Family & Matrimonial

Our team of arbitration specialists is available for couples who are in the process of a separation but simply cannot come to a mutual agreement on the allocation of assets and are anxious to avoid going through the courts. This process of alternative dispute resolution is completely confidential and can be helpful to couples who have commercially sensitive assets or who could potentially attract media attention.  

• Represented a client in a complex cohabitation dispute involving a 20-year+ relationship and resolved the matter swiftly using arbitration.
• Acted for a businessman in complex financial proceedings with two sets of intervenors. The matter concluded in arbitration.
• Main solicitor assisting in a £10 million financial remedy case which followed the arbitration process.
• Represented the wife of a C-Suite American banker in a high-value divorce involving US tax implications and a complex remuneration package involving one of the first ever arbitrations.
• Advised on strategy and navigating difficult circumstances to find a pathway to a negotiated settlement outside of court, including the use of non-court dispute resolution processes, such as lawyer lead mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation.
• Achieved positive client outcomes at private financial dispute resolution hearings and arbitration hearings.
• Represented a number of clients who wish to deal with complicated financial matters outside of the family courts using alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration.

Any case involving children deserves the upmost care. Our advisors are well versed to helping a parent in difficult cases relating to their children including when a child is taken out of a country by a family member without permission, or where applications are made by one parent to move to another part of the UK or abroad. 

• Acted for a mother in child abduction proceedings under The Hague Convention and secured the return of the child to the jurisdiction of South Africa.   
• Acted in the case of Re: M (abduction: non-convention country) – Case Law VLEX 792937289.   
• Secured the return of children from this jurisdiction for a celebrity father to California following his wife’s decision to divorce him shortly following an agreed move to the UK on a trial basis (High Court Order following contested trial).   
• Advised a mother on relocating with her children from one part of England to reside with her new partner in Cambridgeshire.    
• Represented and advised the applicant father on an international relocation application for his two children to a non-Hague Convention country, with issues including parental alienation and allegations of emotional and physical abuse by the respondent mother. The case involved the involvement of psychological experts, a 16.4 Guardian and the children speaking with the Judge directly.   
• Assisted on reported case X v Y [2025] EWFC 243 (B) concerning internal relocation, choice of schools, and child arrangement matters.   
• Advised a wife and achieved a clean break financial settlement as she requested and in circumstances where it would not have been awarded by the court and a relocation for her and the child from London to Somerset.    
• Represented a mother in her relocation application to Cyprus with an autistic child and successfully argued that the change would be in the best interests of the child.   
• Acted for a client seeking his daughter’s relocation from Kenya to the UK.    
• Represented a mother who wished to relocate to NZ with her daughter, resulting in a specific issue application granted.   
• Advised and attended a roundtable meeting in order to reach a financial settlement which included provision for the client to relocate to Italy from London with two dependent children.   
• Advised a father in a high-conflict Children Act case involving England v Scotland cross-border complexities. The mother, a multi-millionaire with assets across multiple countries, relocated the children from Scotland to England, leading to allegations of abduction and parental alienation.    
• Advised and represented a parent who wanted to relocate with their children to the USA to live with their partner, an American national.   
• Acted for a mother, in her application to relocate to Spain, with her two young children, both in relation to the substantive application (at a final hearing) and subsequently on appeal.   
• Acted for the father, opposing the mother’s application to relocate with the child to China, which succeeded at final hearing. 
• Acted for the mother in the reported case of S v T (permission to relocate to Russia) [2012] EWHC 4023 (Fam), one of the first successful applications to Russia.    
• Acted for the father, opposing the mother’s application to relocate with the child to China, which succeeded at final hearing. 

Child arrangements are always a difficult area to agree during the process of a relationship breakdown. If mediation and counselling methods have failed to help in moving towards an agreement, our expert family lawyers are available to guide clients through the court process. 

