Tom Quinn
Tom Quinn heads up the London Family Department of Birketts. He has significant experience in dealing with complex and high-value financial disputes (from the low millions to hundreds of millions), often involving trusts, and jurisdictional issues. He also advises on private children matters including residence and contact disputes, leave to remove cases, and financial claims on behalf of unmarried parents.
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Selling the Goose: Orders for Sale of the Family Company
[2026] 3 FRJ 194. This article considers recent authorities which suggest that forcing a sale of the family company may increasingly be contemplated by the court.
Tech Corner: Only 11%. What Technology Can Do About the Pensions Gap on Divorce
[2026] 3 FRJ 266. Only 11% of divorcees with a pension not yet in payment made any arrangement to share it, according to the Fair Shares study, which also found that over a third of divorcees did not know the value of their own pension. Ignoring the pensions is not an option.
Costs in Financial Remedy Proceedings: Time for Greater Discipline?
[2026] 3 FRJ 206. If costs discipline is to be meaningful, parties must understand from the outset that disproportionate litigation expenditure will ultimately remain their own responsibility even in a needs case. Money spent on costs is money removed from the resources available to the family.