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Family: Matrimonial Finance - London (Bar)

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What the Team is Known For

1 Hare Court is a universally lauded set with distinguished matrimonial finance practitioners. It has seasoned silks and highly commended juniors, who tackle the largest and most challenging and acrimonious financial disputes following the dissolution of relationships. Many of these cases involve issues relating to complex offshore assets, trusts, pensions and concealed wealth. Individuals here have decades of cumulative experience in the handling of multi-jurisdictional disputes and many are fully trained private FDR judges. One recent work highlight for the set was Standish v Standish, a landmark Supreme Court case which raised important issues as to when and if assets become 'matrimonialised'. Members of chambers also appeared in Vince v Vince, a very high-profile financial remedy case looking at the hallmarks of a relationship for the purposes of the sharing principle. Its clientele consists of exceptionally high net worth and high-profile individuals, including politicians, royalty and multibillionaires. Sources say: "1 Hare Court is the leading set for matrimonial finance cases. It has a broad bench of advocates, ranging from the most well-regarded silks down to extremely talented juniors."

Steve McCrone is the senior clerk.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Richard Todd
Star Individuals

Richard Todd KC is an extremely well-regarded financial practitioner who handles disputes relating to significant assets and trust structures following relationship breakdown. He has unique expertise in international cases, in particular those relating to the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong, where he has been called to the Bar. Todd is at home with some of the most technical legal issues in the area.

Richard Todd is innovative and comes up with unique ideas.He is inspiringly different in way he approaches things.

He is second to none in terms of the breadth of his experience in dealing with complex, high value cases, many of which are international in nature.

Richard is an exceptional advocate and strategist. He is an expert, who is at the top of his field and a real pleasure to work with.

Timothy Bishop
Star Individuals

Timothy Bishop KC regularly handles the most substantial matrimonial financial cases across multiple jurisdictions, and uses his wealth of experience in this area to assist high net worth clients including businesspeople. He is routinely recognised by senior solicitors as one of the foremost matrimonial finance barristers.

The leading KC of his generation - steeped in commercial good sense and able to elucidate the most complex of legal concepts to clients.

The go-to silk for ultra high net worth complex cases.

Tim is as good as it gets in terms of advocacy and legal judgement. He is everything you would want from the most senior of silks.

Timothy always takes a measured and appropriate tone and has that classy edge to his advocacy.

Amber Sheridan
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Amber Sheridan
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Band 1

Amber Sheridan is a matrimonial finance junior with a strong reputation for handling high-value financial remedy proceedings for high-profile, international clients. She is highly regarded for the complexity of the matters she undertakes.

An exceptional barrister with a lovely client manner who ticks all the boxes. She brings thorough preparation, excellent judgement and spot on advice to her cases.

Amber Sheridan is punchy and gives clients a good run for their money.

Amber is an amazing senior junior counsel.

Amber is exceptionally brilliant; she possesses remarkable intelligence and wisdom that surpasses her years. Her articulation is impeccable and she remains composed and unshakable in court.

Deborah Bangay
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Deborah Bangay
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Band 1

Deborah Bangay KC is a practitioner who is well respected for her handling of financial divorce proceedings on behalf of high net worth individuals, and who has particular expertise in offshore trusts issues. She is noted for her tenacity in court and offers clients a real depth of experience in Schedule 1 proceedings, among other issues.

Deborah is an outstanding class act, who is reassuring to both client and instructing solicitor. You feel like you are in the presence of somebody who has seen and done it all.

A formidable advocate and one whom you want in your corner every time, particularly if you have a tricky case where a good fight needs to be put up.

Deborah is a force of nature and a formidable advocate who fights tirelessly for clients. Her commercial awareness and ability to cut through a case are second to none.

An amazing team player, Deborah never backs away from giving robust advice and prosecutes a case with passion and tenacity.

Deborah Bangay is a brilliant negotiator, a fearless advocate and someone who has the most phenomenally good bedside manner.