• Advised a wealthy businessman on a Schedule 1 Children Act case, dealing with financial aspects and living arrangements for the child with orders made in relation to both.   
• Acted for the mother in proceedings for a child arrangements involving a six-year-old child, where there were allegations of coercive control and abuse, with considerable focus and attention given to protecting the mother during handovers.   
• Acted for the mother in connection with child arrangements involving a six-month-old baby, where the father was seeking a shared care arrangement.    
• Represented a grandfather and successfully showed that the mother had sought to alienate him from his grandchildren’s lives: B & C (Children : Child Arrangements Order) [2018] EWFC B100.   
• Mediated in connection with child arrangements for a family with international connections involving significant travel and educational arrangements for the children.   
• Advised and represented the father in a complex family law matter concerning child arrangements and welfare.- OJ [2024] EWFC 446 (B).    
• Litigated and represented a paternal grandmother and paternal aunt who sought parental responsibility and a child arrangements order in respect of their niece / granddaughter. The Cafcass officer recommended no contact between the mother and child.   
• Litigated and represented a father who successfully sought a child arrangement order that the child live with him and spend time with the mother at the father’s discretion. The mother was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on a number of occasions throughout the proceedings.    
• Advised a high-net-worth father on complex children’s issues following his separation from the mother of their two young children. Despite the mother’s severe mental health challenges, including threats to commit suicide, borderline personality disorder, depression, and ADHD, a 50/50 child arrangements agreement was reached without initiating court proceedings.   
• Successfully appealed a final order and gained a more favourable order at retrial for grandparents who sought a child arrangement order with their granddaughter against a hostile and opposed mother.   
• Litigated and represented a paternal grandmother and paternal aunt who sought parental responsibility and a child arrangements order in respect of their niece/granddaughter. The Cafcass officer recommended no contact between the mother and child.   
• Enforced contact on behalf of a parent where a child arrangements order was not being complied with.   
• Assisted a father to achieve a shared care child arrangements order in circumstances where the mother was minimising contact and making allegations against the father.   
• Acted for the mother of two young children, where the father had an alcohol addiction. The arrangements therefore had to provide for comprehensive alcohol testing prior to each arrangement.    
• Advised a mother in defence of an application for a child arrangements order, brought by an estranged father, on the grounds that the father represented a serious and ongoing risk to the safety and wellbeing of the children, a position which was endorsed by CAFCASS and the court.   
• Representation of clients seeking a change of school and child arrangements order. Terrence.  

We understand that even in the event that a marriage break-down is relatively cordial there may still be points of contention where the couple simply cannot come to an agreement vis-à-vis a financial allocation or the children. We always recommend involving a solicitor when going through a mediation process so that legal advice can be provided as the sessions progress, in order to save any further disagreements down the line. 

• Represented a client in a complex cohabitation dispute involving a 20-year+ relationship and resolved the matter swiftly using arbitration.   
• Drafted a cohabitation agreement for an elderly widower looking to live with his new partner to protect assets exceeding £4 million.   
• Acted for a claimant in a same-sex cohabitation dispute involving a high-profile business.   
• Represented a cohabitee in a complex cohabitation dispute involving a number of London properties.    
• Advised an English actor in a significant same-sex cohabitation dispute under TOLATA involving over £1 million in disputed property assets, where the client sought a greater share due to substantial financial and personal contributions.    
• Acted for a client following a 20-year relationship, involving a property dispute regarding their jointly held property without an express declaration of trust. Advised on issuing proceedings under TOLATA. Settlement was reached at a private FDR.   
• Drafted a cohabitation agreement for an elderly female widower looking to live with her new partner and to protect assets exceeding £5m.   
• Advised and represented multi-millionaire in relation to cohabitation agreement. Several cross jurisdictional issues to consider, as well as religious aspects.   

In the event of a marriage breakdown, our dedicated matrimonial experts are on hand to ease the process. We are trained in alternative dispute resolution and treat each case as sensitively as required. One form of legal separation is collaborative law, which involves couples working with their solicitors in an honest and respectful way to ensure that the process of agreeing a win-win solution to the family’s problems is as painless as possible. We understand that going down the collaborative law route is not for everybody, but for those who do enter the process the success rate is high at around 85%. 

• Collaboratively worked with Tier 1 Manchester firm over complex financial remedy matter involving complex pensions and cross jurisdictional issues.   
• Adopted the collaborative law approach and assisted civil partners resolve financial and property issues.   
• Used the collaborative law process to resolve complex financial claims involving intricate family company structures, valuations of property in the UK and abroad, and ongoing maintenance for the client based on a novel bonus system linked to the family company’s performance, as well as the paying party’s remuneration.   

Our expert divorce lawyers understand the emotional distress that can be caused during the divorce process. We sensitively guide individuals through the administrative process required to attain the final decree of divorce: the decree absolute. We also advise and assist on the separate process of agreeing what will happen in regard to finances, property, and children. 

