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Jude Allen

Jude Allen

Jude is a respected senior junior with extensive experience in complex financial remedies work, including trusts, pensions, and agreements. She has particular expertise in Schedule 1 Children Act claims (and related TOLATA and private law children disputes).Jude frequently acts as a Private FDR /ENE judge and now as arbitrator (Financial Scheme). She brings to this her many years’ experience as an (all issues) mediator, largely solicitor referred. Jude is known for her sound judgment, strategic insight and practical approach to dispute resolution. As a highly sought-after private FDR judge, evaluator and arbitrator, she provides clear, realistic and constructive assessments that assist parties in achieving early resolution wherever possible.Whether acting as counsel, evaluator or arbitrator, Jude combines incisive legal analysis with a strong rapport with clients. She is committed to securing the best possible outcomes efficiently and cost-effectively. A calm and determined advocate when litigation is necessary, she is equally skilled at fostering collaboration and achieving settlements in even the most entrenched and challenging disputes.
Rebecca Bailey-Harris

Rebecca Bailey-Harris

French-speaking matrimonial practitioner and former professor of law. Rebecca specialises in cross-border jurisdictional disputes and applications for financial provision following an overseas divorce. Rebecca is also qualified as a mediator and for direct access instruction. Notable cases: Potanina (Respondent) v Potanin (Appellant) [2024] UKSC 3 [2024] 2 WLR 540 Potanina v Potanin [2021] EWCA Civ 702 [2021] 2 FLR 1457 Des Pallieres v Des Pallieres [2021] EWCA Civ 995 [2021] 2 FLR 1097 Potanin v Potanina  [2019] EWHC 2956 [2020] 1 FLR 616 Giusti v Ferragamo [2019] EWCA Civ 691 [2019] 2 FLR 261 MB v TB (Jurisdiction: Divorce: Court First Seised) [2018] EWHC 2035 [2019] 1 FLR 1247 A v B (Financial Remedies) (No 2) [2018] EWCF 45 [2019] 1 FLR 17 A v B (Financial Remedies: Application to Strike Out) [2018] EWFC 4 [2019] 1 FLR 1  E v E  (BIIA: Arts 16 and 19) [2015] EWHC 3742 (Fam) [2017] 1 FLR 658 Walton v Allman [2015] EWHC 3325 (Ch) [2017] 1 FLR 927 AB v JJB (EU Maintenance Regulation: Modification Application Procedure) [2015] EWHC 192(Fam)  [2015]  2 FLR 1143 Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14 [2015] 1 FLR 972 Ville de Bauge v China [2014] EWHC 3975 (Fam)[2015] 2 FLR 873 Chai v Peng (No 2) [2014] EWHC 1519 (Fam) [2015] 1 FLR 637 Tan v Choy  [2014] EWCA Civ 231 [2015]  1 FLR 492 H v W (Cap on Wife’s Share of Bonus Payments) (No 2) [2014] EWHC 2846 (Fam) [2015] 2 FLR 161   Publications: Rebecca has published widely in both Australia and England, through books and articles in academic and professional journals. In England Rebecca has co-authored the major texts Rayden and Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters and Cretney’s Principles of Family Law. Rebecca is currently an editor of the Family Law Reports and a monthly case commentator for Family Law. She is a consultant editor of International Family Law.
Deborah Bangay KC

Deborah Bangay KC

Barrister specialising in money, private children work and pre-nuptial agreements for UHNW and HNW individuals, She is adept at jurisdictional disputes and inheritance claims. Notable cases: Tsvetkov v Khayrova [2023]. FB v PS [2015] EWHC 2979 (fam) EDG v RR [2015]EWHC 3097 (Fam) ZA v AS[2014] EWHC 2630 (Fam) US v SR: [2014] EWHC 175 (Fam) UL v BK [2013] EWHC 1735 (Fam) AC v DC (NO 2 [2013] 2 FLR 1499 AC v DC and Others (Financial Remedy: Effect of s 37 Avoidance Order) [2013] 2 FLR 1483 BP, KP and NI (Financial Remedy Proceedings: Res Judicata) [2013] 1 FLR 1310 Young v Young [2012] [2012] 2 FLR 470 G v G (Financial Remedies: Short Marriage: Trust Assets) [2012] 2 FLR 48 AR v AR (Treatment of Inherited Wealth) [2012] 2 FLR Golubovich v Golubovich [2010] EWHC 2267 (FAM) FZ v SZ & Anr. [2010] AER (D) 189 Jul Golubovich v Golubovich [2010] AER (D) 136 D v D (Divorce: Media Presence) [2009] 2 FLR 324VB v JP [2008] 1 FLR 742 P v P [2008] 1 FLR 742 North v North [2008] 1 FLR 158 C v C [2009] 1 FLR 8 MacFarlane v MacFarlane; Parlour v Parlour [2004] 1 FLR 893   
Edward Benson

Edward Benson

Ed specialises in financial remedy work, jurisdiction disputes, cohabitee claims under TLATA, and nuptial agreements. He also sits as a private FDR evaluator.Ed regularly represents clients in complex and high-profile financial remedy cases, both with and against leading counsel. He has appeared in the High Court in his own right on multiple occasions and has represented clients in the Court of Appeal, both at home and offshore.Ed has a growing offshore practice, providing advice and representation this year in cases in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and Switzerland.Having undertaken pupillage at a leading commercial Chambers, Ed has particular expertise in cases where commercial and trust law overlap with family law. He frequently acts in ‘intervenor’ cases involving third party claims in financial remedy proceedings; he has appeared in several of the leading authorities involving intervenors.Work HighlightsMcGregor v Smith (Domicile/Misuse of Divorce Portal) [2026] EWFC 128 (B)MM v FF [2026] CICA (Civ) 8 (led by Nicholas Yates KC)HA v EN [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam) (led by Nicholas Yates KC)Simon v Simon & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1048 (led by Richard Todd KC)HA v WA & Anor [2022] EWFC 110 (led by Richard Todd KC)Simon v Simon & Level (Joinder) [2022] EWFC 29 (led by Richard Todd KC)Simon v Simon [2022] EWFC 35 (led by Richard Todd KC)LS v PS [2021] EWFC 108 (led by Richard Todd KC)
Timothy Bishop KC

Timothy Bishop KC

Barrister specialising in financial remedies and matrimonial jurisdiction disputes, He is one of only three star individuals in Chambers and Partners 2024 guide to Matrimonial Silks Notable cases: TI v LI [2024] EWFC 163 Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567 AT v BT [2023] EWHC 3531 (Fam) Baker v Baker [2023] EWFC 136 DR v UG [2023] EWFC 68 Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115 ARQ v YAQ [2023] EWFC 128 WX v HX [2021] EWFC 241 RC v JC [2020] EWHC 466 Potanin v Potanina [2019] EWHC 2965 Versteegh v Versteegh [2018] EWCA Civ 1050 Ecclestone v Stunt X v X [2016] EWCA 1995 (Fam) Work v Gray [2017] EWCA Civ 270 Appleton v Gallagher Robertson v Robertson [2016] EWHC 613 (Fam) Gray v Work [2015] EWHC 834 (fam) Tan v Choy [2014] EWCA Civ 251 Gallagher v Lawrence [2012] EWCA Civ 394 H v S [2011] EWHC B23 (Fam) FZ v SZ [2010] EWHC 1630 (Fam) Lykiardopulo v Lykiardopulo [2010] EWCA Civ 1315 McCartney v Mills McCartney [2008] EWHC 401 (Fam) Vaughan v Vaughan [2010] EWCA Civ 349 SR v CR [2008] EWHC 2329 (Fam) Miller v Miller [2006]  EWHL 24 Xydhias v Xydhias [1998]EWCA Civ 1966 Publications: Former member of Editorial board of At A Glance Enforcement of Financial Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings (with Gavin Smith)
Phillip Blatchly

