Philip Perrins

Practice Areas

Philip is a leading divorce and matrimonial finance junior. His main area of expertise is acting for spouses in the full range of financial remedy applications (including after an overseas divorce) and for spouses or other third parties in related preliminary issue hearings. He has a wealth of experience in cases involving disputed divorce jurisdiction, declarations as to parties’ marital status and issues as to the beneficial ownership of assets.

Career

LLB law degree (First Class honours) in 2000, University of Bedfordshire. LLM Master of Law degree in 2001, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.

Year of Call: 2002, Middle Temple.

Joseph Jackson Memorial Scholar, Caroline Lester Prize winner, Middle Temple Benefactors Scholar and awarded the Lloyd Jacob Memorial Exhibition.

Accredited Pupil Supervisor since 2013

Reported cases include: Dukali v Lamrani (Attorney-General Intervening) [2012] EWHC 1748 (Fam) [2012] 2 FLR 1099 and Fisher Meredith v JH and PH [2012] EWHC 408 (Fam) More recently: Dhillon v Sampuran [2020] EWFC B70 (enforcement by judgment summons and adverse inferences) and [2021] EWFC B49 (sentencing). Boughajdim v Hayoukane (Validity of Foreign Marriage) [2022] EWHC 2673 (English divorce petition which relied on a decision of the Moroccan courts pursuant to the operation of law designed to provide retrospective recognition of marriage) and J v A [2023] EWFC 132 (disputed divorce jurisdiction and forum as between England and Nigeria).

Professional Memberships

Family Law Bar Association

Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

MCIArb and qualified to arbitrate disputes under the IFLA finance scheme