• Advised a wife in divorce proceedings where the assets were global and one trust alone exceeded £500m in value. This involved complicated tax issues and therefore consultation with a number of tax advisers.    
• Represented UHNW individuals in divorces involving asset portfolios exceeding £200m, with property, companies, and investments across multiple jurisdictions.    
• Recovered more than 80% of a client’s legal fees from her husband due to his misconduct and repeated non-disclosure during the divorce process.    
• Represented the applicant husband in financial proceedings where there were significant assets along with a large income disparity. The wife spent to excess and therefore sought maintenance c£12,000 pcm.    
• Litigated and represented a ‘silver separator’ who divorced 20 years ago. She believed that a financial consent order had been reached in 1994. Submitted a notice to show cause application. Assets comprised multiple plots of farmland with significant development potential and approved planning permission. Assets exceeded £8 million.    
• Advised a wife in a high-net-worth divorce and financial settlement, with assets exceeding several million pounds. The case involved a complex negotiation over substantial assets, including a £1.3 million share sale, significant savings, and high earnings from both parties, who worked in prestigious roles.    
• Advised a high-net-worth Egyptian national husband in a high-stakes divorce involving complex assets and significant wealth. The husband, a key player in a UK investment firm, stood to earn millions from carried interest, adding complexity to the financial negotiations. Divorce proceedings were also complicated by Islamic divorce procedures.    
• Acted for a wife based overseas and successfully applied for an interim order freezing the husband’s assets. Obtained a favourable financial settlement at trial including an order for spousal maintenance backdated to the date of the divorce petition.    
• Advised a client in a Kenya/UK jurisdiction race involving divorce proceedings.    
• Acted for a musician in a high-profile band on divorce with assets in excess of £20m.    
• Advised in a complex ultra-high-net-worth divorce involving a company worth some £100m and high-value properties in England and Spain    
• Advised an equity partner at a renowned law firm in a high-value divorce involving substantial assets, including properties, investments, and partner capital.    
• Acted for the wife in a high-value, international divorce settlement spanning four jurisdictions, involving complex disputes over multimillion-pound assets in Iran, Paris, and Switzerland. Successfully negotiated a 50/50 division of assets and capitalised spousal maintenance, securing the wife over £1.5 million from the sale of a European property.    
• Acted for the wife in a high-net-worth divorce involving the division of £35m in assets, including European properties and significant inherited wealth. The case focused on private equity investments and carried interest, with full financial disclosure central to ensuring a fair settlement after a 22-year relationship.    
• Represented an American tax lawyer during her divorce which involved consideration of the EU Maintenance Regulation and bilateral treaties.    
• Advised a client in relation to an inherited farm and the impact of divorce on the same.    
• Acted in the divorce of a wife in her 80s where the husband was in his 90s.    
• Managed the assets of a husband to protect his wealth in Singapore when the wife issued a divorce in London.    
• Advised on a time-sensitive divorce petition issued in London for a wife whose husband was racing to issue in Paris (won by eight minutes and many millions depended on it).    

The notion of divorce conjures many emotions and one of the most common is financial anxiety. Our family and matrimonial lawyers understand the stresses that a divorce may have on a person’s psyche when they are unsure of income, debts, and where they will live. We work with individuals to agree a settlement that best suits the family through alternative dispute resolution including collaborative law, mediation, and arbitration. If the aforementioned alternative options are not successful, we are able to represent our clients in court. 

• Represented a mother in a case against a former Premier League footballer with assets worth £10m. Achieved a favourable financial settlement for the mother at a private court hearing.    
• Advised a husband in a same-sex marriage on financial settlement issues where there had already been an earlier division of assets.    
• Drafted a prenuptial agreement for a highprofile English rock star and resolving his subsequent divorce and financial settlement in accordance with the terms of the agreement without the court’s intervention, thereby maintaining his privacy throughout.    
• Obtained a significant financial settlement for a wife whose husband alleged that the marriage was short and was never consummated.    
• Represented a wife in a high-net-worth divorce and finance matter where there were 14 properties and a portfolio of assets and significant income disparity. The case required addressing the husband’s failure to fully disclose his assets, as well as complex issues of intermingling funds with companies and third parties.    
• Represented a homemaker in proceedings involving assets exceeding £32 million spread across three continents.   
• Advised a wife in high-net-worth divorce and financial settlement, with assets exceeding several million pounds. The case involves a complex negotiation over substantial assets, including a £1.3 million share sale, significant savings, and high earnings from both parties, who work in prestigious roles.    
• Acted for a wife based overseas and successfully applied for an interim order freezing the husband’s assets. Obtained a favourable financial settlement at trial including an order for spousal maintenance backdated to the date of the divorce petition.    
• Acted for a wife caring for a terminally ill husband, with in-depth consideration of the interplay between financial remedy claims and potential Inheritance Act proceedings.   
• Litigated and represented a wife with an expat husband living in Dubai to secure maintenance pending suit and overall financial settlement.    
• Litigated and represented a husband who was terminally ill and sought to expedite his financial settlement claim against his wife who had various business interests.    
• Advised and represented a married client who had not dealt with the significant pension provision accrued during separation and postseparation as part of their financial settlement agreed directly when queried by the judge.    
• Acted for a highly successful banker wife in securing the transfer of the family home to her from her unmarried partner in the highly unusual order of preventing the father contact with their daughter following a domestic abuse relationship.   

