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Peter Mitchell KC
Position
All aspects of the law governing financial relationships between family members, including the drafting and implementation of pre- and post-nuptial agreements (and their subsequent enforcement or avoidance), financial provision on relationship breakdown (upon divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (and/or dissolution under the analogous Civil Partnership Act) and Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, generally under TLATA 1996 and for children (pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) and associated issues relating to jurisdiction, companies, family trusts, offshore trusts, taxation, other family wealth-holding structures and enforcement of orders and agreements. Cases include at first-instance DB v PB [2016] EWHC 3431 (fam), MB v EB [2019] EWHC 1649 & 3676, CA v DR (Schedule 1 Children Act 1989: Pension Claim); in the Court of Appeal, Prest [2015] EWCA Civ 714, Hart [2017] EWCA Civ 1306 & [2018] EWCA Civ 1053, Brack [2018] EWCA Civ 2862 and Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115; and, in the Supreme Court, the leading cases of Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13 (Financial Provision after overseas divorce pursuant to Part III MFPA 1984) and Sharland [2015] UKSC 60. Peter has a particular interest and experience in cases involving non-disclosure (with which Sharland and Goddard-Watts were both concerned) and enforcement by way of committal/judgment summons (which were the subject of Prest and Hart).
Career
Called 1996, Inner Temple. QC 2020. Trained as Collaborative Counsel.
Memberships
FLBA.
Education
King’s College, London (1995 LLB Hons); Royal Academy of Music (1991 LRAM).
Leisure
Music (as performer and listener).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2Peter Mitchell KC – 29 Bedford Row Chambers ‘Peter is a superb private FDR judge. He is good at dealing with difficult cases. He is courteous with barristers, solicitors and clients, which makes the whole process as easy and palatable as possible.’
29 Bedford Row Chambers is a ‘market leading set for financial remedy work’ that consistently ‘goes above and beyond’. Ben Fearnley is an ‘excellent private FDR judge’ who specialises in financial aspects of divorce, dissolution of civil partnerships, separation of unmarried couples, financial provision for children, and jurisdiction disputes. Other key contacts include the ‘technically brilliant advocate’ Nicholas Allen KC and Peter Mitchell KC, who has extensive expertise in drafting, implementation and enforcement of pre- and post-nuptial agreements. ‘Thorough and balanced FDR judge’ Lucy Owens is another key contact.
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Peter Mitchell KC –29 Bedford Row Chambers ‘Peter is a superb advocate. He is calm and delivers his examination and cross-examination straightforwardly and humanly, yet his presentation is sophisticated.’