Mr Mark Heptinstall

21 Jan 2025


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Mr Mark Heptinstall

Tel: 01616721521 | mark.heptinstall@slaterheelis.co.uk
86 Deansgate Manchester M3 2ER


I am a family law expert with 20 years’ experience in both complex financial and children cases. I qualified as a collaborative lawyer 15 years ago and since 2019 I have sat as a part-time judge both as a Recorder (Family) and a Deputy District Judge (Civil and Family). As a judge I am ticketed to deal with complex Financial Remedy and children cases across the country.

As the Head of Family at Slater Heelis, I lead a team over 30 + fee earners and specialise in cases involving overseas assets, complex business structures, third party interests, inheritance/estate issues and pension arrangements. My clients are often based not only regionally but the substantial majority are in London/South East as well as overseas, particularly the Middle East.

I am recognised as a leading lawyer in Chamber & Partners and described as a “very thorough, proactive and a hard negotiator” who “leads a great team.” I have also been recognised as a leading individual in the Legal 500 who comment that “Mark Heptinstall has the amazing ability to bring calm into troubled waters.”

Qualifications

Collaborative Lawyer, Part-time Judge, Solicitor

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Miss Juliet Chapman

6 Jan 2025


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Miss Juliet Chapman

Tel: 07834178832 | JChapman@1kbw.co.uk
1 King’s Bench Walk Temple London EC4Y 7DB


Juliet Chapman is a respected IFLA-qualified specialist finance arbitrator, renowned for her approachable and user-friendly style. As an impressive Junior barrister, she specialises in complex financial remedies, particularly in cases with an international dimension and often involving non-disclosure by one of the parties. Juliet has acted in a number of significant reported cases in the area.

Over the years, she has consistently been recognised as a leading Junior in the primary legal directories for her work in financial remedies. She is highly sought after for her exceptional judgment and meticulous preparation, as well as her sensitive approach. Her clients appreciate all these qualities, describing her as “outstanding,” “very polished” and “incredibly empathetic”.

Juliet has a reputation for quickly navigating complex issues and brings her experience as Counsel in family law disputes to her roles in ADR as Arbitrator and adjudicator in pFDRs. Her determination to deliver a fair and respectful resolution to each and every dispute is highly valued by her solicitors and clients.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

East Midlands, East of England, North East, North West, South East, South West

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

6 Jan 2025


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Tel: 02074041044 | nbennett@29br.co.uk
29 Bedford Row London WC1R 4HE


Nicholas Bennett is a barrister with a particular specialism in the law of pre- and post-nuptial agreements: he has been described in Chambers and Partners as “the go-to barrister for pre-nuptial agreements”. He divides his time between drafting, litigating and arbitrating agreements.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Leslie Samuels KC

5 Aug 2024

Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Leslie Samuels KC

Tel: 0207 353 0711 | l.samuels@pumpcourtchambers.com
Pump Court Chambers
3 Pump Court,
Temple
London EC4Y 7AJ

Leslie is an experienced and specialist family law KC practising in the areas of financial remedy proceedings, cohabitation disputes, inheritance and contentious probate disputes and Children Act matters.

He has extensive judicial experience. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division (as it was then known) in 2003 and as a Recorder in 2012. In 2016 he was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge. Leslie regularly sits as a judge hearing financial cases at the Central Family Court. He is one of the few judges to be authorised to hear complex cases there. He is also authorised to hear High Court financial remedy cases as a s.9(4) Deputy High Court Judge.

Leslie is an ADR accredited civil mediator and has conducted numerous mediations since qualification in 2005 and also private FDRS alongside his role as an arbitrator.

His expertise is widely recognised in the practitioner directories. For example, the 2024 Chambers and Partners directory describes him as “exceptionally knowledgeable, calm and measured.” The 2024 Legal 500 directory describes him as “a renowned and exceptional barrister with a calm and measured approach. His years of experience show he is first-class.”

Leslie is happy to undertake arbitrations on paper or by way of an oral hearing. He will provide a fixed cost quotation to include a directions hearing (which can be remote), the arbitration hearing and the written Award. He can arrange neutral premises for the arbitration in London or anywhere to suit the convenience of the parties.

Qualifications

Barrister, Mediator, Part-time Judge

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Ms. Katherine Kelsey

27 Jun 2024


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Ms. Katherine Kelsey

Tel: 020 7936 1500 | kkelsey@1kbw.co.uk
1 King’s Bench Walk Temple London EC4Y 7DB


Katherine Kelsey is an extremely well-regarded and popular Senior Junior with an outstanding reputation for her expertise in both financial and children cases. She is one of only a few barristers to be ranked in both areas and is instructed in all aspects resulting from family breakdown.

Her financial remedies experience extends to advising and acting in all areas of matrimonial finance. She routinely deals with complex cases involving high net worth and high-profile individuals and also in relation to claims brought under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.

Katherine is a qualified Mediator and now acts as a private FDR Judge on a regular basis. She is also a dual qualified Children and Finance Arbitrator.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber