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Family: Matrimonial Finance - London (Bar)
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.