Financial Remedies; Private FDR and Early Neutral Evaluation

Nicholas is the head of Chambers’ Financial Remedies Team.  He practices exclusively in family finance, advising and representing in substantial asset and complex cases involving trusts, foreign assets, pre-nuptial agreements, inherited wealth, Schedule 1 Children Act and Inheritance Act claims.

He brings a sharp forensic analysis to complex financial disputes.  Clients appreciate his clear and commercial advice, his approachable manner and his professionalism and skill in the courtroom.  As the directories record, he remains calm under pressure whilst forcefully advancing his case.

Nicholas’s non-court dispute resolution and advisory work includes acting as a PFDR judge, advising both spouses jointly for The Divorce Surgery and advising upon and drafting pre- and post-marital agreements.

Nicholas is often instructed in cases involving a Chancery element, for example with third party beneficial ownership issues or personal or corporate insolvency.  His reported cases with a significant Chancery aspect include Teasdale v Carter and Teasdale [2023] EWHC 490 (third party beneficial interests in property), Kliers & Anor v Kliers [2018] EWHC 3245 (Ch) (interplay between proceedings in the Chancery and Family Divisions), DW & Anor v CG [2016] EWHC 2695 (Fam) (insolvency, third party interests, priority of charges) and Arif v Anwar v Rehan [2015] EWHC 124 (Fam) and [2013] EWHC 624 (Fam) (beneficial interests in property and the interplay between Chancery and Family Divisions).

Nicholas has written and presented seminars for leading publishers and lectures widely to professional audiences.

Year of Call: 1996

Italian, French

Family Law Bar Association South Eastern Circuit

MA (Cantab)

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