London Bar
Family: divorce and financial remedy
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Timothy Scott KC
29 Bedford Row Chambers, London
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Position
Leading specialist in international family law including jurisdiction and forum disputes, Part III MFPA, recognition of foreign marriages and divorces and offshore trusts. Instructed regularly by leading family law firms. Recent cases include: Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 (UK Supreme Court, Application of the EU Maintenance Regulation in intra-UK cases); Lachaux v Lachaux [2019] 2 FLR 712 (CA, Recognition of Dubai divorce); Kelly v Pires [2019] 1 FLR 62 (CA, Domicile); MS v PS [2017] 1 FLR 1163 (CJEU, EU Maintenance Regulation); Re Baronetcy of Pringle of Stichill [2016] UKPC 16 (Privy Council, Contested baronetcy, DNA evidence); Tan Sri Dr Khoo Peng v Pauline Siew Phin Chai [2015] EWCA Civ 1312 (Forum conveniens, res judicata); Ramadani v Ramadani [2015] EWCA 1138 (EU Maintenance Regulation); Agbaje v Akkinoye-Agbaje [2010] 1 FLR 1813 (Supreme Court, Part III MFPA).
Career
Called 1975. Appointed Queen's Counsel 1995 (KC 2022). Appointed Recorder 1999. Family arbitrator, mediator and collaborative lawyer.
Memberships
International Academy of Family Lawyers; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.FLBA.
Education
Westminster School; New College, Oxford.