Sidney Ross

6 Dec 2012

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

Sidney Ross

Tel: 0207 831 6381 | SidneyRoss@tenoldsquare.com
10 Old Square
Lincoln’s Inn WC2A 3SU

The law is my second career.  I was called to the Bar in 1983 and since the early 1990s my major area of practice has been in the field of Inheritance Act claims.

I am the author of Inheritance Act Claims (Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd edition, 2011; first published, 1993).  I also have extensive experience of all other types of claim involving the estates of deceased persons and of claims to beneficial interests in property (ie, TOLATA claims).  Typically, the estates have values in the range £250,000 to £1.5M, and quite often, the positions of the parties are such that benefits issues arise.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

East Midlands, East of England, Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

David Walden-Smith

18 Oct 2012

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

David Walden-Smith

Tel: 020 7404 1044 | dwaldensmith@29br.co.uk
29 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4HE

I have been a barrister since 1985 and a Family Arbitrator since 2012. I am a member of a leading London specialist Family Law set, namely the chambers of Nicholas Francis QC, at 29 Bedford Row.
I conduct arbitrations both by way of fully contested hearings – with counsel on each side and live evidence called – and by way of a “documents only” procedure in which the case is decided on the basis of written submissions.
I am prepared to conduct hearings at whatever location – within reason – is most convenient for the parties and any lawyers in the case.
I usually deal with administrative hearings by email or by way of three-way telephone conference, as this is most cost-efficient. If preferred there can be a face to face meeting.
I am very happy to provide a fee quotation in advance of being nominated as a possible arbitrator. I or my clerk would require only an email with a brief background to the case with an indication of the scope of the dispute, plus an indication as to the likely number of hearings envisaged.
I am also instructed to provide early neutral evaluations at private FDR hearings.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

East Midlands, London, South East, South West, West Midlands

Stephen Lyon

26 Sep 2012

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

Stephen Lyon

Tel: 020 7583 0816 | sjl@4pb.com

Full arbitrator details currently not available.

Qualifications

Geographic Region

Margaret Styles

17 Sep 2012

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

Margaret Styles

Tel: 0844 5617 135 | clerks@harcourtchambers.co.uk
Harcourt Chambers
Churchill House,
38 St Aldate’s,
Oxford, OX1 1BN

Margaret was called to the Bar in 2000 after a fast-track civil service career in policy and management roles.

Margaret has been a firm believer in alternative dispute resolution processes since qualifying as a mediator in 2004, and was in the vanguard of those undertaking the arbitration qualification via IFLA. As a complement to her advocacy practice, she is a seasoned ADR practitioner assisting parties with their disputes over family money, generally at medium level asset values, and in TOLATA disputes and inheritance claims. Margaret views the her advocacy and ADR skills as wholly complementary, with the needs and interests of litigation participants to have clear, prompt and fair outcomes a priority for financial and personal best outcomes. Margaret is a member of Harcourt Chambers’ team of specialist arbitrators.

Margaret is a FLBA member and a seasoned lecturer for practitioners.

Based in Gloucestershire, Margaret will undertake arbitrations throughout the South East, South West and West Midlands, and on remote platforms.

Qualifications

Barrister, Collaborative Lawyer, Mediator

Geographic Region

East Midlands, London, South East, South West, West Midlands

Michael Hayes

3 Sep 2012

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

Michael Hayes

Tel: 020 7353 2532 | michaelhayes@5pumpcourt.com
5 Pump Court,
Temple,
London EC4Y 7AP

Michael is a Barrister practising exclusively in Family Law. Prior to becoming a Barrister Michael practised as a Solicitor for over 20 years.

He has specialist experience in family law matters with a particular emphasis on matrimonial finance claims, including high value financial claims and disputes involving business assets and companies and cases involving pensions and trusts.

Michael is a member of the Family Law Bar Association, and an affiliate member of Resolution. As a Solicitor he was accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under the Family Law Accreditation Scheme, and also by ‘Resolution’ in the areas of Advanced Financial Provision and Co-habitation.

He regularly advises unmarried couples concerning both pre-marital (pre and post nuptial deeds), as well as separation issues. He is also an expert on advising same-sex couples on the dissolution of civil partnerships.

Michael regularly deals with jurisdictional issues, and cases involving an international element, and was a former Chairman of the Family & Succession Law Practice group of ‘Eurojuris’.

Michael qualified as a Collaborative lawyer in 2007 and qualified as an Arbitrator in 2012.

Michael’s areas of expertise include:

  • Divorce and separation;
  • Financial cases, including high net value cases with an international element;
  • Pension issues arising from divorce or separation;
  • Financial matters involving trusts;
  • Co-habitation disputes;
  • Injunctions, including the prevention of the disposal of assets in financial proceedings;
  • Children Act work, including applications for financial provision for children;
  • Inheritance Act claims;
  • Pre-nuptial, Co-habitation and Separation deeds;
  • Collaborative law;
  • Family law Arbitration.

Michael speaks conversational French.

Although Michael is based in the South East he is happy to undertake Arbitrations nationwide.

Qualifications

Barrister, Collaborative Lawyer

Geographic Region

East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber