Bethany has excellent attention to detail. She has good analytical skills and the ability to process a large amount of complex information.

The Legal 500 2025, Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy

Bethany advises and represents clients in the full range of financial remedy proceedings.

Bethany routinely deals with high-net-worth cases involving complex asset structures, trusts, pension issues and assets outside the jurisdiction. She has acted in cases of suspected non-disclosure and urgent applications under Section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.

Bethany is regularly involved in valuation disputes, including in respect of company or farming partnership assets. She can further assist with disputes as to the relevance of alleged conduct within financial remedy proceedings. Bethany has also advised concerning the interplay between financial remedy proceedings and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Bethany is ranked as a leading junior in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK and is described by clients for being razor-sharp in her ability to find the key to the case. She is well aware of the emotional strain entwined in financial remedy proceedings and combines financial rigour with sensitivity for the client’s personal situation.

Bethany has been awarded 1st place in the 2nd Edition HNW Divorce essay competition. The competition is organised by ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce, and she been described as a ‘Future Thought Leader’ in high net-worth divorce. Bethany will be participating in a panel discussion at the upcoming HNW Divorce Litigation Flagship Conference on 21st November in London.

Bethany also acts in barrister led financial mediation and is happy to advise on potential financial settlements in conference and/or in writing.

Cases include:

  • Advising where one party was serving a custodial sentence for false accounting and the CPS were intervening in the financial remedy proceedings amidst ongoing POCA 2002 proceedings.
  • Obtaining freezing injunctions against shareholdings and a Land Registry restriction to prevent the sale of property amidst threats of disposal by a party.
  • Successfully acting in s.37(2) MCA 1973 applications against multiple parties (including companies) following dissipation of assets.

 

Directory Quotes

Bethany has excellent attention to detail. She has good analytical skills and the ability to process a large amount of complex information.

The Legal 500 2025, Family: divorce and financial remedy

An incredibly bright junior and an exceptional advocate.”

The Legal 500 2024, Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy

Bethany is an excellent advocate. She prepares thoroughly and is skilled at working with vulnerable clients as she employs both empathy and objectivity. She is razor-sharp in her ability to find the key to the case. Her approach to each matter is entirely client centred. Her advocacy is a force to be reckoned with. ‘Bethany’s approach to each case is meticulous. She is astute and dynamic’.”

Chambers UK 2024, Family: Matrimonial Finance

Bethany is fiercely intelligent, forthright and dynamic. She is, forensically, extremely astute and provides sensible, client-focused advice.”

The Legal 500 2023, Divorce and Financial Remedy

Bethany specialises in financial remedies disputes and private children law, with particular experience in cases that involve cross-jurisdictional issues. ‘Bethany has an excellent eye for detail and quickly grasps complex issues.’ ‘She is an extremely strong advocate who is able to empathise with clients while providing robust advice.’ ‘Bethany’s client relationship work was excellent. She made a difficult case easy for the client to understand.’ “

Chambers UK 2023, Family: Matrimonial Finance

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Bethany’s grasp of the relevant issues in this complicated case was outstanding. Her preparation leading up to the trial was fastidious, her advocacy skills exceptional and her attention to perfecting a complex order quite remarkable. The authoritative but sympathetic guidance she provided at Court was particularly invaluable, given the unpleasant nature of the case. I would not hesitate to instruct her or recommend her to others in the future.”

Hellen Williams, Solicitor, Woodland Davies LLP

  • Qualifications & awards:

    • BCL, Oxford University, (Distinction),
    • BA in Jurisprudence, Oxford University, (First Class) (top of the year in family law and administrative law)
    • BPTC
    • BPP Law School, (Very Competent)
    • Manches Prize (University of Oxford 2013)
    • The Martin Wronker Prize (University of Oxford 2013)
    • Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn 2013)
    • Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn 2012)
    • 4 New Square Scholarship (University of Oxford 2014)
    • Sunley Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn 2015)
    • Ruth Deech Prize (St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford 2016)
    • Ely Carter Prize (St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford 2016)

  • Professional memberships:

    • Family Law Bar Association
    • Bar Pro Bono Unit
    • Lord Denning Society
    • Lincoln’s Inn

  • Additional information:

    Originally from Cornwall, Beth moved to Oxford and thereafter London to complete her legal education and training. She developed her passion for family law and children’s rights as an undergraduate at Oxford where she ultimately finished top in her year for the subject. Beth went on to receive a scholarship enabling her to become a postgraduate at Oxford, submitting a BCL dissertation scrutinizing the courts’ treatment of Gillick competent children refusing medical treatment. This has given her a strong knowledge in the areas where family law and medical law overlap. She also spent her time as a postgraduate studying equality law and anti-discrimination mechanisms across the UK, EU, India and Canada. This included consideration of equal marriage rights and rights to a family/private life.

    Throughout her training Beth has provided pro bono advice and representation on a range of private children and school exclusion matters. She has also worked as a children’s rights research assistant, exploring whether children have rights specific to them as children.

    Beth is a keen legal commentator and contributor to Jordan’s Family Law Online

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