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Kyra Cornwall

Kyra Cornwall

1 Hare Court, London

Position

Kyra is highly specialist in complex matrimonial finance work. This includes matters involving pre- and post-marital agreements, and those involving issues relating to international corporate structures, trust issues, landed estates and jurisdiction matters.

Her busy practice involves a discrete handling of high profile and international cases. She regularly represents husbands and wives in high value and prominent matters, led and alone. She advises clients nationally and internationally, from jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, Singapore and France, and has a particular interest in cases with links to Hong Kong, having undertaken the Pegasus Scholarship there in 2017.

Notable cases:

BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200 VV v VV [2022] EWFC 46 VV v VV [2022] EWFC 41 AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9 AG v VD [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam) Hammoud v Zawawi [2019] EWHC 839 (Fam) Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866 WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25 MA v SK [2015] EWHC 887 (Fam) Joy v Joy [2015] EWHC 455 (Fam) Joy v Joy [2014] EWCA Civ 520

Career

Call 2011, Inner Temple.

Languages

Working knowledge of French and basic German.

Memberships

FLBA Inner Temple Oxford and Cambridge Club.

Education

Christ’s College, Cambridge – MA (Cantab) (1st Class) Oxford Brookes University – GDL Kaplan Law School – BPTC Nottingham Trent University – Graduate LLB Inner Temple Duke of Edinburgh Scholar Inner Temple Exhibitioner Pegasus Scholar 2017 (Hong Kong)

Leisure

Kyra is very interested in ballet and music. She enjoys travelling and the great outdoors, currently putting her efforts into learning to ski.

Mentions

London Bar

Family: divorce and financial remedy

Leading junior3
Kyra Cornwall –1 Hare Court ‘Kyra is a clever and polished barrister who approaches cases with real panache. She has great attention to detail and is a refined advocate.’