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1 Hare Court is proud to be the pre-eminent matrimonial finance set with unrivalled expertise in relationship generated disputes. We are the leading set for Financial Remedies and also for Non Court Dispute Resolution, private FDRs, arbitrations and mediations. Members of Chambers have played their part in shaping the current law of financial remedies by appearing in the vast majority of all landmark cases.
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1 Hare Court is the leading set for Financial Remedies and also for private FDRs and arbitrations with the greatest concentration of specialist matrimonial finance KCs in the country Involved in almost all of the leading and newsworthy cases, including several groundbreaking Supreme Court cases, we offer top-level advice and representation around the world including Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, BVI and Gibraltar and are the first stop for the majority of blue-chip matrimonial finance firms.
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Standish v Standish
In a unanimous decision, the Justices dismissed the appellant wife’s appeal.
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Timothy Bishop KC has been featured as The Times Lawyer of the week following his success in Standish in the Supreme Court Read more https://www.1hc.com/latest-news/tim-bishop-kc/
Calum Smith acted for the mother in F v M [2025] EWFC 225
International relocation cases are commonly recognised as some of the most challenging applications to litigate. They are enormously sensitive, to both parties, and invariably have drastic consequences on the relevant child or children.
Successful representation in Helliwell v Entwistle
In the Court of Appeal, Deborah Bangay KC and Lydia Newman-Saville, instructed by Michael Chapman and Grace Matthews of JMW Solicitors LLP, successfully represented the husband in setting aside a pre-nuptial agreement (‘the PNA’).
Deborah Bangay KC and Henry Pritchard acted for the husband and wife respectively in BC v BC [2025] EWFC 236 in which Peel J clarified the extent to which parties can refer to what happened at a private FDR in subsequent litigation.
Josh Viney discusses the approach of the Family Court to musicians’ proprietary interests
The latest edition of the Financial Remedies Journal has been published and it includes ‘The Approach of the Family Court to Musicians’ Proprietary Interests’ – an article written by Joshua Viney and Dom Christophers.
Joshua Viney contributes to Cohabitation Law
Josh Viney, is a contributing author to the newly published Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook by Resolution.
Nichola Gray KC’s family law expertise augments Spear’s Awards judging panel.
Nichola Gray KC, is joining the judging panel of the Spear’s Awards 2025 for the ‘Family Lawyer of the Year’ category.
Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court
The Editorial Board of the Financial Remedies Journal wanted to hear from a family law clerk. By universal acclaim, Steve McCrone was agreed as ‘the senior man’ having been clerking for nearly 35 years and so the invitation fell to him (other senior clerks are available).
Foreign Property Regimes and English Matrimonial Finance
Rebecca Carew Pole KC and Kyra Cornwall feature in the Financial Remedies Journal Summer issue discussing “Foreign Property Regimes and English Matrimonial Finance”
1 Hare Court members at Thought Leaders Conference in Lisbon
Two leading members of 1 Hare Court, Sir Philip Moor and Katherine Cook, will take the stage at the Thought Leaders Conference in Lisbon, a key event bringing together top minds in the family law sector.
Nicholas Wilkinson and Calum Smith, instructed by Beverley Morris of HCR Law, successfully represented the husband in BM v MB & Ors (Financial Provision: Identification of Marital Assets/Avoidance of Disposition Order) [2025] EWFC 129,
Standish v Standish Supreme Court judgment
A fantastic day for 1 Hare Court. The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the landmark decision of Standish: the most important decision of the last decade and the first opportunity for the highest court to address the sharing principle since Miller; McFarlane in 2006.
Timothy Bishop KC has been featured as The Times Lawyer of the week following his success in Standish in the Supreme Court Read more https://www.1hc.com/latest-news/tim-bishop-kc/
Calum Smith acted for the mother in F v M [2025] EWFC 225
International relocation cases are commonly recognised as some of the most challenging applications to litigate. They are enormously sensitive, to both parties, and invariably have drastic consequences on the relevant child or children.
Successful representation in Helliwell v Entwistle
In the Court of Appeal, Deborah Bangay KC and Lydia Newman-Saville, instructed by Michael Chapman and Grace Matthews of JMW Solicitors LLP, successfully represented the husband in setting aside a pre-nuptial agreement (‘the PNA’).
