1 Hare Court
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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.
- 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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Articles, highlights and press releases
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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.