Areas of Practice
Track Record
Pre and post-nuptial agreements to protect (for example) non marital resources, interests in property, shareholdings in private companies, future inheritances and substantial anticipated earnings. The range of resources protected in such agreements has varied from the low hundreds of thousands to multi-millions.
Securing an advantageous settlement for a husband when the wife’s family closed ranks and attempted to conceal the extent of her multi-million property interests
Identifying and proving egregious non-disclosure of a husband’s financial resources, winning costs orders against the husband and putting him at risk of being imprisoned for his contempt of court (by his non-disclosure) – thereby generating momentum to achieve a fair settlement – without the emotional and financial costs of further litigation
Forensically examining the spouse’s financial disclosure to identify multi-million discrepancies – materially uplifting the value of the resources available for division
Defending a former husband from financial claims to increase maintenance payments after his financial services career hit new heights
Obtaining fact findings from a family court judge exonerating the client from allegations of marital rape and establishing that the client’s spouse had themselves been dishonest and behaved inappropriately towards the children of the marriage
Securing urgent protective orders to safeguard the children of a family when the client’s spouse suffered a psychotic crisis in the context of their alcohol and substance addiction
Establishing in court that there was no truth in a mother’s malicious allegations of sexual abuse, and that mother had misled and co-opted the social services team against the father. The case culminated in obtaining an order for the transfer of residence of the children such that they now live with father
Education & Qualification
Admitted as a solicitor in 2010
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