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Amy Scollan
Amy Scollan is a Partner at Hunters Law LLP. She deals with all aspects of family law and has particular expertise in divorce and finance cases which often involve complex trust and company arrangements with an international dimension. Amy has represented many high-profile clients in exceptionally high-value and complicated litigation. However, complexity is the theme of her practice rather than the value of the cases she works on. Amy attracts clients from all over the country, and internationally, who seek her out to find a solution to the most difficult legal issues concerning finances, cross-border disputes and children matters.
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Katherine Dunseath
Katherine Dunseath is a leading junior at 1 GC|Family Law, specialising in complex high net worth matrimonial finances (particularly involving complicated maintenance issues) and private children law. She has appeared in all levels of Court in the UK. Recent cases include Des Pallieres v Des Pallieres [2021] 4 WLR 96, M v P (the Queen's Proctor Intervening) [2019] 2 FLR 813 and Mills v Mills [2018] 4 All ER 612 [2018] UKSC 38.
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Elizabeth Darlington
Elizabeth Darlington is a barrister at 1 GC|Family Law having practised in both Yorkshire and nationally for over 20 years. Her practice focuses on the financial consequences of relationship breakdown (whether marriage or cohabitation) and property disputes between family members generally. Elizabeth is the author of a number of highly regarded practitioner texts including Cohabitation and Trusts of Land, the fourth edition of which is due out later in 2023. She is an IFLA Arbitrator and a mediator (civil).
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!04/06/2023 09:17
Dom Christophers
‘The go-to guy for musicians’ (Legal 500 2025), Dom Christophers is an award-winning family lawyer whose practice encompasses all aspects of family law, particularly serving clients in the music and entertainment industries. Before entering family law, Dom spent eight years in the music industry, collaborating with major artists and labels, and organising live events. His work on the influential case of CB v KB significantly shaped current practices in valuing music-related income streams during divorce proceedings. This background equips him with a unique perspective and understanding of the challenges faced by clients in the public eye.
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!28/05/2023 09:00
Samantha Hillas KC
Sam Hillas KC specialises in financial remedy work as an advocate, arbitrator and private FDR evaluator, known for her plain speaking, common sense approach. She practises from St John’s Buildings, with chambers in Liverpool and across the North of England and is one of only three matrimonial finance specialist silks across the Northern and North Eastern Circuits. She is commended by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a “charismatic and client-friendly advocate” who “works like a Trojan”. Sam is a Bencher of Inner Temple with responsibility for student engagement and support, the Attorney General of the Northern Circuit, a patron of Wirral Women and Children’s Aid, an FLBA committee member, a fellow of the IAFL, a judicial officer for the RFU and World Rugby, and in 2024, she received the Pro Bono KC of the Year award from Advocate, the bar’s advocacy charity. She is a regular contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal and a member of the editorial board.
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!16/05/2023 12:56
Thomas Braithwaite
Thomas Braithwaite is a pupil at Harcourt Chambers developing a practice across all of Chambers’ areas of expertise but with a particular interest in all things financial remedy.
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!06/05/2023 15:26
Jo O’Sullivan
Jo O'Sullivan runs her own non court family law practice: https://www.osullivanfamilylaw.com. She is an accredited mediator, collaborative solicitor and pioneer of the solicitor neutral process and has expertise in working with others to help her clients avoid court. She is also the author of the much-lauded book, (Almost) Anything but Family Court.
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Professor Sharon Thompson
Professor Sharon Thompson is Professor of Law at Cardiff University. Her research specialises in adult relationships, with particular focus on power, inequality and the gender of money. She has published widely on family law, including two monographs: Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Quiet Revolutionaries (Bloomsbury, 2022). Sharon is also co-author of the 5th edition of Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (OUP, 2023) with Jo Miles and Rob George.
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!03/03/2023 11:00
Dr Charlotte Bendall
Dr Charlotte Bendall is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Birmingham. Her research to date has focused on a range of topics, including same-sex relationship breakdown, couple finances, and the position of grandparents in the event of family fragmentation. She is currently working on a Family Law Reform Now edited collection (Hart 2024) with Dr Rehana Parveen.
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!03/03/2023 10:55
Philip Tait
Philip Tait is a barrister at 29 Bedford Row, which he joined in October 2019 and where he specialises in private family law. He is ranked as a rising star in the Legal 500, where he is described as a ‘formidable barrister’ and an ‘excellent advocate’.
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