Oliver is a specialist financial remedies barrister who is regularly instructed to advise and represent clients at all stages of the financial remedies process. He deals with substantial assets as well as more modest cases, which often include issues of complexity such as trusts, business assets, pensions and inheritance issues, serious conduct and farming cases. He also has experience dealing with assets located outside the jurisdiction.
His ToLATA expertise means he is frequently instructed in financial remedies proceedings in which third parties intervene to dispute the beneficial ownership of property assets, either for the parties to the substantive proceedings or for the intervening party. He is also instructed in respect of applications for financial provision brought under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Recent work includes:
- Drafted points of claim for a ToLATA dispute by the intervenor as a preliminary issue in financial remedies proceedings. Successful negotiation of the dispute at a 2-day final hearing, including costs.
- Contested 2-day final hearing with issues including, but not limited to, H’s capacity to work, the approach to considerable liabilities in H’s name and pension sharing.
- A farming case involving a dispute in respect of the (non) disclosure of, and valuation of, farm machinery.
- Proceedings necessitating the intervention of the parties’ daughter to resolve a dispute over the beneficial ownership of property held by her.
- Proceedings including an application under s37(2)(b) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to set aside a transfer of property from one party to their mother.
- Contested 2-day final hearing with issues including, but not limited to, multiple investment properties and pension sharing.
- Successful resolution at FDR of a farming case involving assets exceeding £3million.
- Proceedings necessitating the intervention of H’s mother as she asserted beneficial ownership of property held by H.
- Proceedings involving the valuation of a business inclusive of substantial business assets, and the valuation of a unique private collection of antiques.