Seeking a mutually acceptable financial settlement following a marriage breakdown can be a painful, expensive, and lengthy process; these are multiplied considerably when jurisdictional issues are at hand. Our team of experts guide clients through complex multi-jurisdictional matters, including how to enforce settlements  where one of the parties lives or works abroad or where there are assets abroad. 

• Prepared and advised on a pre-nuptial agreement for a cross-jurisdictional family whose assets included companies, trusts, and a significant interest in a football club.   
• Acted for an applicant husband in divorce and financial proceedings, managing a portfolio of properties across multiple jurisdictions in England and Europe.   
• Assisted in the first English jurisdiction case to be heard in the recently formed Abu-Dhabi court designated for family cases for non-Muslims.   
• Provided cross-border advice on capital raising and set-up issues for property investment and other companies operating in various jurisdictions including US, Bermuda, Baltic States and Eastern Europe.   
• Assisted in acting for the wife in a case involving a number of assets totalling approximately £20 million. The former matrimonial home as well as various companies were outside of this jurisdiction. Valuations in other jurisdictions and foreign tax advice were required.   
• Advised on a high-net-worth international divorce case with assets over £300 million, involving potential jurisdictions in multiple countries. Orchestrated worldwide advice with foreign lawyers and a private law firm.   
• Advised a Middle Eastern entrepreneur with worldwide interests worth over $400 million, involving competing jurisdictions and a post-nuptial agreement.    
• Represented a Liechtenstein-based Family Foundation with assets in multiple jurisdictions in a Court of Appeal case, which remains a leading authority on territorial limitation of the English court.    
• Advised on the UK position in tandem with Sharia Law and thereafter prepared a pre-nuptial agreement for a UHNW client with assets of over £500 million. Expert advice was required upon the specifics of jurisdiction and the advantages and detriment to the client of undertaking marriage ceremonies in respective countries.   
• Successfully pleaded a Part III Jurisdiction application for permission to commence financial proceedings outside of Russia.   
• Advised the CEO of a multinational airline company in relation to jurisdictional issues, child maintenance when CMS does not have jurisdiction and overall financial settlement.   
• Acted in the applications to freeze the assets of a husband where the properties and companies were spread out worldwide and the applications had to be made simultaneously in many jurisdictions.   
• Acted in a cross-border divorce between London and New York in a jurisdiction race (who ‘gets in’ first).   
• Negotiated post-nuptial agreements involving property portfolios in multiple jurisdictions.    
• Instructed by a wife in divorce and finance proceedings against her husband in a case covering three jurisdictions. Interim financial disclosure from the husband and an agreement to meet the wife’s interim maintenance for her and the children  and also to meet the wife’s legal costs was obtained.   
• Representing intended parents in the High Court seeking parental orders for surrogacy arrangements which have international elements and jurisdictional challenges. 

Even in the event that a marriage break-down is relatively cordial, there may still be points of contention where the couple simply cannot come to an agreement vis-à-vis a financial allocation or the children. Our family and matrimonial lawyers skilfully and sensitively guide clients through the mediation process so that legal advice can be provided as the sessions progress, in order to save any further disagreements down the line. 