Emma Sumner
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Emma Sumner
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Band 1

Emma Sumner acts in high net worth ancillary relief proceedings, and is a specialist at navigating complex trust and tax structures. She often represents high-profile international individuals in the sporting and business industries. Sumner has a depth of experience of acting unled against KC opposition.

One of the best finance juniors in London. Emma is absolutely superb and adopts a very robust approach to cases.

Emma is a breath of fresh air. She is clear and insightful and makes the lay client feel listened to and understood. Her advocacy is precise and she is always well prepared.

Emma is a an absolutely fantastic barrister. She has a wonderful manner with clients and instantly puts them at ease.

Emma Sumner is the smoothest of smooth operators and a real pleasure to instruct.

Emma has a way in which she is able to deliver a stifling blow in the most elegant and respectable manner. Sympathetic and robust at the same time, she is a dream to work with.

Geoffrey Kingscote
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Geoffrey Kingscote
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Band 1

Geoffrey Kingscote KC is a matrimonial practitioner with extensive experience of complex financial remedy proceedings who regularly assists clients with multi-jurisdictional matters. He is also noted for his representation of high net worth individuals in cases involving offshore trusts. His contentious work is bolstered by an active non-court dispute resolution practice which sees him handling a number of Private FDRs.

Geoffrey is a persuasive advocate and a particularly good choice for clients who may need that extra touch of care.

Geoffrey is solution-focused and a joy to work with.

Joshua Viney
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Joshua Viney
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Band 1

Joshua Viney is an impressive practitioner with experience of handling a broad array of matrimonial finance disputes, including Schedule 1, Part III and consent orders. His clientele consists of international and high net worth individuals, many of whom are in the midst of family proceedings following serious criminal allegations of fraud.

Josh is an extremely effective tactician, who is able to see round corners. He wins clients' trust early on in proceedings and is very strong on client care.

His arguments are intelligent, well-argued and persuasive.

Josh has a brain the size of a planet. His ability to assimilate vast quantities of highly complex data is quite simply incredible.

A compelling advocate who thinks one step ahead of everybody else.

He gets properly stuck in and is always across the detail. He has real charisma and charm and is an excellent team leader.

Justin Warshaw
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Justin Warshaw
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Band 1

Justin Warshaw KC mainly handles international work and regularly appears before the High Court and the Court of Appeal, representing an impressive clientele of high-profile individuals. Warshaw is frequently instructed in cases involving offshore jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Jersey.

Justin is very on the detail, and he will get straight down to the issues at hand, arguing an array of complex points. He's prepared to have the fight.

Justin is a fearsome advocate - watching his cross-examination is an absolute joy. He always has something fresh to bring to strategic discussions.

Justin is totally brilliant - he displays incredible financial acumen and unerring judgement. A barrister with a touch of greatness.

Justin is able to see disputes in an unusually holistic way, which allows him to unpick the thorniest knots. He is a go-to silk for the most complex cases.

Justin is absolutely exceptional - an awe-inspiring KC.

Katherine Cook
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Katherine Cook
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Band 1

Katherine Cook is a respected family barrister who is particularly noted for having a matrimonial finance practice consisting of high-value divorce and nuptial agreement proceedings. Her clientele is international and she is frequently instructed in complex point of law disputes. She regularly earns instructions from some of the most prominent firms in the sector.

Katherine is fabulously clever and will always be the best prepared person in the courtroom. She is also brilliant at settling cases.

Supremely bright, user-friendly and engaging.

Katherine is a very safe and proactive pair of hands - she provides sound, succinct advice on complex cases and immediately forms an integral part of the client's team.

Katherine is a silk in the making.

Lily Mottahedan
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Lily Mottahedan
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Band 1

Lily Mottahedan specialises in technical financial remedy issues, including those with trust and jurisdiction complications. She has additional expertise in declaration of marital status matters and is a fluent French speaker. Her expertise also encompasses Part III claims and Schedule 1 applications.

Clients like her for her direct but easy manner, her ability to find the answer quickly and her capacity for being on top of the detail.

One of the leading cross-border barristers in this field and a go-to for jurisdiction issues.

Lily is a class act. She is an expert on jurisdiction and brilliant with clients.

