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

Family Law Bar Association Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

University College, Oxford.