St John's Buildings

St John's Buildings

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Samantha Hillas KC

Samantha Hillas KC

St John's Buildings, North West

Work Department

Family - Finance

Position

Sam Hillas is a senior member of the matrimonial finance team, dealing primarily with high value and high profile cases. She has extensive experience of complex issues including farming, companies and trusts. She is a practical and down-to-earth advocate.

Sam has a broad range of experience in divorce, civil partnership dissolution, claims under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 and the financial claims for unmarried couples.

Sam is a qualified Arbitrator and also has experience of appearing in and conducting private FDRs.

Career

Sam was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1996, and joined St John's Buildings in 2013. She was made Silk in 2020.

Memberships

Institute of Family Law Arbitrators

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Family: divorce and financial remedy

Leading silk1
Samantha Hillas KC – St John’s Buildings ‘Samantha is an extremely persuasive advocate, as she can convey complex legal arguments beautifully simply and has a gift for boiling issues down to their simplest components, which makes them easily digestible to judges and opponents alike. She is always impeccably prepared, is interactive in her approach to hearings, and is extremely accessible to those instructing when they require advice on niche issues.’

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