Lily is fast developing a reputation as the go-to junior for international work.

Nicholas Wilkinson
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Nicholas Wilkinson
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Band 1

Nicholas Wilkinson handles private matrimonial finance matters for a high-profile clientele. His cases are often complex and involve technical aspects relating to trusts. His work has regularly taken him to the High Court and as far as the Court of Appeal, and he has been led by some of the top finance silks in the market.

He has an excellent legal brain and is someone who understands the commercial realities of the lay client's life. He is tenacious in getting across what matters to the lay client.

Nick is a brilliant advocate and strategist. He tends to paint his opponents into a corner and then settle a case on his own terms.

He is focused and has a great command of the law, which means he cuts to the essence of a case immediately and with clarity.

Nick is a class act and an excellent barrister.

Nicholas is charm personified and someone who produces excellent written advocacy.

Nicholas Yates
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Nicholas Yates
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Band 1

Nicholas Yates KC focuses on the financial side of relationship dissolution, handling complex cases relating to significant assets and jurisdictional disputes. He often handles financial remedy proceedings involving complex trust and business structures. Yates also leads negotiations in high-value postnuptial agreements.

One of the most dignified silks out there. He trounces his opponents with effortless grace and is simply a joy to work with.

Nicholas is a very calm and sophisticated advocate who is always very well prepared. You can have confidence that your case is in the very best hands and that he will doggedly pursue a point.

Nicholas Yates prepares and fights his corner with precision.

Easily able to master and lead the biggest and most complex of cases. The consummate advocate with excellent client management skills.

Phillip Blatchly
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Phillip Blatchly
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Band 1

Phillip Blatchly handles matters in the private client sphere relating to family breakdowns and focuses on complex cases involving trust structures and non-disclosure of assets. His advocacy is notable for its utilisation of technical legal points to progress cases. He is experienced in related private client issues such as Inheritance Act proceedings.

A rising star and a real numbers specialist who is able to expertly handle the most complex financial picture.

Phillip is the barrister you want on your team when you have a complex case which also requires charm and sensitivity. He has excellent knowledge about different types of assets.

Phillip gets really stuck into a case and is deservedly making a real name for himself.

Phillip has a wonderful bedside manner with clients and is calm and measured in his approach. He thinks about next steps and can cut to the crux of the issue and help bring cases to a conclusion.

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Rebecca Bailey-Harris
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Band 1

Rebecca Bailey-Harris is a French-speaking matrimonial practitioner and former professor of law who specialises in cross-border cases, particularly Brussels II and jurisdictional disputes. She is experienced in matters involving domestic abuse and coercive control allegations.

Rebecca is unsurpassed in terms of her private international law knowledge.

Rebecca Carew Pole
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Rebecca Carew Pole
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Band 1

Rebecca Carew Pole KC focuses her matrimonial practice on contested financial disputes, mostly for high net worth clients. She additionally handles complex financial remedy applications for notable individuals, and is at home undertaking complex jurisdiction disputes.

The future of the Family Bar. She oozes presence and is charismatic in her advocacy and presentation. Clients love her and she is a great team leader.

Rebecca is at the top of her game, and is now an obvious choice for complex financial remedy work. She has the ear of the court and is loved by clients.

A force of nature in every sense of the word! Truly tremendous in every way.

Rebecca is a top-flight silk who revels in the most complex of cases. Clients love her empathy in consultation and her dynamism in court.

Just a class act. Rebecca is a go-to silk for financial remedy cases due to her intelligence, her tenacity and her charm.

Simon Webster
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Simon Webster
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Band 1

Simon Webster KC is instructed by the nation's leading firms in some of the most substantial financial remedy proceedings globally. His practice sees him handling disputes, often involving trusts, for high net worth clients.

Simon is a classy advocate, who is hugely numerate and one capable of steering the biggest ships through the icepack that is English family law.

Highly in demand and universally liked and respected amongst all family lawyers.

Simon has impressive experience in relation to complex private equity cases.

What Simon does not know about family law is not worth knowing about. He is diligent and is on the front line of every case he is involved. A class act of the Bar.

