The family finance team has a considerable depth of experience in dealing with all aspects of financial work that relates to the breakdown of family relationships. Although we typically represent husbands and wives following divorce proceedings we increasing represent cohabitees, same sex couples, children, parents and third parties who may intervene in financial disputes, such as companies or trustees.
We have particular experience in the following areas:
- Financial remedy on divorce involving:
- Business assets, including farming cases
- Family trusts – both in this country and out of the jurisdiction
- Bankruptcy and IVA’s
- Hidden assets
- Injunctions and the dissipation of assets
- Short marriages
- Military pensions
- Cases involving serious misconduct
- Maintenance for both children and spouses
- Variation and enforcement of orders
- Financial relief after overseas divorce
- Pre-nuptial and separation agreements
- Civil partnership disputes
- Claims under Schedule 1 of the Children Act (including applications to pay university fees)
- Child support
- Trusts of land and cohabitee disputes
- Claims under the inheritance act
- Appeals
- Early neutral evaluations (private FDR’s)
Barristers

Christopher Naish
Call 1980

Anne Margaret Bell OBE
Call 1975

Helen Matuk
Call 1990

Carmel Bryan
Call 1993

James Rees
Call 1994

Daya Mann
Call 1995 – Lincoln’s Inn

Carol Mashembo
Call 1999 - Lincolns Inn

Rupert Chapman
Joint Head of Chambers - Call 2000

William Hillier
Call 2001

Rachel Bennett
Call 2002 - (Former Solicitor 2008, Pupillage 2018-19)

Sarah Evans
Call 2004 (Former Sol 1992)

Andrew Worthley
Call 2004

Christian Gape
Call 2005

David Lidbury
Call 2006

Tom Urwin
Call 2007

Pakeeza Rahman
Call 2012 (Former Sol 2006)

Jennifer Smith - 2016
Call 2016

Liberty Crawford
2017 (Pupillage 2019/2020)