Phillip Blatchly

Phillip’s expertise lies in managing and resolving financial disputes when relationships end, whether through separation, divorce or death. He is regularly instructed in cases involving offshore assets, trusts, complicated company structures, hidden wealth and other atypical financial resources that demand special consideration and proficiency. He has acted in many cases involving technical legal arguments, the outcome of which is decisive to the success or otherwise of the main proceedings.  Recent examples include the extent to which a party should be held to a nuptial agreement, the effect of a party’s failure to comply with disclosure rules, and establishing / resisting claims by interveners to ownership of assets that would otherwise be subject to the court’s dispositive jurisdiction. Phillip has appeared before the range of tribunals up to and including Court of Appeal level.  Before the Court of Appeal, he has appeared both with and without a leader. Several of his cases are now the leading authorities on the points of law in issue.  In addition, Phillip has experience in drafting successful grounds of objection to the Supreme Court. Notable cases:Gallagher v Gallagher (No 2) (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC 53 Instructed as junior counsel in a case involving assets found to be worth c.£34.5m. The principal issues at play were familiar territory and included valuations of private companies (the parties’ respective experts were c.£34m apart on value); calculating non-matrimonial wealth and discounting (or not) for illiquidity. The main dispute turned on the value of a construction company, with sole experts giving evidence by ‘hot-tub’. The judgment includes some helpful dictum regarding the duties imposed on sole experts when engaging with their counterpart in proceedings. Gallagher v Gallagher (No 1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52 Following obtaining a full interim reporting restriction order (“RRO”), Mostyn J revised the terms to prohibit for a defined period of time the publication of material relating to the parties’ children and various confidential reports and advice relating to tax liabilities and other litigation. Mostyn J confirmed that this judgment was his last word on the subject of publicity in financial remedy proceedings – henceforth, his Lordship’s default position will be to publish financial remedy judgement in full without anonymisation (which includes providing the press with copies of skeleton arguments when they are sought) and any derogation will need to be justified on the individual facts of that case. XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 49 Instructed as junior counsel to obtain a reporting restriction order (“RRO”) ahead of the final hearing of the parties’ claim for financial remedies. This was the first reported decision where the applicant successfully obtained a RRO before Mostyn J notwithstanding his Lordship having made plain in three earlier decisions that, as a matter of default, financial remedy proceedings should be published in full, without anonymisation. Mostyn J made a full RRO on an interim basis to be reviewed at the conclusion of the final hearing. Wodehouse -v- Wodehouse [2018] EWCA Civ 3009 Appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, where Phillip represented the successful husband, who appealed against a lump sum order made directly against a discretionary trust, of which the husband was a potential beneficiary. The Court of Appeal found that the judge had no jurisdiction under section 23(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to make an order against a third party trust. Norman -v- Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 120 Phillip represented the successful husband as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal. The court refused the wife’s appeal of the lower court’s refusal to set aside the terms a consent order. The case required a thorough analysis of the law on res judicata, issue and cause estoppel, the court’s powers under FPR r.4.1(6) now governed under FPR r.9.9A and  fraudulent set aside following the Supreme Court’s decision in Sharland. Norman -v- Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 49 Appeared for the successful husband as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal, where the wife sought an anonymity order. The case provided clear authority on the procedure and  exceptional circumstances required for the Court of Appeal to depart from its ordinary practice and grant an anonymity direction. N -v- N [2014] EWCA Civ 314 Phillip represented the successful husband as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal. The court overturned the lower court’s decision to set aside the terms of a consent order on the basis of the husband’s non-disclosure. The Court of Appeal opined (although did not determine) that the duty to give full and frank disclosure does not arise during the appellate process. This represented the first time any reported decision considered this issue.   Publications: Phillip regularly lectures in-house for solicitors and respected industry training providers like Resolution. He is a contributor to the family law enforcement section of uk.practicallaw.com.
Henrietta Boyle

Henrietta Boyle

Henrietta was the Family Law Young Barrister of the Year runner-up at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2022, and was shortlisted as a finalist for the same award again in 2023. Henrietta accepts instructions in all areas of private family law. She appears regularly in the High Court both in financial remedy cases and in international child abduction cases, as sole counsel (e.g. UG v NN [2022] EWHC 8 (Fam)) and also as a junior to other members of chambers (e.g. Horohoe v Horohoe [2020] EWFC 102, CG v DL [2023] EWFC 82). As well as representing clients in court, Henrietta is often instructed to undertake advisory and drafting work. In 2021, Henrietta was the Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Mostyn in the Family Division of the High Court. Notable cases: CG v DL [2023] EWFC 82 UG v NN [2022] EWHC 8 (Fam) Horohoe v Horohoe [2020] EWFC 10 Publications: Henrietta is a co-author of the annually revised textbook Financial Remedies Practice (Class Legal), together with Sir Nicholas Mostyn (formerly Mr Justice Mostyn), Lewis Marks KC, Richard Sear KC, Gavin Smith, Phillip Blatchly, Joshua Viney and Henry Pritchard. She has had over 50 articles and case summaries published by Class Legal, Family Law Week, LexisPSL and Estates Gazette, and for a year wrote weekly case summaries for Class Legal’s newsletter.
Nicholas Carden

Nicholas Carden

Nicholas has practised as a family law barrister for over 40 years, and is an arbitrator and private FDR evaluator. He is experienced in every type of case, including: international and domestic jurisdictional disputes; financial disputes with assets ranging from multi-millions to zero (or below); prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; civil partnerships; termination-of-life cases; gender reassignment; child sexual abuse and non-accidental injury; child abduction; child relocation; and Court of Protection issues. He has appeared at every level of the court hierarchy, and has featured in many reported cases over the years. He also accepts Public Access instructions. Publications: Contributor to Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters. Occasional lecturer and contributor to legal periodicals.
Rebecca Carew Pole KC

Rebecca Carew Pole KC

Barrister specialising in financial remedies on divorce and her expertise is in high value, complex disputes involving difficult questions of law, disclosure, valuation, tax and trust matters. In 2023 she appeared (successfully) for the applicant in the Supreme Court in the case of Potanina (respondent) v. Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3; [2024] 2 WLR 540.   Notable cases: BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200 (Fam) TY v XA [2024] EWFC 96 Potanina (respondent) v. Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3; [2024] 2 WLR 540 Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf  [2023] EWCA Civ 1065; [2024] 2 WLR 890 R v R (LSPO: payment of historic costs) [2021] EWHC 195 (Fam) XW v XH (Special Contributions) [2019] EWCA Civ 2262 FW v FH (Valuation of Private Companies) [2019] EWHC 1338 (Fam); [2019] 2 FLR 937 Thum v Thum (No. 2: Disclosure) [2019] EWFC 25; [2019] 2 FLR 546 XW v XH (No. 2: Publicity and Reporting) [2019] EWCA Civ 549; [2019] 1 WLR 3757 LKH v Z (Interim Maintenance: Costs Funding) [2018] EWHC 1214 (Fam); [2018] 3 Costs LR 519 XW v XH (No. 2: Reporting Restrictions Order) [2018] EWFC 44; [2019] 1 FLR 559 Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866; [2019] 2 FLR 291 Thum v Thum (No.1: Jurisdiction) [2018] EWCA civ 624; [2019] 2 WLR 127 XW v XH (No. 1: Financial Remedies: Non-matrimonial Assets) [2017] EWFC 76; [2019] 4 WLR 83 ZS v RS (Conflict of Interest) [2017] EWHC 2660; [2018] 1 FLR 263 WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25; [2018] 1 FLR 313 Thum v Thum (No. 1: Service of Documents) [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 171 S v J & ors [2016] EWHC 586 (Fam) MA v SK & S Investments [2015] EWHC 887 (Fam) Abuchian v Khojah [2014] EWHC 3411 (Fam) Re G (Leave to Remove) [2007] EWCA Civ 1497 C v C (Costs: Leave to Appeal) [2006] EWHC 624 (Fam) C v C (Privilege) [2006] EWHC 336 (Fam) Re G (Maintenance Pending Suit) EWHC 1834 (Fam) C v C (Without Notice Orders) [2005] EWHC 2741 (Fam) K v K (Financial Relief: Management of Difficult Cases) [2005] EWHC 1070 (Fam) Al-Khatib v Masry [2004] EWCA Civ 1353 Publications: Co-author with Nicholas Mostyn KC ‘Child’s Pay’ (3rd edition).
Katherine Cook

