Camellia Buckmaster

Camellia advises on all aspects of family law and specialises in High Net Worth complex financial disputes arising from divorce and for unmarried parents (schedule 1).

Her practice covers co-habitation and pre/post nuptial agreements, jurisdictional disputes and Non-Molestation Orders and Occupation Orders. Her cases often involve an international element and/or complex trust structures. Camellia’s children private law work includes cases with contentious child arrangements and international relocation.

Camellia has also recently trained as a mediator.

Camellia trained at Slaughter and May, qualifying in September 2014. She joined Payne Hicks Beach in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2018 and Legal Director in 2024.

• Potanina v Potanin (Case Management) [2026] EWFC 80

• BR v BR (No.2) [2025] EWFC 88 (valuation and division of business assets)

• Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740

• Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298

• Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567

• Potanin v Potanina [2024] UKSC 3

• Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 6

• WX v HX & NX and LX [2021] EWHC 241

• Potanina v Potanin [2021] EWCA Civ 702

• Potanin v Potanina [2019] EWHC 2956

• M (Children) (Non-Hague Convention State) [2020] EWCA Civ 277

Durham University

Camellia read Philosophy and Theology at Durham University and was awarded a Norton Prize for outstanding academic performance by St Cuthbert’s Society

BBP Law School

Camellia converted to law at BPP Law School achieving Distinction in the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course