Matrimonial Finance

Annie specialises in medium to big money cases at first instance involving all issues including financial conduct, overseas and domestic trusts, third party property interests, company shares and share options, family businesses, and inherited wealth.

She regularly acts in related areas such as variation of orders, applications to set orders aside, freezing injunctions (County Court and High Court, UK and worldwide) and enforcement. 

All levels of appeal; to circuit judge and Court of Appeal (see reported cases below)

Annie has also conducted claims in relation to matrimonial finance after the death of a spouse, and has been involved in securing the intervention of the Queen’s Proctor to help set aside a consent order.

Other Family Financial Provision

In the main this area of specialism concerns claims pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, in which Annie has represented all types of claimant and defendant from minor children through to charities. Annie has represented a number of litigants who are in or who have been in same sex couples. Annie is a regular speaker at seminars on Inheritance Act and related claims

Claims which naturally come with the territory include claims for an interest in property under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act, estoppel claims and contentious probate matters (generally concerning issues of fact over capacity or validity). Annie has also represented children in presumption of advancement cases. She regularly advises on Part 64 applications concerning questions over the administration of the estate (although she does not do possession proceedings).

Annie gets involved in cases at any stage of litigation and also in the context of mediation.

Children

Annie tends to only do more complex private law cases, usually involving 9.5 Guardians, a complete breakdown in contact, a hostile parent (or 2), or some other unusual feature. She has done a number of:

She regularly appears in the Family Division on children matters.

BA (Hons), PGCE, MA, CPE, BVC

E v E [2006] EWCA Civ 843 / [2006] 2 FLR 1228
(Shared residence, relocation within the UK)

Vaughan v Vaughan [2007] EWCA Civ 1085/ [2008] 1 FLR 1108
(Financial conduct, inclusion of pension CETVs when assessing percentage split of assets, clean break)

B v B [2008] EWCA Civ 284 / [2008] 1 FLR (fast reporting)
(contributions, inherited wealth)

Hall v Hall [2008] EWCA Civ 350
(setting aside “depth charge” orders in cases where one party is non-compliant)