Simon's advocacy is smooth as silk and he has an equally sleek bedside manner. Clients absolutely love him. He is also a fierce advocate with a huge brain.

Thomas Harvey
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Thomas Harvey
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Band 1

Thomas Harvey has a strong matrimonial finance practice and has represented parties at all levels up to the Court of Appeal. He has particular expertise in cases concerning the interplay between agreements to compromise and subsequent claims for financial relief, and is frequently led on cases involving substantial assets.

A compelling advocate and so user-friendly. A joy to instruct.

Thomas Harvey is incredibly professional, always really well prepared and excellent on the numbers.

Tom is the standout matrimonial finance barrister of his contemporaries. He is incredibly clever, he has perfect judgement, he's phenomenally hard-working and he's a fantastic team player.

Technically superb, he produces effective position statements and is listened to by clients and judges alike.

Ben Wooldridge
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Ben Wooldridge
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Band 2

Ben Wooldridge is a highly respected practitioner at the Matrimonial Finance Bar. His experience encompasses FDR disputes and TOLATA proceedings, as well as matters in the High Court.

His advocacy is a joy to listen to - he wastes no time on irrelevancies and gets straight to the point to great effect.

Ben adds value to every single case - he prepares meticulously, has an excellent client manner and is incredibly easy to work with. There is absolutely nothing that you can fault about Ben.

Ben is a class act, who is always impressively across the minutiae whilst preserving a clear focus on the key issues and objectives in the case.

Ben is brilliant with clients and solicitors.

Ben is a superb barrister. He has quality and experience beyond his year of call, and you always feel as though you are in the hands of a consummate professional when you work with him.

Jude Allen
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Jude Allen
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Band 2

Jude Allen is able to handle complex financial issues and private law children matters. She is practised in Schedule 1 issues including where it overlaps with TOLATA and cohabitation claims. Allen is also comfortable dealing with complex trust and tax issues relevant to financial remedy proceedings.

Jude is excellent across the board, but what sets her apart in my view is her client care. Her bedside manner is exemplary, probably the best of any money practitioner I have experienced.

Jude is very emotionally intelligent and in tune with what is required.

Jude Allen's advocacy is incredibly strong, incredibly focused and very clear.

Kyra Cornwall
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Kyra Cornwall
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Band 2

Kyra Cornwall applies her impressive intellect and aptitude to a wide range of issues, including high net worth finance and jurisdiction disputes. She regularly acts on Part III claims and cases involving global assets. Cornwall has represented her clients in high-profile disputes before the Court of Appeal.

A fierce advocate for her clients, who approaches cases with an encyclopedic level of knowledge. She takes on counsel at higher levels of seniority and does so with aplomb, dignity and grace.

Whether leading a case, or being led, she knows the case inside out, and how to argue it. She has excellent client-handling skills and is a delight to instruct.

Kyra is a quality advocate, who punches well above her weight. She has a silky smooth style that instils confidence in clients.

She is able to absorb and grasp thorny issues at lightning speed, often quicker than a KC, before effortlessly presenting them in a client-friendly manner.

Kyra is a class act; her cross-examination is sharp and focused and she manages to elicit exactly what she needs to get results for her clients.

Nichola Gray
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Nichola Gray
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Band 2

Nichola Gray KC is an extensively experienced family practitioner who focuses on financial disputes and regularly represents wealthy individuals. She has expertise in asset tracing as it relates to offshore trusts and other concealed wealth.

Nichola Gray is completely brilliant; she's a fearsome advocate who is always impressively prepared and fantastic with clients.

Nichola distils issues with great skill, never shies away from pursuing her client's case and gives giving practical and commercial advice.

A great advocate with excellent judgement.

Ann Hussey
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Ann Hussey
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Band 3

Ann Hussey KC has a wide-ranging clientele but is particularly noted for her expertise in handling disputes involving land and real estate. She regularly tackles high-value divorces with offshore assets, representing both interveners and trustees in proceedings. Hussey is sought out for her ability to handle extremely technical legal issues.

Ann is the crème de la crème - a formidable advocate. She provides sound, strategic advice and ably manages clients.