Katherine Cook

Katherine specialises in financial claims following the breakdown of relationships. She is noted for her handling of cases which are often high-profile and reputationally sensitive, and which engage issues of valuation, tax, non-disclosure, offshore trust structures, and the status of agreements.Katherine is recognised for her expertise in cases involving issues of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. She has been instructed as an expert witness on English law in South Africa and provided advice and/or representation in the Cayman Islands, the BVI, the UAE, and Gibraltar.Katherine is a qualified arbitrator. She sits regularly as an early neutral evaluator at private FDR hearings.
Kyra Cornwall

Kyra Cornwall

Kyra is highly specialist in complex matrimonial finance work. This includes matters involving pre- and post-marital agreements, and those involving issues relating to international corporate structures, trust issues, landed estates and jurisdiction matters. Her busy practice involves a discrete handling of high profile and international cases. She regularly represents husbands and wives in high value and prominent matters, led and alone. She advises clients nationally and internationally, from jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, Singapore and France, and has a particular interest in cases with links to Hong Kong, having undertaken the Pegasus Scholarship there in 2017. Notable cases: BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200 VV v VV [2022] EWFC 46 VV v VV [2022] EWFC 41 AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9 AG v VD [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam) Hammoud v Zawawi [2019] EWHC 839 (Fam) Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866 WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25 MA v SK [2015] EWHC 887 (Fam) Joy v Joy [2015] EWHC 455 (Fam) Joy v Joy [2014] EWCA Civ 520
Nigel Dyer KC

Nigel Dyer KC

Nigel retired as an advocate in January 2022 after forty years in practice at the Bar, and he now works exclusively as a judge or evaluator in private Financial Dispute Resolution hearings (FDRs). He has been conducting private FDRs since 2016 and to date has evaluated over 300 cases. He was described as the “go-to choice as a private FDR judge” in Chambers and Partners Directory 2019, and described by one leading silk as “..providing a Rolls-Royce service”. In both of the 2024 legal directories (Chambers & Ptnrs and the Legal 500) he is listed in Band 1 of the ‘Private FDR Judge / ADR’ sections. The settlement rate of the cases he has evaluated over the last eight years has been consistently high; on an informal poll c. 85% – 90% of the claims settle on the day of the hearing or shortly thereafter. The cases he evaluates range across a broad spectrum of financial claims, viz: financial remedy claims post-divorce, as well as Part III and Schedule 1 claims, and applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The asset classes are varied and include: land and investments in the UK and abroad, company interests and business assets, farming operations, on-shore and off-shore pensions and trusts, and wealth held in deferred remuneration and private equity arrangements. He works principally in London, although he also travels to hearings held in the major legal centres around the country as well as to the Channel Islands and the Cayman Islands. Publications: Co-editor of ‘Rayden and Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters’ [18th edition] Co-author ‘The Detection and Preservation of Assets in Financial Remedy Claims’, (2014).  
Anastasia Gilfillan

Anastasia Gilfillan

Anastasia's practice covers all aspects of private family law, including financial remedies (including Part III and Schedule 1 claims), private children work, claims under TLATA 1996 and applications under the Family Law Act 1996.  Since joining chambers, Anastasia has appeared in a variety of complex cases and is regularly instructed to undertake advisory and drafting work, including drafting and advising on nuptial agreements.   She enjoys working closely with solicitors as part of a team on complex litigation, and, prior to joining chambers, worked as a paralegal at a leading specialist family law solicitors’ firm in London.  
Nichola Gray KC

Nichola Gray KC

Nichola is Joint Head of Chambers at 1 Hare Court and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021. She has over 30 years’ experience as a financial remedy expert. She specialises exclusively in complex cases, particularly those involving corporate structures, on-shore and off-shore trusts and cases which have an international element. In addition, she is a recognised expert in disputes between unmarried cohabitees where there is a Children Act 1989, Schedule 1 element to be considered. She is also regularly instructed to advise on and to draft pre-nuptial agreements and has a wealth of experience in both defending and challenging such agreements in Court, having represented the Wife in the frequently cited case of KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam) where she successfully challenged the terms of the pre-nuptial agreement. She is renowned both for her attention to detail and for her robust performance in Court. Nichola is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly sits as a Private FDR Judge where her ability to find innovative solutions is highly regarded. She is frequently invited to speak at international and domestic conferences and to advise panels in relation to family law awards.
Eleanor Harris

Eleanor Harris

Eleanor has a busy practice specialising in complex financial disputes, covering all financial remedy matters, nuptial agreements, Schedule 1 applications and financial relief after an overseas divorce, private law children disputes and matters relating to divorce and jurisdiction all of which frequently have an international dimension. She is regularly instructed in cases involving corporate and trust structures. Eleanor is commended for her pragmatic and commercial advice, thorough case preparation, swift assimilation of information, attention to detail and incisive advocacy; she works as a team with her client and solicitor to achieve the best result, whether that is through negotiation or contested litigation.Alongside her practice as a barrister, she is an Arbitrator under both the IFLA Children Scheme and Financial Scheme and conducts private FDRs as the evaluator.Notable cases:HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2DP v EP (Conduct; Economic Abuse; Needs) [2023] EWFC 6Agbaje v Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13Co v Co (Ancillary relief: Pre-marriage cohabitation) [2004] EWHC 287 (Fam)
Thomas Harvey

Thomas Harvey

Tom has represented clients at all levels up to and including the Supreme Court.He has a particular expertise in disputes involving the proper treatment of non-matrimonial assets, having successfully represented the respondent husband in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. Standish is the landmark case on the proper application of the sharing principle. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision by which they dismissed the wife’s appeal, allowed the husband’s appeal, which reduced the wife’s sharing claim from £45m to £25m.Tom’s practice is focused on complex financial remedy work. He is regularly instructed as junior counsel to the leading silks in substantial and complex financial remedy proceedings. He is also frequently instructed as sole counsel in cases before High Court Judges.His cases frequently involve:• Disputes as to the proper treatment of non-matrimonial / matrimonialised assets• Contested jurisdiction• High net worth individuals• Offshore and corporate/trust structures• Disputed valuation evidence• Allegations of non-disclosure• Issues of privilegeTom is also increasingly instructed to sit as an early neutral evaluator (pFDR judge).Notable Cases• Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26 – Landmark Supreme Court authority on the sharing principle and the proper treatment of non-matrimonial property.• H v GH [2023] EWFC 235 – Successful strike out application of an application to extend time for payment of a lump sum.• SBX v ABX [2022] EWHC 3652 (Fam) – Post-Brexit jurisdiction battle between England and Germany.• Haskell v Haskell [2019] EWHC 3434 (Fam); [2020] 4 WLR 24; [2020] 1 FCR 565 – Interim maintenance order suspended rather than dismissed.
Georgina Howitt

Georgina Howitt

Georgina specialises in dealing with the financial consequences of relationship breakdown. She also welcomes instructions in relation to jurisdiction disputes, private children matters and Family Law Act disputes. Georgina is an experienced trial advocate. Since joining chambers in 2017, she has undertaken multiple trials up to High Court level, both on her own and led by Silks. Her trial experience means that she is well-placed to advise and represent clients in relation to negotiated settlements; and, where required, to advocate for clients at a final determination. Georgina enjoys cases of complexity. She has particular experience dealing with allegations of serious non-disclosure, where financial tracing is required; assets that are held offshore and/or in company/trust structures; and expert valuation evidence. She is interested in cases with an international dimension, especially cases which proceed under Part III following a foreign divorce. She is knowledgeable about all enforcement mechanisms (including contempt proceedings) and keeps a keen eye on enforceability throughout. Georgina represents clients at all stages of court proceedings and in alternative dispute resolution. She can also be instructed as a Private FDR Judge. Notable cases: XW v XH [2019] EWCA Civ 2262 led by Martin Pointer KC and Rebecca Carew Pole AW v AH and others [2020] EWFC 22 led by Deborah Bangay KC Bailey v Bailey (Committal) [2022] EWFC 5
Ann Hussey KC

Ann Hussey KC

Ann specializes in high net worth divorce, separation and pre and post nuptial agreements. She is instructed by husbands, wives and separating unmarried couples and also advises off shore asset holding entities. Ann regularly lectures on financial remedies both in the UK and internationally. Notable cases: K v K (periodical payments: cohabitation) [2006] 2FLR 468 S v S [2007] Fam Law 106 – conduct pre acquired assets North v North [2008] 1 FLR 158 – the prodigal wife case VB v JP [2008] EWHC 112 – compensation on variation Lyons v Lyons [2010] EWCA Civ 290 – post divorce security D v D [2010] EWHC 138 inherited farming case M v M [2015] EWFC B63  impact of reduced life expectancy
Florence Jones

