Evelyn Partners
HNW Divorce Litigation - 4th Annual Flagship Conference
The flagship event for the HNW Divorce community bringing you unique perspectives unobtainable elsewhere.
21st November 2024 | In-person | One Whitehall Place, London
Agenda
Registration
09:00
Chair's Opening Remarks
09:30am
Jane Keir, Partner
Kingsley Napley
Jonathan Hilliard KC, Barrister
Wilberforce Chambers
Understanding Non-Court Dispute Resolution
09:40
- Where are we now in considering non-court options?
- Changes to the rules and what they may mean in the long run
- How will NCDR over litigation work in practice?
- Will this increase costs? Will costs orders be made for non-compliance?
- Ensuring best practice
Suzanne Todd, Partner
Withers
Nicholas Allen KC , Barrister
29 Bedford Row
Katie Longmate , Partner
Russell Cooke
Lauren Glynn, Counsel
Carey Olsen
Bethany Scarsbrook, Barrister
St John's Chambers
Highlighting Recent Updates and Developments in Prenup Agreements
10:35
- Case updates over the last 12 months
- International prenups
- Litigating prenups drafted immediately after Radmacher
- Reconciliation contracts
Christopher Pocock KC, Barrister
1KBW
Sital Fontenelle, Partner and Head of Family
Kingsley Napley
Edward Floyd, Partner
Farrer & Co
Emily Brand, Partner and Head of Family
Boodle Hatfield
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:20
Navigating Claims of Coercive Control, Conduct and Financial Abuse
11:40
- Should conduct be considered in financial awards?
- The impact on family and children
- How seriously is it taken by the police?
- What does is mean when the CPS take interest in?
- The impact it can have on children
- Moving forward post-divorce
Elizabeth Hicks, Director
Family Law in Partnership
Lucinda Nicholls, Managing Partner
Nicholls & Nicholls
Simon Sugar, Barrister
1GC
Tracey Beechey, Director, Private Banking
SG Kleinwort Hambros
Exploring International Divorces and Part III
12:25
- Ramifications of the Potanin Case and the Supreme Court decision
- Has the decision made bringing claims more challenging?
- Navigating international divorces where sanctions can be present
- Consequences beyond Part III
- Will London still be considered Divorce Capital of the world?
Tim Amos KC, Barrister
QEB
Michael Allum, Partner
iFLG
Amanda Trigg, Partner
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf
Sofia Thomas, Director
Juno Tax
Networking and Lunch Break
13:10
Insights into the Matrimonialisation of Assets
14:00
- Key lessons from the Standish case
- What happens when assets transfer between spouses?
- Understanding application of the sharing principal
- How much protection does a prenup offer?
- The importance of the date of separation in financial cases
Mark Harper, Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Tim Bishop KC, Barrister
1 Hare Court
Beverley Morris, Partner and Head of Family Law
Lodders
Kate Lilleyman, Partner
Evelyn Partners
Co-Habitation: Does the Law Need Changing?
14:45
- Co-habitation rights upon the breakdown of a relationship
- Should equal rights be given to co-habiting couples after a certain period of time?
- Could a change in government also see a change in these rights?
Sarah Higgins, Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Tom Quinn, Partner
Birketts
Gillian Crandles, Managing Partner
Turcan Connell
Sarah Williams, Partner
Payne Hicks Beach
Networking & Refreshment Break
15:30
Examining Trusts in Divorce
15:50
- Methods of attacking and defending trusts during litigation
- Trust disclosure
- Stress-testing against divorce
- Steps trustees can take to assist in settlement
- Nuptial settlements
Simon Blain, Partner
Forsters
Emma Hargreaves, Barrister
Serle Court
Louise Woolrich, Partner
Carey Olsen
Private Equity in Divorce Proceedings
16:35
- Unpacking divorce cases involving private equity and hedge funds
- How is it valued in proceedings?
- Business values and finding liquidity in proceedings
- Disclosing interests and funds
Richard Kershaw, Partner
Hunters Law
Sam Longworth, Partner
Stewarts
Christopher Springett, Partner
Evelyn Partners
Chairs Closing Remarks
17:20
Jane Keir, Partner
Kingsley Napley
Jonathan Hilliard KC, Barrister
Wilberforce Chambers
Networking Drinks Reception Hosted by SG Kleinwort Hambros
17:30
Jane Keir - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Jonathan Hilliard KC - Barrister - Wilberforce Chambers
- Where are we now in considering non-court options?
- Changes to the rules and what they may mean in the long run
- How will NCDR over litigation work in practice?
- Will this increase costs? Will costs orders be made for non-compliance?
- Ensuring best practice
Nicholas Allen KC - Barrister - 29 Bedford Row
Katie Longmate - Partner - Russell Cooke
Lauren Glynn - Counsel - Carey Olsen
Bethany Scarsbrook - Barrister - St John's Chambers
- Case updates over the last 12 months
- International prenups
- Litigating prenups drafted immediately after Radmacher
- Reconciliation contracts
Sital Fontenelle - Partner and Head of Family - Kingsley Napley
Edward Floyd - Partner - Farrer & Co
Emily Brand - Partner and Head of Family - Boodle Hatfield
- Should conduct be considered in financial awards?
- The impact on family and children
- How seriously is it taken by the police?
- What does is mean when the CPS take interest in?
- The impact it can have on children
- Moving forward post-divorce
Lucinda Nicholls - Managing Partner - Nicholls & Nicholls
Simon Sugar - Barrister - 1GC
Tracey Beechey - Director, Private Banking - SG Kleinwort Hambros
- Ramifications of the Potanin Case and the Supreme Court decision
- Has the decision made bringing claims more challenging?
- Navigating international divorces where sanctions can be present
- Consequences beyond Part III
- Will London still be considered Divorce Capital of the world?
Michael Allum - Partner - iFLG
Amanda Trigg - Partner - Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf
Sofia Thomas - Director - Juno Tax
- Key lessons from the Standish case
- What happens when assets transfer between spouses?
- Understanding application of the sharing principal
- How much protection does a prenup offer?
- The importance of the date of separation in financial cases
Tim Bishop KC - Barrister - 1 Hare Court
Beverley Morris - Partner and Head of Family Law - Lodders
Kate Lilleyman - Partner - Evelyn Partners
- Co-habitation rights upon the breakdown of a relationship
- Should equal rights be given to co-habiting couples after a certain period of time?
- Could a change in government also see a change in these rights?
Tom Quinn - Partner - Birketts
Gillian Crandles - Managing Partner - Turcan Connell
Sarah Williams - Partner - Payne Hicks Beach
- Methods of attacking and defending trusts during litigation
- Trust disclosure
- Stress-testing against divorce
- Steps trustees can take to assist in settlement
- Nuptial settlements
Emma Hargreaves - Barrister - Serle Court
Louise Woolrich - Partner - Carey Olsen
- Unpacking divorce cases involving private equity and hedge funds
- How is it valued in proceedings?
- Business values and finding liquidity in proceedings
- Disclosing interests and funds
Sam Longworth - Partner - Stewarts
Christopher Springett - Partner - Evelyn Partners
Jane Keir - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Jonathan Hilliard KC - Barrister - Wilberforce Chambers
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Knowledge Partner
Drinks Partner
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