Helen Brander (Pump Court Chambers)

Helen Brander (Pump Court Chambers)

Helen is a barrister and arbitrator at Pump Court Chambers working in the fields of matrimonial finance and inheritance, trusts and estates.

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Interview with District Judge Lynda Ashworth

Interview with District Judge Lynda Ashworth

[2026] 2 FRJ 177. As March 2026 drew to a close, the only district judge dealing purely with financial remedies in England and Wales, District Judge Lynda Ashworth, chose to retire from full-time judicial work. She was interviewed in late February about her life, practice and judicial career.

When the Wife Becomes a Widow: The Effect of Death on Financial Provision Claims

When the Wife Becomes a Widow: The Effect of Death on Financial Provision Claims

‘In this world, nothing can be certain except death and taxes.’ So Benjamin Franklin is said to have written to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy. Taxes and their impact are usually closer to the front of the minds of those going through divorce or a dissolution of a civil partnership, but occasionally

Evidencing Earning Capacity: Expert Assessments with Potential for both Cooperation and Conflict

Evidencing Earning Capacity: Expert Assessments with Potential for both Cooperation and Conflict

Embarking on divorce proceedings is not just the end of one chapter of life but the start of a new one. Judges determining applications for financial remedies on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership aim to ensure that the former spouses are each on as stable a financial footing as

Securing Property Situated Outside the Jurisdiction of England and Wales for the Benefit of Minor Children

Securing Property Situated Outside the Jurisdiction of England and Wales for the Benefit of Minor Children

Readers of the Financial Remedies Journal will, of course, be familiar with the operation of s 23(1)(d)–(f) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (financial provision for children in connection with divorce/dissolution of civil partnerships), as well as s 24 of that same Act insofar as it makes available

Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back

Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back

Since His Honour Judge Pelling KC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) was persuaded to make, amongst other orders, without notice Bankers Trust Orders against two Binance entities in 2021[[1]] requiring them to disclose their Know Your Customer details of those alleged to have committed a fraud

Dodgy Digital Documents: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?

Dodgy Digital Documents: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?

In the sun-kissed, halcyon days of late 2019 when Brexit had not yet taken effect and a corona was a halo of gas seen around the sun during an eclipse, a fevered discussion was taking place on Twitter between family lawyers regarding the increasing frequency with which we were seeing

Helen Brander

Helen Brander

Helen is a barrister and arbitrator at Pump Court Chambers working in the fields of matrimonial finance and inheritance, trusts and estates. She complements that with private Children Act 1989 work. She writes and lectures frequently on matters of interest, including document manipulation, cryptoassets, financial provision for adult children and