Tadhgh is a family law specialist accepting instructions in all areas of family law.

He has experience representing clients from first to final hearing at all levels up to and including the High Court, including in complex, international multi-day trials. He is confident acting alone or as junior counsel.

Tadhgh is recommended in Legal 500 2025 for his work in both Matrimonial Finance and Children Law.

Michael is a partner in the divorce and family team.

Michael advises on all aspects of family law (including prenuptial agreements) with particular emphasis on the resolution of financial issues for wealthy individuals, whether married or unmarried and often with international interests. Michael has acted in numerous divorce cases involving trusts and businesses. Michael also has extensive experience of children law matters, including international relocation.

Michael’s breadth of work involves close liaison with many other specialist practice areas at Withers including the contentious trusts and estates team and the wealth planning teams in London, US, Switzerland and Asia.

Clients include city professionals, entrepreneurs and business people, owners of landed estates, sports and music stars, politicians, and their spouses/partners.

Michael is a certified family law arbitrator, and a trained collaborative lawyer. He has been a member of Resolution’s Cohabitation Committee since its inception in 1995.

Michael has for several years been listed as a leading family lawyer in the legal directories (including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Spears, and Citywealth) in which he has variously been described in recent years as ‘a real class act’; ‘measured, sensible and knows his law’; ‘highly intelligent, very efficient and a pleasure to deal with - a really strong practitioner’; ‘is just excellent and often sought after by high net worth individuals’; and a ‘first-class lawyer’.

Thomas Rodwell is an experienced testifying expert and is recognised as a leading forensic accountant and business valuer. He provides economic and financial advice to clients, legal teams, and counsel in shareholder and commercial disputes. Thomas specialises in preparing expert reports for litigation and arbitration that address valuation and damages issues and receives regular instructions in respect of:

1. the valuation of shareholdings in private companies, across a wide and diverse array of business areas, from energy, to transport, to financial services, to retail;
2. the quantification of loss and lost profits resulting from contractual breaches; and
3. the assessment of appropriate valuation discounts and their application to minority interests.

Thomas and his firm, Rodwell Disputes Advisory, are highly commended for the quality of their work, value for money, and expertise as an expert witness in finance and valuation. In 2023, Thomas was recognised by Chambers and Partners as a leading UK forensic accountant (Band 1). Thomas is regularly asked to speak on topics of valuation and finance in litigation and arbitration. He has published articles in many leading legal journals.

Thomas holds Masters degrees in Physics and International Relations. Between 2017 and 2020, he studied towards a PhD in Mathematics and researched the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques to model the flow of patients admitted to NHS hospitals to improve efficiency.

Samantha undertakes complex and high value matrimonial finance cases, often against KCs. Her work principally involves resolution of disputes in the context of voluntary (non-court) processes, including as a private FDR evaluator.

Samantha is the recipient of many generous credits as to her professional abilities in the legal directories. However, she recommends that clients assess counsel for themselves and select a team they feel can best meet their objectives. In Samantha’s case, her focus is almost always on consensual resolution and avoiding the risks of contested litigation where possible.

Samantha features in the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Recognition Lists 2024 (inaugural) and 2025.

She is a co-founder of the multi award-winning animated law library, Courtney Legal, and a proponent of public legal education on family law.