Ann is a go-to expert for nuptial agreements.

A robust advocate, who is a calming influence on the client and extremely user-friendly.

Christian Kenny
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Christian Kenny
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Band 3

Christian Kenny is a robust financial lawyer who has experience of handling ancillary relief cases with offshore trust structures and undisclosed assets. He is additionally noted for his knowledge of Schedule 1 family cases, and regularly handles cases with multi-jurisdictional aspects.

Christian is a very formidable advocate who remains calm at all times.

Christian is a silk in waiting, who is widely respected by both judges and counsel. His laser focus and charming manner make him every client’s dream.

Christian is a fantastic junior, who is calm and incisive. Incredibly forensic in his approach, he is always on top of the most complex material.

James Webb
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James Webb
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Band 3

James Webb is a rising family barrister with notable experience in complex financial remedy cases. He regularly acts in high-value, jurisdiction-related disputes, and cases with premarital wealth issues. He also represents high net worth clients in Schedule 1 applications and enforcement orders.

He is cool, methodical and unflappable. His command and mastery of his papers is superb and he brings a gravitas to any case beyond his year of call.

A very able advocate who prepares meticulously and knows how to read the judge.

James is a huge pleasure to work with; he is straightforward in all of his communications, and produces both excellent written and oral advocacy. He gives huge reassurance to clients.

An outstanding junior, understated but someone of real class.

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John Wilson KC
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Band 3

John Wilson KC is an experienced family lawyer who brings overlapping expertise in broader civil issues to his practice. He is seen as one of the foremost practitioners for TOLATA issues. Wilson typically handles financial remedy cases for high net worth individuals, and draws acclaim for his further expertise in cohabitation issues.

His ability to navigate the emotional and sensitive human aspects of a case is matched by his wealth of expertise and financial nous.

Madhavi Kabra
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Madhavi Kabra
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Band 3

Madhavi Kabra is a rising star in family law who routinely acts for high net worth clients. She is instructed in Schedule 1 applications and jurisdictional disputes, as well as non-disclosure-related mandates.

Madhavi is an impressive advocate, who is conscientious and incredibly dedicated to her clients.

Madhavi is a tour de force. Her energy and enthusiasm are matched by her fearlessness and razor-sharp intellect.

Madhavi is a great barrister, who provides excellent advice and representation.

Madhavi is intelligent, hard-working and someone who doesn't miss a trick.

Peter Mitchell
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Peter Mitchell
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Band 3

Peter Mitchell KC is an experienced matrimonial practitioner with a versatile practice covering all complex issues relating to financial remedy following relationship dissolution. He has particular expertise in the law as it relates to nuptial agreements, cohabitants and TOLATA issues.

Peter is a joy to work with - he has a fantastic manner with clients and always gets to the heart of a matter.

Peter Mitchell charms the birds out of the trees but has steel beneath the velvet glove.

He loves his job, cares deeply for his clients and is intellectually superb.

He is collaborative, fantastic with clients and a consummate advocate able to master and lead the most complex of cases.

Peter is an extremely capable and personable advocate. Nothing is too much for him and clients love him.

Rachel Spicer
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Rachel Spicer
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Band 3

Rachel Spicer has a strong matrimonial finance practice representing clients of mid to high net worth and is also well versed in private law children issues. She has particular expertise in child maintenance matters, private FDRs and valuation-related mandates.

Rachel Spicer is a very experienced, likeable and super-clever barrister. She is unfazed by the most difficult of cases and is an enormously safe pair of hands.

When it comes to technical issues, she is the queen.

Richard Sear
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Richard Sear
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Band 3

Richard Sear KC often handles financial remedy proceedings for high net worth businesspeople with assets in offshore trust and company structures. He also has expertise in assisting clients with Part III matrimonial finance matters.

Richard is a cerebral silk who always brings great value to a case. Judges listen to him.

Richard is a go-to for the most complex matters. He is incredibly hard-working and his attention to detail is exceptional.

Richard offers a combination of great personal skills, great talent, incredible advocacy and sharp wit.