Florence Jones

Florence is developing a broad practice in all areas of private family law. She joined chambers in October 2019 having completed her pupillage under the supervision of Nicholas Wilkinson, Rachel Spicer and Christian Kenny. During pupillage, she assisted on complex financial remedy and private children law matters. Prior to coming to the Bar, Florence was employed by both The London School of Economics and Queen Mary University as a Teaching Fellow in Family Law. She now regularly writes articles for a family law website. On completing her undergraduate degree Florence worked as a campaign coordinator for the 2015 election campaign. Alongside her studies she taught family law to undergraduates and volunteered for legal charities, including the National Centre for Domestic Violence where she provided support to victims of domestic violence.
Madhavi Kabra

Madhavi Kabra

Madhavi is a specialist family law barrister who offers the rare combination of expertise and experience in both high-end matrimonial finance and Children Act matters. Her practice is principally in HNW and UHNW financial remedy work, but she is also superb and frequently instructed in concurrent private children matters (including child arrangements and internal/external relocation disputes). Madhavi’s practice also encompasses international cases where there are issues of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens, as well as cases involving non-married couples (TOLATA and Schedule 1). Over the years, Madhavi has represented individuals of many different nationalities and from various industries, including, by way of example, foreign Royalty, an English Duke, an internationally acclaimed Artist, a Premiership Footballer and a household-name Actor. She has also represented multinational companies and banks (as interveners), entrepreneurs, CEOs, bankers, and other well-known captains of industry. Notable cases: Madhavi is instructed in cases of the utmost value and complexity (both on her own and led by King’s Counsel) including those with complicated trust structures, for example offshore trusts in tax havens and ‘old money’ trusts. She is also regularly instructed in cases with other types of sophisticated asset structures such as corporate entities with SPVs as well as cases with multiple and/or complex income streams. Madhavi has also appeared in some of the most significant reported cases of recent years including: Mansfield v Mansfield [2011] EWCA Civ 1056: one of the leading authorities on the treatment of personal injury awards in the context of financial remedy proceedings (led by Richard Todd QC). Traversa v Freddi [2011] EWCA Civ 81: Madhavi appeared in the Court of Appeal (led by Justin Warshaw, now Queen’s Counsel) in this case, one of the foremost authorities concerning financial provision after a foreign divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. A v L [2011] EWHC 3150 (Fam): Madhavi has appeared on her own in the High Court in an appeal hearing before Mr Justice Moor concerning a significant departure from equality.
Christian Edward Mackenzie Kenny

Christian Edward Mackenzie Kenny

Barrister specialising in Private Family Law with particular focus on complex, high value matrimonial finance litigation.In the last two years alone, Christian has been instructed in over 20 High Court cases involving assets over £100m. He is routinely chosen to act as junior to leading King’s Counsel (Band 1) and is entrusted by partners in leading Family Law firms to act alone in some of the most complex, high value cases proceeding in this country. He has acted in several of the leading Family Law authorities relating to (for example) non-disclosure of assets, disputed company valuations, interim financial relief and freezing injunctions.Christian is also an expert on jurisdiction and advises regularly in disputes relating to habitual residence and forum conveniens; he recently successfully established jurisdiction to divorce in this country on behalf of a Nigerian princess whose right to apply had been challenged. Christian has advised directly in proceedings in The Bahamas and The Cayman Islands. He also acts as an expert on English Law in foreign proceedings.Christian is a qualified arbitrator and also sits regularly as an evaluator in Financial Dispute Resolution hearings.Christian is a specialist in:Financial provision on divorceAdvising on and drafting nuptial agreementsJurisdiction matters (often relating to habitual residence and domicile and forum conveniens)Validity of marriageRecognition of foreign divorcePrivate law Children Act matters, including financial claims under Schedule 1 and applications for leave to remove from the jurisdictionClaims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996Notable Cases·        JMV v MV [2025] EWFC 234 and JMV v MV (No2) [2025] EWFC 439. A rare example of the court ordering the sale of a very valuable trading family business, notwithstanding the objections of the husband and a third party shareholder and complex Articles of Association that appeared to prevent a forced sale.·        THR v WAT [2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam).  A case involving very significant assets (£70m+) made in IT and cryptoccurency. An unusual example of the court considering the appropriate level of child maintenance under the James v Seymour guidance where the husband’s annual income was in the many millions.·        CA v UK [2025] EWFC 117 (B). Jurisdiction proceedings involving competing child maintenance applications in California and England. The wife was seeking to enforce an order made in New York in the Californian courts where the husband was resident. The husband was seeking to bring proceedings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 in England where the wife and children were resident. The case engaged forum conveniens considerations and is the only known judgment to address whether parties can bring Schedule 1 applications against themselves; i.e. where they are the intended payer under the order·        EK v DK and Others [2023] EWHC 1829 (Fam). A High Court trial before Francis J relating to a set aside application brought by a wife on the basis of alleged fraudulent non-disclosure by the husband. In particular, the alleged non-disclosure related to the husband’s ability and available resources to house himself and also the prospects of success of the husband’s business foreign arbitration proceedings. The judgment contains a helpful synopsis of the law in relation to setting aside judgments on the basis of fraudulent or innocent non-disclosure.·        HAT v LAT [2023] EWFC 162. Proceedings before Peel J concerning an application for financial relief brought by a wife 30 years after a Deed of Separation and 25 years after the divorce. The judgment provides a useful survey of the law in relation to MPS/LSPO applications also in relation to delay in bringing financial applications.·        Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2023] 1 FLR 1163. A High Court jurisdiction trial heard by Mr Justice Moor, involving concurrent proceedings brought by the parties in England, Norway and Austria. The principal issues were whether (i) W had been habitually resident in England to the requisite standard when she brought her petition, and (ii) in the event that England did have jurisdiction, it was the appropriate forum. The case engaged the Marinos versus Munro debate as to the correct test for habitual residence under EC Regulation 2201/2003 (“Brussels II”) and also the transitional Brexit provisions in relation to jurisdiction. Very possibly the last reported case dealing with jurisdiction under Brussels II.·        CG v SG [2023] EWHC 942 (Fam). A High Court financial remedy trial involving a disputed valuation of a financial advisory business. The judgment in particular addresses issues of valuation where is it asserted that a business is a “singleton” business reliant upon the relevant party’s future involvement in it. It also addresses the correct approach to costs where the court has preferred the evidence of one party’s expert over that of the other.·        BC v BG (Financial Remedies) [2019] 2 FLR 337. A case in the High Court addressing the procedure and principles to be applied when challenging an arbitral award in Family Proceedings, in particular the extent to which any challenge was governed by the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Geoffrey Kingscote KC

Geoffrey Kingscote KC

Geoffrey specialises in complicated and difficult financial remedy cases, including those involving pre-nuptial agreements, offshore trusts, complex businesses and, more recently, conduct. He is also a leading FDR tribunal having conducted more than 120 private FDRs/early neutral evaluations. He has appeared in a number of key cases on pre-nuptial agreements, (Radmacher), non-matrimonial assets (K v L and Jones), special contribution (Cooper-Hohn) and conduct (N v J). Notable cases: N v J [2024] EWFC 184 CB v KB [2019] EWHC 78 Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 4122 Vince v Wyatt [2013] EWCA Civ K v L [2011] EWCA Civ 550 and Jones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41 Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42  
Peter Mitchell KC

Peter Mitchell KC

Matrimonial Finance pFDR Judge and Arbitrator   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).   Notable Cases: Goddard-Watts v. Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115 MB v EB (No 2) [2019] EWHC 3676 (Fam) MB v EB [2019] EWHC 1649 (Fam) Brack v. Brack [2018] EWCA Civ 2862 and [2020] EWHC 2142 (Fam) Hart v. Hart [2016] EWCA Civ 497, [2017] EWCA Civ 1306 and [2018] EWCA Civ 1053 Prest v. Prest [2015] EWCA Civ 714 Sharland v Sharland [2015] UKSC 60 C v. C (Appeal: Hadkinson Order) [2011] 1 FLR 434 Agbaje v. Agbaje [2010] UKSC 10
Lily Mottahedan

