1GC | Family Law

Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief).

Philip is a leading divorce and matrimonial finance junior. His main area of expertise is acting for spouses in the full range of financial remedy applications (including after an overseas divorce) and for spouses or other third parties in related preliminary issue hearings.  He has a wealth of experience in cases involving disputed divorce jurisdiction, declarations as to parties’ marital status and issues as to the beneficial ownership of assets.  He sits as an Arbitrator and conducts private FDRs.

Year of Call: 2002, Middle Temple.

LLB law degree (First Class honours) in 2000, University of Bedfordshire. LLM Master of Law degree in 2001, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.

Year of Call: 2002, Middle Temple.

Joseph Jackson Memorial Scholar, Caroline Lester Prize winner, Middle Temple Benefactors Scholar and awarded the Lloyd Jacob Memorial Exhibition.

Accredited Pupil Supervisor since 2013

Reported cases include: Dukali v Lamrani (Attorney-General Intervening) [2012] EWHC 1748 (Fam) [2012] 2 FLR 1099 (‘non-marriage’ in the Moroccan Consulate Office in London) and Fisher Meredith v JH and PH [2012] EWHC 408 (Fam) [2012] 2 FLR 536 (a leading case on the joinder of third parties).  More recently: Boughajdim v Hayoukane (Validity of Foreign Marriage) [2022] EWHC 2673 (English divorce petition which relied on a decision of the Moroccan courts pursuant to the operation of law designed to provide retrospective recognition of marriage), J v A [2023] EWFC 132 (disputed divorce jurisdiction and forum as between England and Nigeria) and Mahtani v Mahtani [2023] EWHC 2988 (Fam) (refusal to recognise a divorce obtained by the respondent in Indonesia having been found to have deliberately misled the Indonesian court).

Family Law Bar Association 

Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 

MCIArb and qualified to arbitrate disputes under the IFLA finance scheme 

Monmouth School University of Bedfordshire (2000 First Class LLB (Hons)) Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University (2001 LLM) Inns of Court School of Law (2002 BVC)

Married father of four. Interests include rugby and tennis.