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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Final Reflections on Standish: Was It All Worthwhile?
If asked, Mr Standish may say that three rounds of litigation, with another to follow, were worth it – Mrs Standish, perhaps not. But for lawyers, with many questions left unanswered, and a feeling that the opportunity to settle the law on matrimonialisation with clarity and certainty has passed us by,
OS v DT and Post-Separation Income: Fairness Trumps Inflexibility
In ‘Post-Separation Income: Has Rossi Survived Waggott and Standish?’ (5 February 2025), Nicholas Allen KC considered the potential impact of Waggott v Waggott [2018] 2 FLR 406 on the argument that income (or the assets or capital generated therefrom) earned in or referable to the first 12 months post-separation should
A Priceless Inheritance: Family Law, Open Justice and the Rule of Law
“The traditional law, that English justice must be administered openly in the face of all men, is an almost priceless inheritance” Earl Loreburn in Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417
Sir Nicholas Mostyn presented on this topic at the Bar Council’s law reform lecture 2025, on 2 July 2025.