Divorce & Financial Remedy

Members are particularly skilled at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high-net-worth individuals, especially those concerning the division of assets as part of divorce proceedings.”

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Divorce & Financial Remedy Overview

Voted “Family Law Chambers of the Year – Regional” at the Family Law Awards in 2025 and 2023, and shortlisted in 2024

Our Divorce and Financial Remedy team has expertise and considerable experience across the whole range of matrimonial law and financial remedies associated with the break-up of a relationship, whether upon divorce, after cohabitation, or on the dissolution of a civil partnership.

We are one of the leading Chambers for advising and representing clients in all financial and property disputes, including time-critical applications to preserve assets. Our barristers are experts in pre- and post-nuptial agreements as well as financial and property trusts, advising clients both in the UK and overseas.

We have particular expertise in high net worth and international cases and in matters relating to jurisdiction disputes. In financial claims we represent all parties including interveners and third parties, as well as spouses and partners, and we work alongside experts such as valuers, pension specialists and accountants to reach the best financial solution for each client.

Areas of expertise:

Arbitration
Cases involving farms and farming businesses
Cases involving personal injury claims
Cases involving insolvency
Claims under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989
Cohabitee disputes (including claims under ToLATA 1996)
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
CMS Tribunals
Complex pension issues including QROPS and other offshore pension schemes
Costs
Domestic and offshore trusts
Enforcement
Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
Private FDRs (as Judges and Counsel)
Professional Negligence
Matrimonial and non-matrimonial property
Mediation (as Mediators and Counsel)
Non-disclosure, fraud and the tracing of assets
Nuptial settlements
Separation and divorce
Third party claims
Valuation of companies and partnerships with associated issues such as risk, liquidity and discounts

We enjoy a reputation for the friendly and practical legal service we provide, and our large and established legal team means we can provide advice at all levels of dispute, regardless of the complexity and value.

Members also undertake injunction and committal work relating to all family finance matters as well as offering an independent settlement advice service.

The team provide all ADR services including private FDRs (chairing and representing), represented mediation (leading and representing). We also offer Arbitration in both financial remedy and Children Act matters and are the only Set in the South West offering this service. Download brochure here.

Chambers regularly hosts multi-party conferences in our modern premises.

Our barristers are often quoted in articles about family law, or indeed publish their own, both in the mainstream and legal press, along with specialist journals and via their own respected family law blogs. Barristers have been featured in a variety of publications and BBC programmes.

Our clerking team are always accessible, and take care and time to understand the case or the individual personalities involved when recommending individual barristers. Read more.

View our Divorce & Financial Remedy digital book here for further details about how we can help you.

Public Access

Some members of the team are also available to act, where appropriate, for members of the public, under the Public Access scheme. Read more.

Publications and training

Members regularly conduct seminars in Chambers, at solicitors’ offices, or at other chosen venues throughout the UK. We maintain close ties with academics and our members include several published authors, as well as writing for legal periodicals. If you would like to discuss any in-house training, please contact our family clerks on 0117 923 4720 or email familyclerks@stjohnschambers.co.uk.