• Successfully mediated a dispute involving a couple close to retirement with complex pension arrangements.   
• Mediated in connection with child arrangements for a family with international connections involving significant travel and educational arrangements for the children.   
• Mediated high-profile couples so as to ensure their names remain out of the press.   
• Assisted clients in reaching settlements at round-table meetings or mediation to avoid the instigation of proceedings where possible.   
• Advised a lawyer wife in a high-net-worth divorce and finance case involving £4 million in assets and significant income disparity. The husband, earning £750,000 annually, was self-representing and living in the Middle East. Settled through lawyer-led mediation.   
• Mediated complex children arrangements on divorce and separation and arranged on occasion for children to be seen in mediation as well as mediating relocation cases involving children.    
• Mediated pre-marital agreements and post-marital agreements so that both clients could appreciate and discuss together their anxieties and concerns with the help of the mediator.    
• Advised and represented a client in a case involving the beneficial interest of two jointly owned properties in this jurisdiction, following a lengthy period of cohabitation. Considered with the client all contentious matters including constructive and resulting trust claims and advised behind the scenes during mediation.   
• Mediated with high-conflict couples and undertook shuttle mediation to ensure overall resolution.   
• Mediated to a successful conclusion both complex financial and children arrangements. The husband and wife had considerable assets and special care was required to meet some specific needs of the wife.   
• Mediated to a successful conclusion both financial and children arrangements where the husband and wife were at different stages of acceptance that the marriage had come to an end.    

Non-married couples do not have the same protection as married couples in the event of a breakup. We guide couples with children through processes to secure fair child arrangements in relation to where the child lives through to financial provisions for the child. We also work with clients who are disputing ownership of land where their primary residence is in the sole name of their ex-partner but where they have made significant contributions or the property was referred to as their joint home.  

• Acted for a well-known actress and TV personality in her Schedule 1 claim for the financial provision of her children from her unmarried partner.   
• Acted for a mother on a Schedule 1 application (financial proceedings relating to unmarried couples on behalf of a child) against a former Olympian and internationally renowned sportsman. The case settled by consent on the first day of trial.    
• Advised an unmarried mother in a schedule 1 claim against the father of her child, a high-profile individual in the Middle East, to achieve a significant monthly maintenance payment and housing provision for her and the child despite his attempts to deny parentage.    
• Advised an unmarried client who had contributed significantly to a property but was not on the legal title.    
• Acted for a highly successful banker wife in securing the transfer of the family home to her from her unmarried partner in the highly unusual order of preventing the father contact with their daughter following a domestic abuse relationship.   
• Mediated to a successful conclusion both financial and children arrangements for an unmarried couple who had a substantial property portfolio.   
• Advised an unmarried client where the ex-partner was seeking to rely on a declaration of trust that had not been varied.   
• Assisted with private children matters including a £260m Schedule 1 variation application (financial remedies proceedings relating to unmarried couples) at the Central Family Court in London. The matter settled with a favourable outcome to the client before trial, thus limiting costs.   
• Advised a client in relation to unmarried property where the ex-partner was seeking to rely on purported variation of declaration of trust.   
• Advised and represented an unmarried client, who had a livery yard and smallholding, in relation to the extent of their ex-partner’s beneficial interest in the same given their financial contribution and a declaration of trust that was in existence.   

Unfortunately, in the event of a separation sometimes one party may feel threatened. Our family experts are experienced in attaining the likes of a non-molestation order or an occupation order. These types of orders require urgent expert legal advice and our team is always on hand to protect the safety of our clients. 

• Successfully obtained an urgent non-molestation and occupation order on behalf of a father to ensure the safety of his children and himself from the respondent mother.    
• Represented victims of coercive control and harassment in urgent non-molestation proceedings.   
• Successfully applying for zonal non-molestation orders prohibiting the abusive party from entering the town in which the victim and children live.   
• Advised an ultra-high-net-worth wife in financial remedy proceedings and non-molestation proceedings. The case involves nearly £40 million in assets, including vested and unvested shares, complex international tax issues, and joint investments.   
• Represented a client and successfully obtained a lifelong non-molestation order against her ex-partner who was being released from prison.    
• Successfully obtained an occupation order over a property on behalf of a wife and child together with a non-molestation order to protect them from the husband’s harassment.    
• Litigated and represented a mother in lengthy court proceedings to include non-molestation proceedings, application to relocated to an alternative county and child arrangements. Obtained a bar preventing further application by the father.    
• Represented numerous clients in achieving a non-molestation order in situations of domestic abuse and/or narcissism.    
• Advised an ultra-high-net-worth wife in financial remedy proceedings and non-molestation proceedings. The case involves nearly £40 million in assets, including vested and unvested shares, complex international tax issues, and joint investments.

We understand that couples find pre- and post- nuptial agreements unromantic, and we work with them to make the process seem as natural as possible. After all, there is no better time to agree the future, in the event of a breakup, than when both individuals simply want the best for one another.

