Samantha Hillas KC
Published: 16/05/2023 12:56
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.
The Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot
Between the first (A Paper to consider the future use of Remote Hearings in the FRC) and third (Transparency in the Financial Remedies Court) Farquhar reports, the members of the FRC Recovery Group – initially set up by Mr Justice Mostyn and chaired throughout by His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar – were put to good use.
- Journal
- Procedure
- Fast Track
- Express Financial Remedy Procedure
!18/03/2025 06:00
Principles vs Resources: Conduct and the Law Commission Scoping Report
The Law Commission’s long awaited scoping report on financial remedies was published on 18 December 2024. It concludes that the law relating to financial remedy should be reformed. We asked the Law Commission to clarify whether their concerns in respect of the fairness of the outcomes was restricted to litigants who had experienced domestic abuse in their marriage.
- Journal
- Conduct
- Law Commission
!18/03/2025 06:00
At A Glance Conference 2024: Live Updates
Minute-by-minute updates from the 2024 At A Glance Conference, as it happened.
- Blog
- At A Glance
!16/10/2024 09:48
N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?
On Monday last week, in In N v J [2024] EWFC 184 (15 July 2024), Mr Justice Peel handed down the most recent authority on pleading conduct pursuant to s 25(2)(g) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Those interested in this area have been keen to see whether Mr Justice Peel, as the Lead Judge of the Financial Remedies Court, would move the dial either in terms of procedure, or the application of the substantive law. Like all of Mr Justice Peel’s judgments, it is erudite, comprehensive and concise. It is also timely.
- Blog
- Domestic Abuse
- Conduct
!24/07/2024 10:05
A Reply to Baroness Deech’s Argument for Reform
A companion piece to Baroness Deech’s article, arguing against the call for reform of s 25(2) MCA 1973.
- Journal
- divorce
- Reasonable Financial Provision
!01/07/2024 07:00
Interview with Baroness Hale
Whether you know her as ‘the Beyoncé of the legal world’, (as she was introduced at the Women in Law dinner in Manchester in March 2024) or ‘call me Brenda’ (as she modestly introduces herself), Baroness Hale of Richmond is an exceptional woman and an exceptional lawyer. Here she is interviewed by Samantha Hillas KC.
- Journal
- Interview
!01/07/2024 07:00
Financial Remedy Proceedings Transparency Reporting Pilot: Launch date 29 January 2024
Those who have appeared in Children Act cases in Leeds, Cardiff or Carlisle in the last 12 months will have encountered the transparency pilot scheme established in those courts in January 2023. The essence of the Financial Remedies Court reporting pilot is the same.
- Journal
- Transparency
- Publicity and Confidentiality
!13/03/2024 07:00
Are We Clear? Transparency and the TIG Financial Remedies Sub-Group Report
The conclusions of the Financial Remedies Sub-Group of the Transparency Implementation Group were published in April 2023. Established by the President of Family Division and led by HHJ Stuart Farquhar, a group of 13 – judges, lawyers, a legal blogger and a journalist, based around the country – spent countless hours over several months tackling the often misunderstood and controversial topic of transparency in the Financial Remedies Court.
- Journal
- Transparency
!21/11/2023 07:00
‘An ascent so steep as to make a meteor blush’ – The valedictory for the Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn, 3 October 2023
On Monday, 2 October 2023 history was made in Court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice, with the swearing in of the first ever Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales. Just a day later, in the very same, similarly packed-out court room, Lady Carr crossed the rope to open at the valedictory of the honourable and inimitable Mr Justice Mostyn.
- Journal
- Mostyn
!21/11/2023 07:00
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