Lily Mottahedan

Lily was called to the Bar in 2011, has been a tenant at 1 Hare Court since 2013, and is recognised as a leading senior junior in financial remedy work.She was named Junior Barrister of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards in 2023, having previously been shortlisted for the same award in 2019.Her practice encompasses all areas of private family law, including financial remedies, financial remedies after an overseas divorce (Part III), financial provision for unmarried parents (Schedule 1), jurisdiction and forum non conveniens disputes, applications for recognition of overseas divorces, cases concerning non-marriage and nullity, domestic and international enforcement, including under the 2007 Hague Convention, and marital agreements.She was highly commended as International Family Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 LexisNexis Family Law Awards following the landmark case of SA v FA [2022] EWFC 115, in which she successfully argued for a stay of an English divorce petition in favour of proceedings issued by her client in Abu Dhabi.She is a recognised leader at the Bar in cross-border disputes, particularly jurisdiction and forum disputes, and is especially sought after in Anglo-French matters given her fluency in French. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a worldwide association of lawyers recognised as the most skilled and experienced family law specialists in their country.She is sought after in cases involving marital agreements, following her success in SC v TC [2022] EWFC 67, in which she successfully challenged a postnuptial agreement on the basis that it had been obtained by exploiting a vulnerable person and was, in any event, found to be unfair.She has acted in cases involving European marriage contracts, bespoke American prenuptial agreements and English prenuptial agreements. She has experience acting both for the spouse seeking to uphold the agreement and for the spouse seeking to challenge it.She is a go-to barrister in cases involving major art collections, drawing on her Diploma in Art Profession Law and Ethics and in-depth knowledge of the art market. She has acted for collectors and spouses of collectors.As a former investment banker in Merrill Lynch’s Mergers and Acquisitions team in London, she brings a commercial edge to her financial remedy matters. She is adept at dealing with complex company and trust structures and has dealt with many such cases working as a team with her solicitors, shadow experts, and occasionally specialist trust or company counsel.Lily also has a growing international reputation. She has been a shadow counsel on financial remedy cases overseas, to include in the Bahamas and Isle of Man, and accepts instructions from overseas lawyers in Europe and further afield (most recently Singapore, Switzerland and France), to advise on issues of English law.In addition to her practice as a barrister, Lily sits as a private FDR Judge.Notable casesLily has appeared in a number of reported and published cases both as the lead counsel and as junior to a KC. Such cases include:·        AT v NT (No 2) [2026] EWFC 161 (before Simon Colton KC) (High Court), in a successful application for interim maintenance and a legal services order under Part III.·        AN v NT [2025] EWFC 456 (before Mr Justice Peel) (High Court), concerning leave under Part III in which she successfully obtained an ex-parte restriction against an English property asset prior to the service of the leave application.·        Vince v Vince (Re Transparency) [2024] EWFC 406 (before Mr Justice Cusworth) (High Court), led by Richard Todd KC in an application concerning the media’s rights to documents in financial remedy proceedings.·        Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389 (before Mr Justice Cusworth) (High Court), led by Richard Todd KC concerning the extent to which there should be a departure from equality in the Husband’s favour on account of pre-marital endeavour in a well-known British green energy business.·        MN v AN [2023] EWHC 613 (Fam) (High Court), led by Deborah Bangay KC in the Wife’s challenge to a prenuptial agreement on the grounds of duress and needs.·        SA v FA [2022] EWFC 115 (before HHJ Hess) where she sought a stay of divorce and financial remedy proceedings in England and Wales on forum non conveniens grounds in favour of proceedings in the Abu Dhabi Family court for Non-Muslims and was successful.·        SC v TC [2022] EWFC 67 (before HHJ Hess) where she successfully set-aside a post-nuptial agreement on the grounds of undue influence and failure to meet needs on behalf of a vulnerable client who had lost litigation capacity during the proceedings.·        AG v VG [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam) (before Jonathan Cohen KC) (High Court), led by Deborah Bangay KC, defending the Wife in the Husband’s application for disclosure of her previous solicitor’s files on the grounds that she had waived legal professional privilege in her pleadings.·        Waggott v Waggott [2018] EWCA Civ 727 (Court of Appeal), led by Nigel Dyer KC in a landmark financial remedy case concerning the applicable principles to spousal maintenance, capitalisation, clean breaks and section 28(1) bars.·        Quan v Bray and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 405 (Court of Appeal), led by Richard Todd KC in the Wife’s appeal of the first instance decision.·        Quan v Bray and others [2015] EWCA Civ 1253 (Court of Appeal), led by Richard Todd KC in the Wife’s successful application for permission to appeal.·        Quan v Bray and others [2014] EWCA 3340 (Fam) (High Court), led by Richard Todd KC, a four-week preliminary issue hearing concerning whether an offshore trust is post-nuptial settlement and/or a resource pursuant to the Thomas v Thomas line of cases.·        B v B [2014] EWHC 4857 (Fam) (High Court), in a two day contested jurisdiction dispute concerning jurisdiction under Articles 3 to 7 of the EU Maintenance Regulation 2009 in which she was successful.PublicationsAs well as lecturing extensively at legal conferences in England and abroad and in-house at solicitors firms, Lily has written a number of articles and contributed to academic texts:·        When is a divorce jurisdiction, a forum non conveniens? Stay applications in England and Wales, International Family Law Journal, December 2024.·        Hemain Injunctions: How to get them and when not to resist them, Financial Remedies Journal, November 2024.·        Author of chapter on Declarations of marital status in the current edition of Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters.·        Co-author of the chapter on The recognition of overseas divorces in the current edition of Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters.·        Co-author of Bankers’ Bonuses – how the divorce capital of the world treats the rewards reaped from the financial capital of Europe in Family Law Week, 2014.·        Author of Asaad v Kurter: The latest round in ‘non-marriage’ cases – is the tide turning? in Family Law Week, 2014.Since late 2025, Lily is the author of the quarterly International Family Law Updates in the Family Law Bar Association’s Magazine covering cross-border divorce and financial remedy cases.
Lydia Newman-Saville

Lydia Newman-Saville

Lydia’s practice is focused on financial remedy work (including Part III and Schedule 1 claims), though she also accepts instructions in application brought under TOLATA, the Children Act 1989, and the Family Law Act 1996. Lydia’s practice covers co-habitation, pre/post nuptial agreements, and jurisdictional disputes. Lydia regularly appears on complex financial remedy cases in the High Court with leading counsel, as well as on her own against opponents of all seniority. Notable cases: Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam) Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298 (Fam)
Christie O'Connell

Christie O'Connell

Christie is a family law specialist accepting instructions across the spectrum of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, child maintenance appeals, TLATA, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. She has experience representing clients from first to final hearing at all levels up to and including the High Court. Publications: Christie is a contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal, in which she provides summaries of recent cases of interest. Alongside her practice, she also delivers seminars and lectures to firms across the country.
Sophia Paraskeva

Sophia Paraskeva

Sophia completed her pupillage in October 2024 under the supervision of Tom Harvey, Jude Allen and Kyra Cornwall. Sophia is developing a broad practice and accepts instructions in all areas of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, TLATA, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. During pupillage, Sophia assisted on a number of high-value financial remedy cases, including in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. She regularly undertook bank account analyses, reviewing disclosure and assisted on the preparation of court documents. Sophia is a regular contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal website and also undertakes pro bono work with Advocate, the Bar’s national pro bono charity. Additionally, Sophia is a volunteer with the Bar Council’s “Barristers in Schools and Colleges” programme, where she regularly provides talks to school and college students to provide an insight into the Bar and what it takes to become a barrister.
Henry Pritchard

Henry Pritchard

Henry accepts instructions in all areas of private family law, with a particular specialism in financial remedies. In addition to representing clients in court, he is frequently instructed to undertake advisory and drafting work. Having recently appeared in the High Court alongside Rob George in A Father v A Mother [2024] EWHC 1149 (Fam), Henry has a growing interest in international abduction cases, He is also one of the authors of Financial Remedies Practice (2022-24), as well as of Rayden & Jackson. He is a frequent contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal.
Mia Purdy

