1 Hare Court

Head of Chambers: Nicholas Yates KC and Nichola Gray KC

Senior Clerk: Steve McCrone

Tenants: 46

1 Hare Court is proud to be the pre-eminent matrimonial finance set with unrivalled expertise in relationship generated disputes. Chambers has an illustrious history and counts amongst its former members two former Presidents of the High Court Family Division, three former members of the Court of Appeal, two current High Court Judges and five former High Court Judges. Chambers was pleased to announce in October 2025 the arrival of Peter Mitchell KC and Amber Sheridan so that the set now has 46 barristers (14 silks and 32 juniors) and three associate members, all with the highest academic and professional credentials. The set’s leading silks and juniors have appeared in many of the seminal cases in the field of financial remedies. Members play a major role in the delivery of high-quality publications for the education of the profession, including At a Glance, Rayden & Jackson on Relationship Breakdown, Finances and Children, the Financial Remedies Journal and the Family Law Journal, along with editing the Family Law Reports. Silks and juniors from 1 Hare Court are sought-after speakers and the annual chambers seminar remains the ‘go-to’ fixture in the family law year for all family law solicitors.

1 Hare Court is the leading set for Financial Remedies and also for private FDRs and arbitrations.

Members of Chambers have played their part in shaping the current law of financial remedies by appearing in (amongst others) the landmark cases of White v White, Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane, Charman v Charman, Agbaje v Agbaje, Macleod v Macleod, Radmacher v Granatino, Petrodel v Prest, Sharland v Sharland, Cooper-Hohn v Hohn, Tan v Choy, Chai v Peng and Birch v Birch. More recent cases of significance include Work v Gray (special contribution), Thum v Thum (priority in an international jurisdiction race), Owens v Owens (ground for divorce), Waggott v Waggott (earning capacity as a resource), Martin v Martin (valuation of company shares in a private company), XW v XH (special contributions, latent potential, separation of property agreements and marital/non-marital property), Potanin v Potanina (financial claim after overseas divorce), Standish v Standish (matrimonialisation of assets) and Helliwell v Entwistle (validity of pre-nuptial agreement).

Reported cases in the higher courts attract publicity, but Chambers maintains a strong representation in litigation at all court levels and in alternative dispute resolution. Chambers has a large and expert team of barrister arbitrators, with 18 members accredited with MiCarb, including former High Court Judge Sir Philip Moor. Senior and associate members of chambers bring their particular expertise in financial remedy proceedings to private FDR hearings, both as advocates and as judges. Chambers also provides direct access services at all levels of membership. It has an impressive international presence, with members providing representation or expert evidence in many overseas jurisdictions, geographically as far apart as the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Members of chambers are supported by a highly efficient and award-winning clerks’ room run under the careful eye of Senior Clerk Steve McCrone.