Family Finance Debate Series 2025
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- Family Finance Debate Series 2025
Date: 6 February 2025
Starts: 5:00 pm
Ends: 6:00 pm
Venue: St John's Chambers, 101 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6PU
Location: Bristol
Cost: £25 + VAT each - 25% discount if you book all 4
CPD Points: 1
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Our Divorce & Financial Remedy team are excited to invite you to an innovative series of debates focussing on some of the hot topics in the world of financial remedies.
Held in Chambers, each debate will see two of our specialist financial remedy barristers pitted against each other, chaired by another experienced member of our team.
Drinks and canapés will follow, with an opportunity to meet the team and discuss the issues raised in each debate.
Topics
- Debate 1 – Is the threshold for conduct arguments set too high? Is it time for domestic abuse to be accepted as ‘relevant conduct?’
Georgina Swinglehurst v Bethany Scarsbrook.
Chaired by Christopher Sharp KC. - Debate 2 – Is the current discretionary system in England & Wales fit for purpose? Has the time come for a move to greater certainty?
Jody Atkinson v Vivien Croly. Chaired by Jenny Wilson. - Debate 3 – Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse?
Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman. - Debate 4 – Taking a Stand(ish): has matrimonialisation gone too far?
Chelsea Bartlett v Sophie Smith-Holland. Chaired by Jack Harris.
Dates – please note that registration starts from 4.30pm
- Debate 1: Thursday 6th February (5.00pm – 6.00pm)
- Debate 2: Thursday 27th February (5.00pm – 6.00pm)
- Debate 3: Thursday 13th March (5.00pm – 6.00pm)
- Debate 4: Thursday 20th March (5.00pm – 6.00pm)
Cost: £25 per event, save 25% when you book all 4
People
Christopher Sharp KC
- Call: 1975
- Silk: 1999
One of the leading personal injury Silks, Christopher’s practice encompasses both claimant and defendant work, and he is instructed in all areas of personal injury and clinical negligence. His work is focused on catastrophic brain and spinal injuries,...
Nick Miller
- Call: 1994
Nick specialises exclusively in divorce and financial remedy cases. He has an in-depth knowledge and expertise of the issues and the law, including consideration of pensions and actuarial issues along with tax and commercial considerations. Prior to joining the...
Zoë Saunders
- Call: 2003
Zoë specialises in family finance work, representing clients in finance and divorce cases. Zoë regularly deals with high-net-worth clients involving company shareholdings, business valuations, family trusts, complex pensions and international assets. Zoe has a wealth of experience dealing...
Jody Atkinson
- Call: 2005
Jody specialises in family financial work including wills and trusts. He is able to bring his wide experience in these areas to resolving the most complex and challenging disputes. Jody’s divorce and financial remedy practice focuses on the...
Richard Norman
- Call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in financial remedies (Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) as well as complex private law disputes concerning children. He has a busy Court...
Jack Harris
- Call: 2012
Jack is a specialist family barrister with a busy court-based practice and with a particular emphasis on financial remedies under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. He is equally at home advising on...
Bethany Scarsbrook
- Call: 2014
Bethany specialises in financial remedy disputes and private children law, with particular experience in cases that involve cross-jurisdictional issues. She accepts instructions in all aspects of family law including: Financial Remedy Proceedings Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 Private...
Sophie Smith-Holland
- Call: 2015
Sophie is a specialist family law practitioner with a thriving junior practice across all of our family law practice areas, including: Children Private Law Children Public Law Divorce & Financial Remedies Part IV Family Law Act 1996 Schedule...
Georgina Swinglehurst
- Call: 2019
Georgina is a specialist family law barrister who acts in all areas of private family law, specifically financial remedy proceedings, private children disputes, issues of jurisdiction including international child relocation, cohabitation disputes and applications under the FLA 1996...
Vivien Croly
- Call: 2019
Vivien is a specialist family law barrister practising in all aspects of family law. Vivien has recently been nominated for ‘Family Law Young Barrister of the Year’ at the Family Law Awards 2024. Areas of expertise include: Financial...
Chelsea Bartlett
- Call: 2021
Chelsea is a specialist family law practitioner with a broad practice across all areas of family law. Areas of expertise: Children Private Law Children Public Law Divorce and Financial Remedies Part IV Family Law Act 1996 Schedule 1...
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