Richard has a brilliant ability to gather the detail in a case and use it judiciously.

Richard Sear is absolutely phenomenal. He is a great advocate, who has excellent client handling skills and is a fantastic part of a team.

Edward Benson
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Edward Benson
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Band 4

Edward Benson enjoys a growing reputation for financial remedy work. He has experience handling nuptial agreements and TOLATA matters as well as Schedule 1 and Part III claims.

Edward has good technical understanding and a great manner with clients and solicitors.

He was robust and meticulous in his preparation and way he delivered his submissions.

Edward is an extremely talented junior barrister. He has a lovely manner and is extremely bright. Your case is in good hands if you instruct him.

Ed is a star of the future - numerate, nimble and never afraid to punch above his weight.

Eleanor Harris
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Eleanor Harris
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Band 4

Eleanor Harris routinely acts in a range of matrimonial finance matters including order enforcements. Harris often handles maintenance disputes and private FDRs. She demonstrates further abilities in valuation-related mandates and financial remedy cases involving non-disclosure.

Clients love her calm manner and steely confidence. In court, she punctuates her advocacy with technical shots fired with precision.

Eleanor had thoroughly prepared and was excellent with a client who was concerned and nervous. She is also a technically very able lawyer.

Eleanor Harris is incredibly knowledgeable, highly practical and someone with a good bedside manner.

Georgina Howitt
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Georgina Howitt
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Band 4

Georgina Howitt has a strong matrimonial finance practice. She is regularly instructed in high-value financial remedy cases and has significant experience of a range of financial law matters including Part III proceedings. Howitt is also well versed in Children Act proceedings.

She is able to get a client on board and set out their case to them so pragmatically that her advice is impossible to ignore.

Georgina is a fierce advocate with excellent attention to detail.

Georgina is a phenomenally clever advocate. She has a fabulous instinct for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a case, which allows her to plot an effective strategic course.

Georgina is a fabulous barrister who is always on top of her papers. She is firm but fair, and clients feel supported and reassured by her.

Georgina is very much a team player and is always available to discuss particular strategic points or concerns instructing solicitors may have.

Henrietta Boyle
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Henrietta Boyle
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Up and Coming

Henrietta Boyle is a very impressive up and coming junior barrister. She is very well-respected for her financial remedy practice and is instructed regularly by some of the top solicitors firms across the country. She is experienced in dealing with high net worth individuals.

Supremely intelligent and a joy to work with. Clients like her pragmatism.

Henrietta is a judge's dream; she is well prepared, never known to make a bad point and someone who always gives sound advice to her client as to the outcome.

Henrietta is a very talented legal advocate with great strategic ideas.

Henrietta Boyle is effective at complicated financial remedy cases.

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Silks (KC)

London (Bar)

Family: Matrimonial Finance

Richard Todd KC
Star Individuals
Timothy Bishop KC
Star Individuals
Deborah Bangay KC
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Deborah Bangay KC
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Geoffrey Kingscote KC
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Geoffrey Kingscote KC
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Band 1
Justin Warshaw KC
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Justin Warshaw KC
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Band 1
Nicholas Yates KC
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Nicholas Yates KC
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Band 1
Rebecca Carew Pole KC
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Rebecca Carew Pole KC
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Band 1
Simon Webster KC
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Simon Webster KC
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Band 1
Nichola Gray KC
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Nichola Gray KC
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Ann Hussey KC
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Ann Hussey KC
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John Wilson KC
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Peter Mitchell KC
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Peter Mitchell KC
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Band 3
Richard Sear KC
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Richard Sear KC
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Juniors

London (Bar)

Family: Matrimonial Finance

Amber Sheridan
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Amber Sheridan
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Band 1
Emma Sumner
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Emma Sumner
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Band 1
Joshua Viney
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Joshua Viney
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Band 1
Katherine Cook
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Katherine Cook
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Band 1
Lily Mottahedan
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Lily Mottahedan
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Band 1
Nicholas Wilkinson
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Nicholas Wilkinson
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Band 1
Phillip Blatchly
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Phillip Blatchly
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