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

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

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 QC

Christopher Sharp KC

  • Call: 1975
  • Silk: 1999

After an extremely successful career at the bar and consistently recognised as being among the leading experts in financial remedy cases, Christopher is now focussing solely on adjudicating Private FDR’s and remains an associate member of St Johns...

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Nick Miller

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...

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Zoë Saunders

  • Call: 2003

Zoë Saunders is a highly regarded family law barrister, arbitrator and mediator practising from St John’s Chambers and an Associate Tenant of 36 Family at The 36 Group. She was called to the Bar in 2003 and has developed a broad and sophisticated practice...

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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...

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Richard Norman

Richard Norman

  • Call: 2009

Richard is consistently ranked as a leading matrimonial finance junior by both of the legal directories, Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. He is described as “incisive”, “technically excellent”, “incredibly persuasive”, “extremely well respected by judges” and...

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Jack Harris

  • Call: 2012

Jack is Head of the Divorce and Financial Remedy team. He has a busy court-based practice specialising exclusively in complex financial remedy litigation. Jack is consistently ranked in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 as a leading...

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Bethany Hardwicke

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...

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Sophie Smith Holland

Sophie Smith-Holland

  • Call: 2015

Sophie is a specialist family law barrister, recognised as a leading junior in both the Legal 500 and Chambers UK across all her areas of expertise: Children – private law (including international cases) Divorce and financial remedies (including...

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Georgina Swinglehurst

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...

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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...

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Chelsea Bartlett

Chelsea Bartlett

  • Call: 2021

Chelsea is a specialist family law practitioner, with a focus on public and private law children disputes. Areas of expertise: Children Private Law Children Public Law Part IV Family Law Act 1996 Court of Protection Chelsea is regularly...

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