Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting with James Ferguson and Katie Male for the wife in the case of KA v MA (prenuptial agreement: needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 92 (Apr) concerning the extent to which a court should uphold the terms of a pre-nuptial agreement which the wife sought to disregard. Taking into account all of the circumstances of the case the court largely overturned the pre-nuptial agreement, on the basis that it failed to meet the wife’s reasonable needs, and provided the wife with an award of £2.73 million, well in excess of the provision in the pre-nuptial agreement
Acting for the husband in the case of Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 concerning the husband’s appeal against six orders made during the course of long-running divorce proceedings. All of the orders, which had been made in the context of financial remedy proceedings spanning over six years, were successfully overturned by the Court of Appeal in favour of the husband
Acting for the wife in the case of AB v CB [2014] EWHC 2998 (Fam) concerning the wife’s claim to property held in trust by the husband’s family
Acting for a high net worth wife in divorce and financial remedy proceedings against a husband who was a director and shareholder of an international publicly-listed company. The case involved complex issues regarding the parties’ pensions in light of recent changes imposed by HMRC. Other assets included various properties situated in England and overseas and substantial shareholdings in other companies held by both parties
Acting for the mother in abduction proceedings resulting in her successful relocation from South East Asia to England
Awards & Rankings
Chambers HNW, Ranked Individual, 2022
Chambers UK, Ranked Individual, 2022
Legal 500, Next Gen Partner, 2021 & 2022
Chambers HNW, Up and Coming, 2020 & 2021
Spear’s Family Law Index, Recommended, 2021
Chambers UK, Associate to Watch, 2020
Legal 500, Rising Stars, 2020
Chambers HNW, Associates to Watch, 2017 – 2019
Publications
International Arbitration Journal
New Law Journal
STEP Journal
Tolley’s Estate Planning
Memberships
Resolution
Education & Qualification
University of Bristol and University of Wurzburg
Qualified as a solicitor in 2009
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