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The legal landscape governing ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high-net-worth (HNW) families is evolving rapidly, especially as mobility and international relocation among non-domiciled individuals and British expatriates increases. For professional advisers and wealth-holding families, understanding the nuances of English family law – and how it compares to major wealth centres such as Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States – is essential for effective planning and risk management.
This book considers the key areas of family law relevant to UHNW families and their advisers as well as identifying important developments and trends for the future.
As international families continue to relocate and diversify their asset bases, an integrated and comparative approach to family law is vital. Advisers to UHNW and HNW families must have an understanding of evolving legal principles and the impact of cross-jurisdictional issues on wealth planning.
The family team and colleagues at Charles Russell Speechlys provide expert legal and practical guidance on how families can navigate the complex intersection of family, wealth and international law, including:
nuptial agreements – international considerations and legal challenges;
divorce proceedings – the importance and relevance of jurisdiction;
financial settlements – the interrelation of trusts, family businesses and offices, and cases with interveners;
private children law – key areas including disputes and relocation, and how this applies to the international family;
key family-law issues including education matters, transparency in the family court, privacy and reputation, and personal injunctions;
the rise of non-court dispute resolution with a focus on arbitration and mediation; and
comparative family law with key wealth centres across the globe.
This publication is a key resource for UHNW families and their advisers, and for those with family offices and those advising individuals when there may be a crossover with family-law issues.
Price: £185.00
Pages: 245
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
Imprint: Globe Law and Business
Publication Date:
31 July 2026
ISBN: 9781837231744
Format: eBook
BISACs:
Foreword
Piers Master
Introduction
Miranda Fisher
Part I. Nuptial agreements
Process and proposed reform
Miranda Fisher
Cara Fung
Enforcement/legal challenges and international agreements
Jamie Kennaugh
Charlotte Posnansky
Part II. Divorce proceedings
Jurisdiction and challenging jurisdiction/ Hemain injunctions
Matt Foster
Cara Fung
James Riby
Part III. Financial settlements
Development of the law
over the last 25 years including the treatment of inherited and family wealth and proposed reform – is London still ‘the divorce capital of the world’?
William Longrigg
Charlotte Posnansky
Treatment of trusts/ foundation assets in family proceedings and trust disputes
David Carver
Tom Denham Smith
Sara Higgins
Tom Watts
Acting for third-party intervenors including trustees and children
Zandra Beaumont
William Longrigg
Charlotte Posnansky
Treatment of family businesses and the role of the family office
Shona Alexander
James Elliott-Hughes
Part III of the Matrimonial & Family Proceedings Act 1984 (financial provision after overseas divorce)
Sarah Jane Boon
Matt Foster
Treatment of pensions
Sarah Higgins
Hannah Owen
Enforcement of orders including international enforcement and reciprocal obligations (EU and worldwide)
Jemimah Fleet
James Riby
Cohabitation agreements and claims available to co-habitants
Rebecca Arnold
Tom Denham Smith
Sophia Leeder
Tom Watts
Part IV. Private children law
Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (financial provision for unmarried parents)
David Carver
Miranda Fisher
Residence and contact (including acting for parents and grandparents)
Hilde Braaten Resseth
Jamie Kennaugh
Applications for leave to remove children permanently from the jurisdiction and interplay with abduction
Sarah Jane Boon
Neeva Desai
Surrogacy (domestic and international)
Michael Wells-Greco
Hannah Owen
Disputes between parents on specific issues such as choice of school, payment of fees and other SPOs (medical treatment etc)
Shona Alexander
Isobel Asti
Emil Borrowdale
Part V. Key family law issues
Education Issues: legal disputes with schools regarding exclusion etc
Jamie Cartwright
Hannah Owen
Transparency in the Family Court and applications for reporting restrictions orders
Rebecca Arnold
Joshua Green
Privacy and reputation: injunctions for breach of confidence and defamation
Hannah Gornall
Claudine Morgan
Non-molestation and US/New York/California occupation orders: domestic violence injunctions
Isobel Asti
Joshua Green
Dhara Shah
Protection from stalking and harassment
David Haines
Arbitration: the rise of private arbitration in family proceedings and other ADR methods
Sarah Anticoni
Sarah Higgins
Part VI. Comparative family law
Switzerland
Michael Wells-Greco
Sirin Yuce
Hong Kong
Vanessa Duff
Hermia Wong
Kristie Wong
Lisa Wong
Italy
James Riby
Dubai
Miranda Fisher
Jemimah Fleet
Charlotte Posnansky
US/New York/California
Sarah Jane Boon
Jemimah Fleet
Jamie Kennaugh
Charlotte Posnansky
William Longrigg
Channel Islands
Sarah Higgins
India
Neeva Desai
Conclusion
Miranda Fisher