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John Wilson KC

020 7797 7070 wilson@1hc.com

Position

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).

Career

Called 1981; Inner Temple. Author of ‘Cohabitation claims: Law, practice and procedure’ (April 2009, second edition published 2015); contributing author to Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance (9th Ed) (2012); contributing author to ‘Cases That Changed Our Lives’ (volume 2).

Languages

French.

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association; Family Procedure Rules Committee 2010-14.

Education

Ampleforth College, York; St John Rigby Sixth Form College, Wigan; Pembroke College, Cambridge (1980 MA Law).

Leisure

Literature, theatre, Rugby League, France.