Mia Purdy

Mia accepts instructions in all areas of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. Mia is developing a practice in all aspects of financial proceedings, including matrimonial finance, enforcement, variation, applications pursuant to TOLATA 1996, and applications under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. Mia also regularly accepts instructions in private children disputes, including issues relating to declarations of parentage and parental responsibility, fact-findings and allegations of domestic abuse, and relocation (both domestic and abroad). During pupillage, Mia assisted her supervisors and other members of Chambers on various high-value financial remedy cases, including undertaking complex bank account and financial disclosure analysis. Mia has experience working closely with solicitors. Prior to commencing pupillage, she worked as a paralegal at a leading specialist family law solicitors’ firm in London. More recently, in 2023, Mia spent 8 weeks on secondment at another leading boutique family law firm where she assisted with numerous cases.
Richard Sear

Richard Sear

Richard is interested in the full spectrum of family law and his practice focuses on complex matrimonial finance and jurisdiction cases, in which he has extensive expertise.While much of his work takes place privately and without publicity, Richard has appeared in many reported decisions; among them a significant number of the leading cases in the field.Recent examples include:SpencerStandish (2022 to 2025)PN v SA (2025)Williams (2024)Tsvetkov v Khayrova (2023)DR v UG (2023)Goddard-Watts (an instruction lasting over a decade).
Amber Sheridan

Amber Sheridan

Amber specialises in all aspects of financial remedies following relationship breakdown. Her expertise spans matrimonial finance, Schedule 1 applications, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and Inheritance Act claims.She has a particular interest in cases involving international dimensions and regularly acts in complex and high-value claims under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, often as junior counsel in multi-jurisdictional proceedings. Her experience in high-profile and long-running cases involving overseas assets, trusts, and competing jurisdictions means she is well placed to guide HNW and UHNW clients through the challenges of cross-border family law disputes.Amber serves as a Private Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) and Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) judge. She is frequently appointed to assist parties in achieving settlement through these alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, combining a clear and practical approach with sensitivity to the emotional and financial pressures involved. Clients and practitioners alike value her ability to foster constructive dialogue and find solutions in even the most difficult cases.Specialist in:*Financial remedies on divorce and partnership dissolution*Civil partnership and cohabitation matters*Schedule 1 claims (financial provision for children)*Part III MPFA 1984 cases*Nuptial agreements (pre- and post-nuptial)*Divorce (proceedings and jurisdiction)*Private FDR/ENE dispute resolution*Professional negligence
Calum Smith

Calum Smith

Calum is a financial remedies specialist, advising on the full range of financial disputes arising from relationship breakdown: divorce, the separation of cohabiting couples, and Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 claims brought on behalf of children. He is also frequently instructed on the recognition of divorces obtained overseas, and recently represented the husband in the appeal of the High Court decision in Sandeep Kumar Chugh v Latika Chugh [2025] EWFC 42 which came before the Court of Appeal in June. Calum regularly advises on disputed beneficial ownership, both in court and in writing. He acted for the successful applicant in AB v CD v EF (Beneficial Interest Application) [2025] EWFC 191 (B), persuading the court that a husband and wife held a beneficial interest - under constructive and/or resulting trust principles - in land legally held by the wife's son.Calum has a particular interest in the treatment of non-matrimonial property on divorce and the concept of matrimonialisation. He authored 'Source not Title: Some First Reflections on Standish' (Financial Remedies Journal) and, more recently, 'Final Reflections on Standish: Was it All Worthwhile?' (FRJ website).
Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith has three decades’ experience as a specialist family law barrister, dealing with all types of financial remedy proceedings following relationship breakdown.Gavin now focusses full time on his established practice as an arbitrator and private FDR evaluator. He is praised in the leading professional directories for the quality of his work. In DB v DLJ [2016] EWHC 324 (Fam), Mr Justice Mostyn referred to Gavin’s arbitration award as ‘a thorough, conscientious and clear piece of work. Its quality is a testament to the merit of opting for arbitration.’Gavin is available to undertake arbitrations of all kinds, from single-issue disputes to those involving the full range of financial remedy claims, and from high value cases to ones where the parties’ resources are modest.He is also an experienced private FDR evaluator, assisting couples on separation by giving them an assessment of the likely outcome in their case, and thus providing them with a basis for a negotiated settlement.Gavin keeps up to date with legal change by co-editing the financial remedy practitioners’ ‘bibles’, At A Glance and At A Glance Cloud. He is editor and one of the founding authors of Financial Remedies Practice, published annually since 2011, and co-founded the award-winning website familyarbitrator.com.Gavin sits as a Deputy District Judge in the Financial Remedies Court on the Midland Circuit, where he has been authorised to hear the more complex cases.
Rachel Spicer

Rachel Spicer

Rachel is a highly experienced specialist in complex matrimonial finance and Schedule 1 claims. She has a particular interest in child maintenance matters and child support law. She has advised and lectured extensively on these topics and is one of a small number of Counsel who regularly provide representation within child support appeals, including at Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal level. Rachel also frequently prepares and advises on nuptial agreements. Rachel has a strong commitment to non-court dispute resolution. She sits regularly as a Private FDR Judge and is an IFLA qualified arbitrator.Reported cases:DG v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] UKUT 238 (AAC)Dickson v Rennie [2014] EWHC 4306 (Fam)SC v YD [2014] EWHC 2446 (Fam)Brisset v Brisset [2009] EWCA Civ 679Smith v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another [2006] UKHL 35
Kate Strange

Kate Strange

Kate is a financial remedies specialist with extensive experience of matrimonial finance, TLATA and Schedule 1 claims at every stage of proceedings. She is also frequently instructed in private children matters. She often appears in complex multi-day trials, and has appeared in the High Court, including on appeal. Kate frequently lectures on new developments in matrimonial finance. She has a particular interest in the developing caselaw on MCA 1973 s25(2)(g) conduct claims. Kate joined chambers in October 2019, having completed her pupillage under the supervision of Richard Sear KC, Tom Carter and Katherine Cook. Prior to this, she worked as a paralegal to the head of the Family Law department in a top-ranked firm. She also volunteered at a number of legal charities during her studies, advising members of the public on a wide range of issues including housing, divorce and debt, and appearing in the Social Security tribunal.
Richard Todd KC

Richard Todd KC

Richard is in the top category of Silks for Chambers and Partners; there are only three Silks in that category. (He is also top ranked in Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific) The Legal 500 also places him in their highest category; Tier 1. He has been top-ranked by these guides for a decade. Nobody at the Bar is ranked higher than Richard.Richard also enjoys the distinction of having twice been made Chambers and Partners’ Family Law Silk of the Year. He has been nominated for The Lawyer’s overall barrister of the year on three occasions.He acted for Mrs Katrin Radmacher in the Supreme Court case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 and for Mrs Yasmin Prest in the Supreme Court case of Petrodel Resources Ltd et al v Prest [2013] UKSC 34.PublicationsSince 1989 Richard has been the co-author of “Practical Matrimonial Precedents” (2 Volumes), Sweet & Maxwell. It is now in its 71st release (2026).Richard also co-authored, “Essential Family Practice” (2 Volumes), Butterworths and “At Court”, FT Law & Tax.Richard is also an Editor of Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law.Together with his wife, Elisabeth (also a member of chambers) he is co-author of “Relationship Agreements” Sweet & Maxwell (2013).He has also had published articles in Family Law, Family Matters, The Family Law Journal and The Lawyer. He has occasionally contributed to The Law Society’s Legal Network Television.In 2000 he was shortlisted (list of four) for UNICEF’s Lawyer of the Year for his work on the law relating to paternity disputes.Recent Work Highlights·        H v M [2025] EWHC 2647·        A v Z [2026] EWFC 203 and [2026] EWFC 146·        De La Sala v De La Sala [2026] EWCA Civ 282·        H v M [2025] EWHC 3601·        HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48·        ST v AR [2025] EWFC 4·        Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389• R v M & Ors [2024] EWHC 720• BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11• Williams v Williams [2024] EWHC 733 (Fam)• Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567 • EK v DK [2023] EWHC 1829• Simon v Simon & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1048  • HAT v LAT [2023] EWFC 162  • ADK v ASI [2022] EWHC 2610 (Fam)• LSG v LYAG [2022] HKFC 114• RV v AA [2022] HKCA 89• Ravendark Holdings Ltd v Rotenberg & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1661 (10 November 2021)• LS v PS (Rev1) [2021] EWFC 108 (23 December 2021)• Simon v Simon & Level (Joinder) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 29 (21 March 2022)• Simon v Simon [2022] EWFC 35 (01 April 2022)• FRB v DCA (No. 2) [2020] EWHC 754 (No. 3) [2020] EWHC 3696 and (No. 4) [2021] EWHC 116
Joshua Viney

