Julian Ribet

Practice Areas

Julian heads the specialist family boutique, Ribet Myles which was recently voted “Financial Remedies Team of the Year” and was described by Chambers & Partners as “absolutely the star of now”.

In a career spanning more than 25 years, Julian is particularly known for his work in cutting edge family disputes. He emerged as a family law star early in his career, acting in the landmark case of Miller v. Miller; McFarlane v. McFarlane which updated the law to reflect the realities of modern life, wealth and family dynamics and established legal principles that are still relied upon today. From that groundbreaking start, he has consistently led the field in cases that chart new legal territory in response to changing times.

Julian is regularly instructed in complex, high-value cases, often acting for high-profile individuals or their spouses or partners, concerning significant assets and income, usually with an international dimension and often involving forum disputes, asset tracing, the unravelling of complicated financial issues, dealing with inherited wealth, business assets, companies, tax, pensions and intricate corporate and offshore trust structures.

He also has significant expertise in negotiating domestic and international pre- and post-nuptial agreements and international relocation cases.

He is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, an accolade awarded to only a small number of individuals who are recognised as worldwide leaders in the field of family law practice.

He is a Resolution-accredited specialist, an ‘all-issues’ mediator, a member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and The Association of Lawyers for Children.

Julian has a conscientious approach and provides a service of the highest quality whilst acting with sensitivity, empathy and discretion.

Career

1999 Trained Ambrose Appelbe, qualified

2000 Assistant, Levison Meltzer Pigott

2007 Partner, Levison Meltzer Pigott

2021 Founding Partner, Ribet Myles LLP

Professional Memberships

Law Society

Resolution (Accredited Specialist)

Association of Lawyers for Children

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

Work Highlights

Throughout his career Julian has been involved in a number of cases which have changed or clarified the law including:

Re S (Contact: Children’s views) [2002] EWHC 540

W v J (Child: Variation of financial provision) [2003] EWHC 2657

McFarlane v McFarlane; Parlour v Parlour [2004] EWCA Civ 872

Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24

Re S (Unmarried parents: Financial Provision) [2006] EWCA Civ 479

CC v RC [2007] EWHC 2033

K v B [2010] EWHC 2151

AC v DC and Others (Financial Remedy: Effect of s37 Avoidance Order) [2012] EWHC 2032 (Fam)

AC v DC and Others (No 2) [2012] EWHC 2420

AM v SS [2013] EWHC 4380

AM v SS v WS [2014] EWHC 2887

AM v SS [2014] EWHC 865

Rabia v Rabia [2014] EWCA Civ 1767

US v SR (No. 1) [2014] EWHC 175

US v SR (No. 2) [2014] EWHC 2864

US v SR (No. 3 Needs) [2014] EWHC 24

Vasilyeva v Shemyakin [2019] EWHC 932

Bailey v Bailey [2021] EWFC B99

Marie-Therese Elisabeth Helene Hohenberg Bailey v Anthony John Bailey [2022] EWFC 5

Williams v Williams [2024] EWHC 733 (Fam)

Awards