Family: Finance

The Family Finance team at No.18 Chambers

The Family Finance team is a well-established and highly committed team of practitioners with a wealth of experience in matrimonial finance and trusts of land.

From our most senior members through to our junior members, our expert barristers represent parties at all stages of litigation: from advice and settlement negotiations, to preliminary issues, interim applications for maintenance pending suit, section 37 injunctions, mediation, arbitration and contested final hearings. With this wide range of experience and expertise, we are able to match our professional clients to the most suitable barrister and we regularly appear in the Family Court including at High Court and Court of Appeal level.

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Divorce & Separation

We undertake a full range of work, from straight forward separations with divisions of assets or transfer of tenancy proceedings to ‘Big Money’ cases and contested divorces with jurisdictional issues and TOLATA disputes (Hyperlink). We have expertise in both pre & post nuptial agreements, civil partnership breakdowns, Inheritance Act claims (Hyperlink) and cases under Schedule 1 of the Children Act cases.

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Cohabitation including Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

Our team have both the knowledge of property law and expertise in trusts and therefore well placed to advise in the full range of family finance matters. We regularly appear in the County Courts or the High Court in the Family and Chancery Divisions.

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Inheritance Act Claims

Members of Chambers have a breadth and wealth of experience in a range of claims brought under the statutory provisions of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.

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Members of our team have developed expertise in advising clients on issues such as:

High profile or ‘big money’ financial relief
Complex trusts/business or company structures
Concealment/dissipation of assets
Partnerships
Inherited wealth farms
Pension sharing/shareholding/pension rights
On and offshore companies/assets and trust arrangements
Private companies and partnerships
Inherited or pre-acquired wealth
Enforcement, bankruptcy and liquidation
Freezing orders
Pre-nuptial and separation agreements
Civil Partnerships
Foreign divorces brought pursuant to the MFPA 1984
‘Forum shopping’ and contested international jurisdiction
Contested divorces - Defended petitions and issues as to jurisdiction
Forced marriage and stranded spouse cases
Intervening claims

Our specialist matrimonial finance barristers are regularly instructed in the full range of cases, from those involving pension sharing, high net worth individuals, to claims of a lesser value, which can often be the most challenging to divide.

We also have many specialist finance Counsel who regularly deal with cases involving: contested divorces, inheritance act claims, civil partnership breakdowns, trust of land disputes between cohabiting parties, pursuant to TOLATA 1996 and also cases involving financial provision for children, pursuant to Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989.

Our Team recognise that family proceedings can be difficult both financially and emotionally. The team are committed to working together, with lay and professional clients, to achieve the best possible result. We are mindful of the costs of litigation, both in financial and emotional terms therefore we seek, where appropriate, to avoid lengthy and unnecessary litigation. With this in mind, we accept and encourage instruction at an early stage of litigation.

We provide clear, tactical and pragmatic advice, dealing with cases sensitively and tactfully whilst working alongside both solicitor and lay clients. We have a friendly, sympathetic, yet robust approach, always providing practical and responsive advice.