1 Hare Court

Nichola has over 30 years’ experience during which she has practised exclusively in financial remedy cases.

She specialises in complex cases, particularly those involving corporate structures, on-shore and off-shore trusts and cases which have an international element. In addition, she is a recognised specialist in disputes between unmarried parties where there is a Schedule 1, Children Act 1989 element to be considered.

She is also regularly instructed to advise on and draft pre-nuptial agreements and has a wealth of experience in both defending and challenging such agreements, having represented the wife in the frequently cited case of KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) where she successfully challenged the terms of the pre-nuptial agreement. She is renowned both for her attention to detail and for her robust performance in Court.

Nichola is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly sits as a Private FDR Judge and Arbitrator where her ability to find innovative solutions is highly regarded.

Notable cases:

• AH v BH [2024] EWFC 125
• AB v BA [2024] EWHC 1179 (Fam)
• L v O [2024] EWFC 6
• SS v IS [2023] EWHC 1544 (Fam)
• KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam)
• ABX v SBX (DX Intervening) [2018] EWFC 81
• T v M (Appeal against strike out of Application to vary) [2013] EWHC 1585 (Fam)
• Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] EWCA Civ 394
• L v L (Financial Remedies: Deferred Clean Break) [2011] EWHC 2207
• G v IF (MFPA 1984 Part III: Lugano Convention) [2010] EWHC 1062

Publications:

• Author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Civil Partnership Act 2004
• Contributing Author of Rayden & Jackson, Divorce & Family Matters:
  • Chapter 4 (Civil Partnerships)
  • Chapter 20 (Resolving Claims to Property)

Called 1991; Silk 2021

University College, Oxford.