Miriam Foster
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
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Band 4
About
Provided by Miriam Foster
Practice Areas
Matrimonial Finance, Financial Provision for Children, Pre and post-nuptial agreements, civil partnerships, cohabitation, private children law, jurisdiction, abduction and relocation, divorce proceedings and jurisdiction.
Cases include: CG v DL No 2 [2023] EWFC 238; CG v DL [2023] EWFC 82; Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14; Vince v Wyatt [2013] EWCA Civ 495.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2011. Before coming to the Bar, Miriam lived in New York City and Chicago where she worked in American politics, as a press secretary to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and on the Obama For America election campaigns.
Professional Memberships
Family Law Bar Association. Member of CONTRA
Personal
Educated at Marlborough College, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and City University.
Miriam is a keen tennis player, cook and reader of the New Yorker.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Miriam Foster handles a wide array of family work, both children and money based. Experienced at appearing in the higher courts, she routinely acts on finance disputes involving significant assets and parallel criminal proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Miriam is a robust advocate. She is willing to go the extra mile for a client and her advice is always spot-on."
"She is excellent with clients and is refreshing to work with. As well as being a joy to instruct, Miriam is simply brilliant at what she does."
"She is thorough, detailed, practical and incredibly hands on."
"Miriam has great strategic vision and is excellent with clients. She also finds time in her busy schedule to answer queries as a matter progresses."
"Miriam is a robust advocate. She is willing to go the extra mile for a client and her advice is always spot-on."
"She is excellent with clients and is refreshing to work with. As well as being a joy to instruct, Miriam is simply brilliant at what she does."
"She is thorough, detailed, practical and incredibly hands on."
"Miriam has great strategic vision and is excellent with clients. She also finds time in her busy schedule to answer queries as a matter progresses."