London Bar
Family: divorce and financial remedy
Leading silk2Rebecca Carew-Pole KC –1 Hare Court ‘Rebecca is a redoubtable and cogent advocate. She is a tour de force in the courtroom. An extremely powerful barrister.'
Barrister specialising in financial remedies on divorce and her expertise is in high value, complex disputes involving difficult questions of law, disclosure, valuation, tax and trust matters.
In 2023 she appeared (successfully) for the applicant in the Supreme Court in the case of Potanina (respondent) v. Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3; [2024] 2 WLR 540.
Notable cases:
BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200 (Fam) TY v XA [2024] EWFC 96 Potanina (respondent) v. Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3; [2024] 2 WLR 540 Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf [2023] EWCA Civ 1065; [2024] 2 WLR 890 R v R (LSPO: payment of historic costs) [2021] EWHC 195 (Fam) XW v XH (Special Contributions) [2019] EWCA Civ 2262 FW v FH (Valuation of Private Companies) [2019] EWHC 1338 (Fam); [2019] 2 FLR 937 Thum v Thum (No. 2: Disclosure) [2019] EWFC 25; [2019] 2 FLR 546 XW v XH (No. 2: Publicity and Reporting) [2019] EWCA Civ 549; [2019] 1 WLR 3757 LKH v Z (Interim Maintenance: Costs Funding) [2018] EWHC 1214 (Fam); [2018] 3 Costs LR 519 XW v XH (No. 2: Reporting Restrictions Order) [2018] EWFC 44; [2019] 1 FLR 559 Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866; [2019] 2 FLR 291 Thum v Thum (No.1: Jurisdiction) [2018] EWCA civ 624; [2019] 2 WLR 127 XW v XH (No. 1: Financial Remedies: Non-matrimonial Assets) [2017] EWFC 76; [2019] 4 WLR 83 ZS v RS (Conflict of Interest) [2017] EWHC 2660; [2018] 1 FLR 263 WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25; [2018] 1 FLR 313 Thum v Thum (No. 1: Service of Documents) [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 171 S v J & ors [2016] EWHC 586 (Fam) MA v SK & S Investments [2015] EWHC 887 (Fam) Abuchian v Khojah [2014] EWHC 3411 (Fam) Re G (Leave to Remove) [2007] EWCA Civ 1497 C v C (Costs: Leave to Appeal) [2006] EWHC 624 (Fam) C v C (Privilege) [2006] EWHC 336 (Fam) Re G (Maintenance Pending Suit) EWHC 1834 (Fam) C v C (Without Notice Orders) [2005] EWHC 2741 (Fam) K v K (Financial Relief: Management of Difficult Cases) [2005] EWHC 1070 (Fam) Al-Khatib v Masry [2004] EWCA Civ 1353Publications:
Co-author with Nicholas Mostyn KC ‘Child’s Pay’ (3rd edition).
Called 1999; Silk 2020
Family Law Bar Association.
Bristol University.