hague Convention and jurisdiction issues, internal relocation (Re R [2016] EWCA 1016), recusal and judicial humour (El Faragy [2007] EWCA 1147), Schedule 1 (Morgan v Hil [2006] EWCA 1602). High Court decisions on jurisdiction (Villiers [2021] EWFC 38), habitual residence (AJ v DM [2019] EWHC 702), Sch 1 applications (F v G [2005] 1 FLR 261) reinstating lump sum claim(Re G [2004] 1 FLR 997), big money footballers (Q v Q [2005] 2 FLR 640), excessive costs (RH v RH [2008] 2 FLR 2142), offshore trusts (B v B [2010] l AER D61 and the Hagen litigation July 2017). Other reported decisions on foreign pensions; enforcement abroad and in UK (Goyal No 3 [2017] EWFC1), injunctions, children cases, professional negligence, inquests etc.
Career
Called 1975 with Blackstone Exhibition; Silk 2002; Head of Chambers 2016-21. Frequent lecturer.
Consultant Editor of FLBA’s magazine, Family Affairs. Contributor to The Supreme Court Yearbook.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Middle Temple Bencher. FLBA.
Education
Marlborough College; University of Wales (1974 LLB).
Leisure
Wildlife film-maker and photographer; FRGS, C, Zingari RAC, RHS, FZSL, Chelsea Arts Club, Refreshers CC.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Philip Cayford KC –29 Bedford Row Chambers ‘Philip is a five-star advocate.’
29 Bedford Row Chambers is ‘an excellent set with incredible talent at all levels‘. In recent work for the team, the ‘formidable advocate‘ Philip Cayford KC represented the husband before the Court of Appeal in Xanthopolous v Rakshina, a long-running case concerning financial provision after an overseas divorce. Timothy Scott KC is ‘an extremely persuasive and effective advocate‘, and Jonathan Southgate KC is ‘a superb tactician, a great lateral thinker and supremely persuasive in his advocacy‘.