Kyra Cornwall
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
Band 2
About
Provided by Kyra Cornwall
Practice Areas
Kyra’s practice covers all aspects of financial remedies work. She specialises in complex family finance matters, involving a discrete handling of high profile and international cases. She has particular experience with trust and company structures, Part III matters, cases with difficult issues of non-disclosure, enforcement, forum disputes, issues of privilege and cases involving the implementation of nuptial agreements.
Kyra is frequently led by, or appears against, leading counsel in high value and prominent matters. She advises clients nationally and internationally, from jurisdictions including Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Singapore and France.
Career
Highly sought after for Part III matters, cases involving landed estates and those with complicated and valuable corporate structures, Kyra’s cases regularly involve disputes running into the hundreds of millions.
Some examples of issues in recent cases include the recognition of a foreign divorce and whether or not this was obtained fraudulently, the enforcement of international property transfers, disputed company valuations, the valuation of mineral resources and the appropriate awards where the assets all stem from dynastic family trusts.
Professional Memberships
Family Law Bar Association; Inner Temple
Publications
Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters (Author)
Personal
An avid support of the arts, Kyra can regularly be found in theatres and concert halls around London. Otherwise, her interests lie in the mountains and a recently acquired ambition to learn to sail.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
England & Wales
Languages Spoken
English
Work Highlights
BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200
VV v VV [2022] EWFC 46
VV v VV [2022] EWFC 41
AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9
AG v VD [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam)
Hammoud v Zawawi [2019] EWHC 839 (Fam)
Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866
WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25
MA v SK [2015] EWHC 887 (Fam)
Joy v Joy [2015] EWHC 455 (Fam)
Joy v Joy [2014] EWCA Civ 520
Industry Sector Expertise
Financial Remedies
Claims after Foreign Divorce
Nuptial agreements
Financial provision for children
Jurisdiction disputes
Education
Christ’s College, Cambridge (BA Hons (1st Class), MA (Cantab), Scholar)
BPTC at Kaplan
Awards
Inner Temple Exhibition
Pegasus Scholar (Hong Kong)
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Kyra Cornwall applies her impressive intellect and aptitude to a wide range of issues, including high net worth finance and jurisdiction disputes. She regularly acts on Part III claims and cases involving global assets. Cornwall has represented her clients in high-profile disputes before the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kyra is a brilliant advocate who instils confidence in clients. She can digest a huge amount of complex information and is all over the detail."
"Kyra exudes confidence and charm. She's excellent when challenged."
"A polished, assured, extremely well-prepared junior and an excellent advocate."
"Enormously capable and one to watch."
"Kyra is a brilliant advocate who instils confidence in clients. She can digest a huge amount of complex information and is all over the detail."
"Kyra exudes confidence and charm. She's excellent when challenged."
"A polished, assured, extremely well-prepared junior and an excellent advocate."
"Enormously capable and one to watch."
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Key Sectors
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Family Offices and High Net Worth