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Family: divorce and financial remedy

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Chambers of Elizabeth Isaacs QC

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St Ives Chambers hosts several leading barristers with expertise in divorce and financial remedy work. In recent years Jayne Mullen has established a reputation as a ‘brilliant private FDR judge’. Nicholas Starks has considerable experience handling high-net-worth claims involving businesses, farms, overseas assets, trusts, and pensions. A ’robust barrister’ whose ‘client care is excellent’, he leads the family finance team at chambers. Andrew Day is regarded by many as ’one of the most technically sound and intelligent barristers’ on the Midlands Circuit when it comes to dealing with financial and property disputes between married and unmarried couples.

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Testimonials

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  • 'David Walters and Scott Goodison are excellent.'
  • 'Scott Goodison and David Walters are great. They are friendly, approachable and extremely helpful.'
  • 'Absolutely excellent clerks. David Walters and Scott Goodison are fantastic; responsive and efficient and really go the extra mile.'
  • 'An excellent set which can service the entire spectrum of family work. There is a great emphasis on ADR with very highly skilled practitioners.'
  • 'St Ives Chambers are market leaders in divorce and financial remedy work in the West Midlands. They have excellent strength and breadth of practitioners and are developing a very strong set of junior specialists.'
  • 'St Ives Chambers have the some of the best financial remedy counsel in the Midlands, and have availability at all levels.'
  • 'St Ives are excellent, with fantastic depth. Their training is excellent, and those who they take on as pupils are diligent, approachable, and keen to learn. Their senior counsel are exceptional.'

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Juniors

Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Jayne Mullen
St Ives Chambers
‘Jayne is calm, collected and thorough in her preparation and her manner in court reflects that calm demeanor. She knows the law on financial remedies inside out and presents her cases with vigour but without being combative or acrimonious. She is also one of the best, if not the best, evaluators for private FDRs in the region.’
Andrew Day
St Ives Chambers
‘Andrew is a true pro. He is extremely experienced and very clever. He adopts a compelling style of advocacy which finds favour with judges. His paperwork is excellent. He is an exceptionally good private FDR judge and arbitrator.’
Nicholas Starks
St Ives Chambers
‘Nick is a diligent, knowledgeable and robust barrister. He is a go-to for private finance work. His preparation is superb and his client care is excellent. He handles the most complex work with precision and care. He is able to draw on his many years of experience to go toe-to-toe with silks across the country. He is first-class.’