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Dr Freda V Gardner
Dr Freda V Gardner is a consultant clinical psychologist. Since 2002 she has been a Law Society approved expert witness providing assessments in both public and private law cases. Dr Gardner developed Orchard House Family Assessment and Intervention Centre in 2005. In 2023 Dr Gardner and Stephen Wildblood KC established Gardner Wildblood LLP to provide psychologically informed dispute resolution.
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!13/05/2025 09:48
Sonny Patel
Sonny Patel is a Solicitor and Partner at Expatriate Law (Asia). He set up the Singapore outpost of Expatriate Law in 2019. Sonny acts for English expatriates based in Singapore, Hong Kong and across Southeast Asia. Sonny is ranked by Chambers and Partners and is a recommended lawyer in the Spears Family Law Index.
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!13/05/2025 09:45
Min Joo Yoon
Yoon Min Joo is a Partner in Rajah & Tann Asia specialising in Family and Matrimonial Law and Probate and Estate Administration. Min Joo was named a Future Star in the 2025 edition of the Benchmark Litigation Family and Matrimonial Law and a Recommended Lawyer in the 2024 edition of Doyle’s Guide’s Singapore Family and Divorce Leading Lawyers. She was recognised in the 2023 edition of the Singapore Business Review’s Singapore’s 30 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40. Min Joo is a native Korean, fluent in the Korean language.
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!13/05/2025 09:28
Joshua Viney
Joshua Viney is a barrister at 1 Hare Court where he specialises in financial remedies, financial provision for children and jurisdiction/forum disputes. He appears in the High Court and Court of Appeal regularly against opponents of all seniority. Frequently, Joshua’s cases are complex, international and have high net worth individuals. Of particular interest to Joshua are cases with offshore trust structures and companies.
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!13/05/2025 09:22
Matthew Richardson
Matthew Richardson is a barrister and mediator at Coram Chambers, specialising in financial remedies on divorce and separation. Matthew is a well-known lecturer and writer on complex family law issues such as pensions on divorce as well as ‘beyond the law’ matters such as psychology and wellbeing.
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!13/05/2025 09:11
Ceri Griffiths
Ceri Griffiths is a divorce financial planner at Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning who works only with women divorcing wealthy and powerful men. That focus means she sees the same dynamics play out again and again, often missed by professionals with a broader client base. Her article ‘You Want Me to Do What Now?’ – The Return-to-Work Question and the Quiet Cost of Executive Marriage draws on material from her first book, due out in late 2025, which sets out to expose how wealth and power really operate in divorce, and what women need to know to get a fair outcome.
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!07/05/2025 22:04
Abigail Clements-Bewley
Abigail Clements-Bewley is a Paralegal at Expatriate Law Ltd, where she supports the firm's international family law practice. She holds a Master’s degree in International Law and is set to commence pupillage at 4PB in October 2025.
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!07/05/2025 09:04
Rebecca Carew Pole KC
Rebecca Carew Pole KC is a leading silk in the field of matrimonial finance at 1 Hare Court. She acts in complex financial disputes, mostly for high-net-worth clients and notable individuals. She has appeared in a number of seminal cases in recent years, including BI v EN and XW.
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!07/05/2025 08:26
Kyra Cornwall
Kyra Cornwall is a barrister at 1 Hare Court ranked in Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and Doyle’s Guide for her expertise in matrimonial finance. She specialises in high-value and international cases involving marital agreements, trusts, jurisdiction issues and corporate structures. Known for her calm authority, forensic approach and client-friendly style, she is described as ‘super clever’ and ‘a smiling assassin in the courtroom’. She has appeared in landmark cases, including BI v EN, VV v VV and Martin v Martin.
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!07/05/2025 08:16
Minahil Tariq
Minahil Tariq is a pupil barrister at 5 St Andrew’s Hill specialising in all areas of family law. Prior to commencing pupillage, Minahil worked as a caseworker in the family department of a leading London law firm.
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!02/05/2025 22:21