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.