Joshua Viney

Joshua is a specialist in financial remedies, financial provision for children and jurisdiction/forum disputes. He appears in the High Court and Court of Appeal regularly against opponents of all seniority. Frequently, Joshua’s cases are complex, international and have high net worth individuals. Of particular interest to Joshua are cases with offshore trust structures and companies.Work HighlightsFelicite Terrill Perez De La Sala & Anor v Maria-Christina De La Sala & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 282TY v XA (No. 4) [2025] EWFC 488Collardeau v Fuchs (Contempt of Court) [2025] EWFC 413LIN v PAR [2025] EWFC 401THR v WAT [2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam)ST v AR [2025] EWFC 4James Morgan Copinger-Symes v Maria-Christina Copinger-Symes & Anor [2024] EWFC 415UD v TQ [2024] EWFC 119L v O [2024] EWFC 6Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf [2023] EWCA Civ 1065HAT v LAT [2023] EWFC 162XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited v Andrew Joseph Ruhan [2022] EWHC 1695 (Comm)WC v HC [2022] EWFC 40WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) [2022] EWFC 22AA and BB [2021] EWFC 17Siddiqui v Siddiqui & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 1572FS v RS and JS [2020] EWFC 63Timokhina v Timokhin [2019] EWCA Civ 1284ET v ST [2018] EWHC 1109 (Fam)NN v AS & Ors [2018] EWHC 2973 (Fam)Briers v Briers [2017] EWCA Civ 15
Justin Warshaw KC

Justin Warshaw KC

Justin specialises in complex high-value cases, difficult jurisdictional issues, cases with Human Rights angles, difficult factual disputes and coercive control. He appears regularly in the leading family cases and is well-known for his advocacy before the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He is most often seen in high profile divorces acting either for (or for the spouses of) captains of industry, disrupters, oligarchs, film stars, producers, heiresses and football club owners. He is frequently instructed in international work advising in cases in Jersey, Gibraltar, Singapore, Canada, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. He is frequently appointed as private FDR judge in complex high net worth cases. He was appointed Deputy High Court Judge in February 2024.   Specialist in All matters concerning divorce and the breakdown of family relationships.   Types of Cases as pFDR Judge: Case involving a matrimonial estate worth in excess of £100m with complex arguments about valuation and the impact of a pre-nuptial agreement Cases relating to the division of a matrimonial estate and the extent pre and post marital acquest detracts from an equal split Matters relating to how to treat complex hedge fund interests   Notable Cases as Counsel: KV v KV [2024] EWFC 165 – Wife's application for maintenance pending suit and a legal services payment order. YC v ZC [2022] EWFC 137 (B) - Financial remedies proceedings XO and YO and AA limited [2022] EWFC 114 - Division of assets in international divorce proceedings influenced by husband’s litigation misconduct VV v VV [2022] EWFC 46 - Costs order VV v VV [2022] EWFC 41 (13 May 2022) ([2022] 2 FCR 681, [2022] EWFC 41, [2023] 1 FLR 170; - Pre-marital cohabitation, misconduct and party needs Traharne v Limb [2022] EWFC 27 (31 March 2022) – Post nuptial agreement CW v CH (MFPA 1984 Part III: Interim Applications) [2022] EWFC B1 (10 January 2022) - MFPA 1984 Part III: Interim Applications LS v PS (Rev1) [2021] EWFC 108 (23 December 2021) ([2021] EWFC 108, [2022] 1 FCR 691, [2022] 4 WLR 19, [2022] WLR(D) 38 - Application by an intervenor for disclosure of privileged material from a PFDR Siddiqui v Siddiqui & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 1572 (02 November 2021) ([2021] EWCA Civ 1572, [2022] 1 All ER 860 - ECHR-based appeal against the High Court's refusal to grant an adult man financial relief against his parents Crowther v Crowther & Ors (Financial Remedies) (Rev1) [2021] EWFC 88 (27 October 2021) - Extreme and unusual example of an acrimonious family law case AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9 (04 February 2021) – Jurisdictional issues FS v RS and JS [2021] 2 FLR 641 – Human Rights and provision for adult children AG v VD [2020] 2 FLR 1248 – Privilege in financial remedies Re YM and NM [2020] 1 FLR 1246 – Maintenance, injunctions and non-disclosure AJ v DM [2019] 2 FCR 1 – Maintenance Regulation and divorce jurisdiction NN v AS and Others [2019] 1 FLR 1397 – Financial Orders after Egyptian Divorce AAZ v BBZ (no 3) [2017] 2 FCR 461 – Legal Professional Privilege AAZ v BBZ (no 2) [2017] 2 FCR 450 – Discovery against solicitor asserting privilege TJB v RJB [2017] 1 FLR 1497 – Enforcing English order in Switzerland Juffali v Juffali [2017] 1 FLR 729 – Big need in big money Briers v Briers [2017] 1 FCR 309 (CA) – Post separation accrual WA v The Estate of HA (Deceased) and Others [2015] 1 FLR 1360 – Barder events ABC v PM and another [2015] All ER (D) 122 (Apr) – Setting aside a solicitor’s charge Chapman v Kawash [2015] All ER (D) 67 (Jan) – Setting aside consent orders Seagrove v Sullivan – [2015] 2 FLR 602 – Tolata Claims and bundles MET v HAT (No 2) [2015] 1 FLR 602 – Interim Maintenance Mann v Mann [2014] 2 FLR 928 – Enforcement and mediation MET v HAT [2014] 2 FLR 692 – Interim maintenance Sharbatly v Shagroon [2013] 1 FLR 1493 (CA) – non marriage case L v L [2012] 1 FLR 776 – Re-trial of financial remedies after appeal Traversa v Freddi [2011] 2 FLR 272 (CA) – financial relief after an overseas divorce Marano v Marano [2010] 1 FLR 1903 (CA) – business valuations during the financial crisis Myerson v Myerson (No 2) [2009] 2 FLR 197 (CA) – share price collapse after a final order MacLeod v MacLeod [2009] 1 FLR 641 (PC) – Pre-nuptial and marital agreements S v S [2009] 1 FLR 254 – trusts, tax and notice to show cause why agreement should not be upheld MB v KB [2007] 2 FLR 586 – financial provision for a child after and in addition to divorce settlement S v S  [2007] 1 FLR 1496 – effect of conduct on award, definition of non-matrimonial property M v M  [2005] 2 FLR 533 – big money, short marriage GW v RW  [2003] 2 FLR 108 – matrimonial property, length of marriage provision for children F v F  [2003] 1 FLR 847 – family company, illiquidity , clean break Re G  [2003] 1 FLR 870 – divorce procedure G v G [2003] 2 FLR 71 – maintenance for legal fees H v H [2002] 2 FLR 1021 – professional partnership, separate property, inheritances Ranson v Ranson [2002] 1 FCR 261 (CA) V v V [2001] 2 FLR 299 Varma v Varma and Acanthus Ltd [2002] Fam Law 503 Mubarak v Mubarak [2001] 1FLR 673 Re Dianoor Jewels Ltd [2001] BPIR 234
James Webb

James Webb

James is a specialist in family finance. He represents clients in often complex financial remedy matters, cohabitation disputes, and claims under Schedule 1. James undertakes advisory and written work on topics such as jurisdiction, enforcement of financial orders, and formal pleadings in ToLATA claims. As a published author on the topic, he is well-placed to act in cases involving issues of trusts law and nuptial settlements. Publications: Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters (2021): Contributing Editor “Variation of nuptial settlements in financial remedies: Part I: Identifying a nuptial settlement” [2017] Fam Law 978 “Variation of nuptial settlements in financial remedies: Part II: The process of variation” [2017] Fam Law 1107 “An ever-reducing core? Challenging the legal validity of offshore trusts” (2015) Trusts & Trustees (OUP) 21(5) 476
Simon Webster

