Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting with Harriet Errington 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 HNW fund manager husband in his financial remedy proceedings following his divorce (B v B (2013) EWHC 1232 (Fam)in a two week trial in the High Court, which is now the lead authority on how valuable private equity funds are to be treated in HNW financial remedy proceedings following a divorce
Acting for Mr Don Gallagher, a male civil partner in the case of Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] EWCA Civ 394 which was the first civil partnership financial relief case to reach the High Court and subsequently the Court of Appeal. The case was widely reported in the media, being the first of its kind
Awards & Rankings
Spear’s 500, Top Recommended Family Lawyers, 2019 – 2021
Legal 500, Leading Individual, 2018, 2020 – 2021
Tatler HNW Address Book 2020, Specialist in Family Law and Founding Partner
Chambers HNW, Ranked Individual, 2017 – 2020
Chambers UK, Ranked Individual, 2017 – 2020
Spear’s Family Lawyers, Distinguished Individual, 2018
Education & Qualification
University of Nottingham
Qualified as a solicitor in 1983
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Family Partner, Harriet Errington looks at why enquiries for divorce peak in January and whether it will still be the case this year during lockdown?
Read more 3 min read 04 Jan 2021 New divorce laws for international couples come into forceThe UK government confirmed the new rules surrounding divorces in England and Wales involving other European countries, which came into force after 31 December 2020.
Read more 4 min read 24 Dec 2020 Brexit set to complicate divorce proceedingsIn a recent article in the FT Adviser, Family Partner, Harriet Errington outlines what the new Brexit rules coming into force from 31 December mean and how they will affect divorce petitions that are filed in two different jurisdictions.
Read more 4 min read 07 Dec 2020 Brexit: Choice of jurisdictions could leave spouses millions better or worse offThere is a rush amongst the estranged spouses of High Net Worth individuals to file for divorce in England before the December 31 Brexit deadline.
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