Deborah Bangay KC and Henry Pritchard acted for the husband and wife respectively in BC v BC [2025] EWFC 236 in which Peel J clarified the extent to which parties can refer to what happened at a private FDR in subsequent litigation.
Josh Viney discusses the approach of the Family Court to musicians’ proprietary interests
The latest edition of the Financial Remedies Journal has been published and it includes ‘The Approach of the Family Court to Musicians’ Proprietary Interests’ – an article written by Joshua Viney and Dom Christophers.
Joshua Viney contributes to Cohabitation Law
Josh Viney, is a contributing author to the newly published Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook by Resolution.
Nichola Gray KC’s family law expertise augments Spear’s Awards judging panel.
Nichola Gray KC, is joining the judging panel of the Spear’s Awards 2025 for the ‘Family Lawyer of the Year’ category.
Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court
The Editorial Board of the Financial Remedies Journal wanted to hear from a family law clerk. By universal acclaim, Steve McCrone was agreed as ‘the senior man’ having been clerking for nearly 35 years and so the invitation fell to him (other senior clerks are available).
Foreign Property Regimes and English Matrimonial Finance
Rebecca Carew Pole KC and Kyra Cornwall feature in the Financial Remedies Journal Summer issue discussing “Foreign Property Regimes and English Matrimonial Finance”
1 Hare Court members at Thought Leaders Conference in Lisbon
Two leading members of 1 Hare Court, Sir Philip Moor and Katherine Cook, will take the stage at the Thought Leaders Conference in Lisbon, a key event bringing together top minds in the family law sector.
Nicholas Wilkinson and Calum Smith, instructed by Beverley Morris of HCR Law, successfully represented the husband in BM v MB & Ors (Financial Provision: Identification of Marital Assets/Avoidance of Disposition Order) [2025] EWFC 129,
Standish v Standish Supreme Court judgment
A fantastic day for 1 Hare Court. The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the landmark decision of Standish: the most important decision of the last decade and the first opportunity for the highest court to address the sharing principle since Miller; McFarlane in 2006.
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- Nicholas Yates KC (1996) (KC-2018)
- Nichola Gray KC (1991) (KC- 2021)
- Deborah Bangay KC (1981) (KC-2006) *
- Nigel Dyer KC (1982) (KC-2006)
- Ann Hussey KC (1981) (KC-2009)
- Richard Todd KC (1988) (KC-2009)
- John Wilson KC (1981) (KC-2011)
- Timothy Bishop KC (1991) (KC-2011)
- Justin Warshaw KC (1995) (KC-2015)
- Geoffrey Kingscote KC (1993) (KC-2017) •
- Simon Webster KC (1997) (KC-2020)
- Rebecca Carew Pole KC (1999) (KC-2020)•
- Peter Mitchell KC (1996) (KC-2020)
- Richard Sear (2005) (KC 2024)* •
- Gavin Smith (1981)* •
- Christopher Wood (1986) •
- Emma Sumner (1999)
- Rebecca Bailey-Harris (2000) •
- Eleanor Harris (2001) •
- Tom Carter (2001)* •
- Rachel Spicer (2002) •
- Christian Kenny (2003) •
- Jude Allen (2004) •
- Nicholas Wilkinson (2006) •
- Katherine Cook (2007) •
- Madhavi Kabra (2008)
- Phillip Blatchly (2008)
- Amber Sheridan (2008)
- Kyra Cornwall (2011)
- Lily Mottahedan (2011)
- Joshua Viney (2013)
- Thomas Harvey (2013)
- Ben Wooldridge (2013)
- James Webb (2015)
- Georgina Howitt (2016)
- Kate Strange (2018)
- Florence Jones (2018)
- Henrietta Boyle (2019)
- Edward Benson (2019)
- Henry Pritchard (2020)
- Lydia Newman-Saville (2020)
- Mia Purdy (2021)
- Anastasia Gilfillan (2021)
- Calum Smith (2021)
- Christie O’Connell (2022)
- Sophia Paraskeva (2023)
- Emily Lennon (2024)
- Olivia Currie (2024)
- Sir Philip Moor (1982)
- Sir Matthew Thorpe + * •
- Michael Horowitz KC + * •
- Bruce Blair KC + * •
- Nicholas Cusworth KC (1986) (KC-2009) *
- Stephen Trowell KC (1995) (KC-2015)
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