Simon Webster

Principal practice is focused on large and complex financial remedy claims, often with international elements and often with cross-border jurisdiction issuesSimon has appeared in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal with the majority of is work at High Court level. He regularly participates in private FDR hearings as advocate and as Judge, his reputation in the latter now formidable.Simon’s practice also encompasses financial claims on behalf of children (Schedule 1) and claims concerning property ownership after relationship breakdown.Notable Cases:MB v CD [2024] EWHC 751 – child maintenance and legal services paymentsX (Financial Remedy: Non-Court Resolution), Re [2024] EWHC 538 – court’s power to compel parties to attend mediationTRNS v TRNK [2023] EWFC 133 – claim to uphold post-nuptial agreementGoddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115 – successful appeal after second rehearing of financial remedy claim following persistent non-disclosureGallagher v Gallagher [2022] EWFC 52 – substantial financial remedy trial and consequent publicity orders.Ravendark Holdings v Rotenberg [2021] EWCA Civ 1661 – long running Part III financial claim.A v M [2021] EWFC 89 – private equity and financial remedyE v L [2021] EWFC 60 – short marriage financial remedy claimKicinski v Pardi [2021] EWHC 499 – appeal concerning Thwaite jurisdictionS v C [Financial Remedies: Frozen Fund] [2020] EWHC 2127 – child maintenance, disabled fundG v T [2020] EWHC 1613 – substantial financial remedy trial concerning financial trading business.
Nicholas Wilkinson KC

Nicholas Wilkinson KC

Nicholas Wilkinson KC is instructed in the most substantial, high profile and important financial remedy cases, including Schedule 1 proceedings, having led three juniors over two cases in the Court of Appeal in June and July 2026.His practice includes complex and international litigation at the highest level (involving forensic accounting, networks of companies and offshore trusts), along with media, privilege and immunity issues associated with diplomats and ruling families.He has a good rapport with his opponents and judges, leading to favourable settlements for his clients, yet is a spirited and persuasive advocate who is always on top of the detail and goes the extra mile to achieve stellar results.He also provides accurate and balanced indications as a Private FDR Judge.Work HighlightsMorgan v Morrell v Antoniou [2026] – Court of Appeal judgment awaitedChugh v Chugh [2026] – Court of Appeal judgment awaitedST v NT [2026] EWFC 171W v X [2025] EWHC 1696 (Fam)AB v CD & Ors [2025] EWFC 958BM v MB & Ors  [2025] EWFC 129Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4FT v JT [2023] EWFC 250Galbraith-Marten v De Renee [2023] EWFC 253A v M [2023] EWHC 1900 (Fam)CD v JG [2022] EWFC 118HRH Haya Bint Al Hussein v HH Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 94Re Al M (Immunities) [2021] EWHC 660 (Fam)Re Al M [2021] EWHC 303 (Fam)AS v CS [2021] EWFC 34O’Dwyer v O’Dwyer [2019] EWHC 1838 (Fam)Joy v Joy [2019] EWHC 2152 (Fam)Re L (a child) [2019] EWHC 867 (Fam)Juffali v Juffali (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 1684 (Fam)Al-Juffali v Estrada [2016] EWCA Civ 176Estrada v Al-Juffali [2016] EWHC 213 (Fam)Kolah v Kolah [2015] EWHC 3877 (Fam)Joy v Joy-Morancho and others (No 3) [2015] EWHC 2507 (Fam)Joy v Joy [2014] EWCA Civ 520Joy v Joy-Morancho [2014] EWHC 3769 (Fam)Baldwin v Baldwin [2014] EWHC 4857 (Fam)C v C (APPEAL: HADKINSON ORDER) [2010] EWHC 1656 (Fam)Mamoon v Mamoon [2010] EWCA Civ 1641V v V (Financial Relief) [2009] EWHC 2901 (Fam)
John Wilson KC

John Wilson KC

Barrister specialising in matrimonial finance, professional negligence, inheritance claims, trusts, and matrimonial civil work; cases include: H-J v H-J (financial provision: equality) [2002] 1 FLR 415; Kimber v Kimber [2000] 1 FLR 383; Miller Smith v Miller Smith [2009] EWCA Civ 1297; W v M (TOLATA proceedings: anonymity) [2012] EWHC 1679 (Fam). Prosecuting counsel for the Bar Standards Board. Patron of National Family Mediation. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Editor-in-chief of Family Affairs (the FLBA newsletter).
Christopher Wood

Christopher Wood

Christopher’s practice consists mainly of complex financial claims, involving companies, farms, offshore assets and conflicts of law. Other work includes drafting and advising upon pre nuptial agreements. Christopher has also acted as an expert on English financial remedies claims in French proceedings. Notable cases: ShapeText BoxT v S (Financial Provision for Children) [1994] 2 FLR 883 A v A (A Minor: Financial Provision) [1994] 1 FLR 657 Thomas v Thomas [1995] 2 FLR 668 CA Sears Tooth (A firm) v Payne Hicks Beach (A firm) and Others [1997] 2 FLR 116 Wicks v Wicks [1998] 1 FLR 470 CA D v D (Lump Sum: adjournment of application) [2001] 1 FLR 633 H v M (Property occupied by Wife’s Parents) [2003] EWHC 625 (Fam) [2004] 2 FLR 16 A v A & St George’s Trustees (No 1) [2007] EWHC 99 (Fam) [2007] 2 FLR 467 A v A & St George’s Trustees (No 2) (Ancillary relief: costs) [2007] EWHC 1810 (Fam) [2008] 1 FLR 1428 CG v IF (MFPA 1984 Part III: Lugano Convention) [2010] EWHC 1062 (Fam) [2010] 2 FLR 1790 Kliers v Kliers [2020] EWFC 1026 (Fam) [2020] 2 FLR 1276 Publications: Christopher is a contributor to Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters. He writes the chapters on Stays and injunctions in matrimonial and other proceedings and on the Recognition of divorces, annulments, legal separations and the dissolution of civil partnership proceedings. He also lectures on financial remedy topics, including Trusts, Farming cases and Compensation.
Ben Wooldridge

Ben Wooldridge

Ben is a specialist financial remedies practitioner. He has a particular expertise / interest in cases involving nuptial agreements, a topic on which he has advised and lectured widely. Ben regularly appears in his own right in cases heard up to High Court level and is regularly led by silks in matters concerning complex legal issues and / or high net worth individuals.Ben’s cases often involve issues of jurisdiction; substantial assets; assets held offshore or in complex trust structures; allegations of serious non-disclosure and / or complex valuation evidence (particularly in relation to private equity funds).Reported cases:Potanina v Potanin (No.3) (Video Evidence from Abroad) [2026] EWHC 1738 (Fam)Potanina v Potanin (No. 2) (FDA) [2026] EWHC 148BC v BC (No.2) [2026] EWFC 37Potanina v Potanin [2026] EWFC 80Rt. Hon. The Countess Karen Anne Spencer v Rt. Hon. Ninth Earl Spencer, Charles Edward Maurice Spencer [2025] EWFC 431PN v. SA [2025] EWFC 141MR v. EF [2024] EWFC 144 (B)ES v. SS (No. 2) [2024] EWFC 59ES v. SS [2023] EWFC 177AZ v. AG [2023] EWHC 2014FRB v. DCA [2020] EWHC 754
Nicholas Yates KC

Nicholas Yates KC

Nicholas specialises in complex financial remedy cases (including Civil Partnership and Schedule 1 claims) involving substantial assets, company valuations, trusts, tax issues and international dimensions. He also drafts nuptial agreements and advises on their enforceability, as well as representing clients in jurisdiction matters, non-marriage cases and Inheritance Act claims. He also conducts private FDRs.Recent reported cases include: JV v MV [2025] EWFC 234; JV v MV (No. 2) [2025] EWFC 439; HA v EN [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam); THR v WAT [2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam); ES v SS (No.2) [2024] EWFC 59; ES v SS [2023] EWFC 177; Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2023] 1 FLR 1163; CG v SG [2023] EWHC 942 (Fam); FRB v DCA (No. 2) [2020] EWHC 754 (Fam); DJ v BJ (The Cayman Islands) 2019; Al-Baker v Al-Baker (No 2) [2016] EWHC 2510 (Fam).