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Provided by Thomas Harvey
Tom has represented clients at all levels up to and including the Supreme Court.
He has a particular expertise in cases involving the proper treatment of non-matrimonial assets, having successfully represented the respondent husband in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. Standish represents a landmark case on the proper application of the sharing principle. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision by which they dismissed the appellant wife’s appeal, allowed the respondent husband’s appeal, and reduce the wife’s sharing claim from £45m to £25m.
Tom’s practice is focused on complex financial remedy work. He is regularly instructed as junior counsel to the leading silks in cases concerning ultra-high net worth individuals and/or and complex issues. He is also frequently instructed as sole counsel in cases before High Court Judges.
His cases frequently involve:
• Disputes as to the proper treatment of non-matrimonial / matrimonialised assets
• Contested jurisdiction
• High net worth individuals
• Offshore and corporate/trust structures
• Disputed valuation evidence
• Allegations of non-disclosure
• Issues of privilege
Tom is increasingly instructed to sit as an early neutral evaluator (pFDR judge).
Call 2013
• Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26 – Landmark case on the proper treatment of assets generated outside of the marital partnership.
• H v GH [2023] EWFC 235 – Successful strike out application of an application to extend time for payment of a lump sum.
• SBX v ABX [2022] EWHC 3652 (Fam) – Post-Brexit jurisdiction battle between England and Germany.
• Haskell v Haskell [2019] EWHC 3434 (Fam); [2020] 4 WLR 24; [2020] 1 FCR 565 – Interim maintenance order suspended rather than dismissed.
His cases frequently involve:
• Disputes as to the proper treatment of non-matrimonial / matrimonialised assets
• Contested jurisdiction
• High net worth individuals
• Offshore and corporate/trust structures
• Disputed valuation evidence
• Allegations of non-disclosure
Provided by Chambers
Thomas Harvey has a strong matrimonial finance practice and has represented parties at all levels up to the Court of Appeal. He has particular expertise in cases concerning the interplay between agreements to compromise and subsequent claims for financial relief, and is frequently led on cases involving substantial assets.
Provided by Chambers
A compelling advocate and so user-friendly. A joy to instruct.
Thomas Harvey is incredibly professional, always really well prepared and excellent on the numbers.
Tom is the standout matrimonial finance barrister of his contemporaries. He is incredibly clever, he has perfect judgement, he's phenomenally hard-working and he's a fantastic team player.
Technically superb, he produces effective position statements and is listened to by clients and judges alike.
A compelling advocate and so user-friendly. A joy to instruct.
Thomas Harvey is incredibly professional, always really well prepared and excellent on the numbers.
Tom is the standout matrimonial finance barrister of his contemporaries. He is incredibly clever, he has perfect judgement, he's phenomenally hard-working and he's a fantastic team player.
Technically superb, he produces effective position statements and is listened to by clients and judges alike.
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Standish v Standish Supreme Court judgment
A fantastic day for 1 Hare Court. The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the landmark decision of Standish: the most important decision of the last decade and the first opportunity for the highest court to address the sharing principle since Miller; McFarlane in 2006.
Standish v Standish Supreme Court judgment
A fantastic day for 1 Hare Court. The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the landmark decision of Standish: the most important decision of the last decade and the first opportunity for the highest court to address the sharing principle since Miller; McFarlane in 2006.
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Family Offices and High Net Worth