• Drafted a pre-nuptial agreement for a high-profile English rock star and resolving his subsequent divorce and financial settlement in accordance with the terms of the agreement without the court’s intervention, thereby maintaining his privacy throughout.
• Drafted a pre-nuptial agreement for the director of a well-known club in Chelsea to protect wealth exceeding £16 million.
• Drafted a post-nuptial agreement for a Spanish national to protect wealth exceeding £11 million where the wife was a Brazilian national.
• Represented a wealthy French businessman with assets exceeding £50m on a pre-marital agreement.
• Acted for a wife on a pre-marital agreement where the assets of her husband and his overseas family exceeded $1b.
• Advised on an ultra-high-net-worth prenuptial agreement involving a family worth some 15 billion pounds.
• Advised a client with a substantial personal injury compensation award on a pre-marital agreement.
• Advised and represented a farmer in respect of a pre-marital agreement, which set out how they and their future spouse wished to regulate their financial and business affairs, in the event that their upcoming marriage ended in divorce.
• Negotiated post-nuptial agreements involving property portfolios in multiple jurisdictions.
• Advised the less wealthy party in respect of entering into a pre-nuptial agreement.
• Advised a former equity partner at a Silver Circle law firm in relation to a prejudicial post-nuptial agreement, navigating issues of fairness, financial needs, and property ownership including a contested barn property registered in a third party’s name for SDLT planning purposes.
• Instructed by a wealthy soon-to-be wife in relation to a pre-nuptial agreement. The financial strength was on the wife’s family’s side of circa £40m.
• Worked closely with leading Jordanian and UK accountants to protect UHNW clients’ assets through pre- and post-nuptial agreements with particular attention to the protection of car, jewellery and art collections.
• Advised on the UK position in tandem with Sharia Law and thereafter prepared a pre-nuptial agreement for a UHNW client with assets of over £500 million. Expert advice was required upon the specifics of jurisdiction and the advantages and detriment to the client of undertaking marriage ceremonies in respective countries.
• Advised on a prenuptial agreement where there was dynastic wealth on one side in excess of £80m.
• Drafted pre-nuptial agreements for entrepreneurs with family businesses and significant inherited assets.
• Represented the wife on a leading pre-nuptial agreements and international divorce case, in which it was confirmed that a spouse may receive a sharing award on divorce despite the existence of a valid pre-nuptial agreement which excluded the sharing of assets (Brack v Brack [2018] ECWA Civ 2862).
• Advised the fiancé of a famous pop star in achieving generous and protective provisions in the pre-nuptial agreement for her and the children.
• Advised on a pre-nuptial agreement with assets spread over three jurisdictions.
• Advised a client with a substantial medical negligence compensation award on a pre-nuptial agreement.
• Advised a German lady who lives in England in relation to her divorce from her wealthy spouse (same-sex marriage), which also involves a pre-nuptial agreement signed in Brazil, assets in Switzerland and a trust in the Cayman Islands.
• Advised a film actress and producer on her post-nuptial agreement which sought to protect assets at the time of circa £5m.
• Drafted a pre-nuptial agreement for the son of a UHNW scientist and inventor. The son had received a gift of £50 million from his father, which he sought to protect. The wife challenged the pre-nuptial agreement during the parties’ subsequent divorce but was unsuccessful.
• Successful negotiation of favourable pre-nuptial agreements for the financially weaker party.

Surrogacy can be a complex journey, but our team of family solicitors are here to simplify the process. Whether you’re embarking on an international or domestic surrogacy arrangement, our surrogacy experts are equipped to guide you through every legal step required to secure full parental rights for your child. Our team will ensure that you are supported from the planning phase right through to after the birth of your child.

• Representing intended parents in the High Court seeking parental orders for surrogacy arrangements which have international elements and jurisdictional challenges.
• Advised a fertility clinic on their patient information documents, internal consent forms and operating procedures relating to surrogacy patients.

• Re X (Foreign Surrogacy: Death of Intended Parent) [2022] EWFC 33 (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re A, B and C (UK surrogacy expenses) [2016] EWHC 760 (Fam) (Ms Justice Russell)
• Re JB (Surrogacy immigration) [2016] EWHC 2643 (Fam) (Mrs Justice Pauffley)
• Re AB (Surrogacy: Consent) [2016] EWHC 2643 (Fam) (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re A and B (No 1: Fact Finding) [2015] EWHC 1059 (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re A and B (No 2: Parental Order) [2015] EWHC 2080 (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re G and M [2014] EWHC 1561 (Fam) (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re P-M [2013] EWHC 2328 (Fam) (Mrs Justice Theis)
• Re W (Children) [2013] EWHC 370 (Mrs Justice Theis)