# Matrimonial Finance Law & Practice 2025: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Thorniest Legal Challenges facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight King’s Counsel, Judges and Senior Juniors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 24 June 2025 until 31 October 2025
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £174.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £264.00 + VAT per team
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/matfinance25

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Matrimonial Finance Law & Practice: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Samantha Hillas KC, St John’s Buildings
- Beneficial Interests: In the face of judicial inconsistency, when do 3rd party contributions give rise to a beneficial interest in financial remedy cases, and how do you quantify it and evidence it?
  - Answered by Christopher Miller, Fourteen
- NCDR and Costs: What is the real-life, on-the-ground approach to the new mediation and NCDR rules? How can a failure to engage be justified and adverse costs orders for conduct be avoided?
  - Answered by Alexis Campbell KC, 29 Bedford Row
- Manipulation and Dissipation: What are the golden rules for handling a sudden post-separation decline in a private company owner's income or valuation, and what do you do if you suspect dissipation or manipulation?
  - Answered by Sally Harrison KC, St John’s Buildings
- Asset Splits: How far can you push the court over standard splits in asset division such as 50:50 or 60:40, including factors such as short marriages, needs and contributions?
  - Answered by Michael Horton KC, Coram Chambers
- Non-Matrimonial Property: What is the latest judicial thinking on non-matrimonial property and the mingling principle, including inheritance and post-separation earnings, and how do you gain an edge for your clients?
  - Answered by Ann Hussey KC, 1 Hare Court
- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements: What counts and will sway the court over pre and post-nuptial agreements, in particular, whether they are fair and binding, supported by new case law and practical examples?
  - Answered by Nicholas Yates KC, 1 Hare Court
- Spousal Maintenance: What is realistic and achievable in spousal maintenance claims, and how drastic must the change of circumstances be to vary upwards or downwards?
  - Answered by Edward Boydell KC, Pump Court Chambers

## How to book

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