In today's Vardags Morning Meeting, we had the pleasure of welcoming the fantastic Kyra Cornwall from 1 Hare Court 🎉 Kyra delivered a brilliant summary of the recent case BI v EN [2024] EWFC 200, where the judge made a needs-based award to the wife, having found that an award based on the sharing principle would not be fair due to the couple's French contrat de marriage. We were particularly lucky to hear Kyra's insights into the case, not only because she is a specialist in matrimonial finance work, but because she acted in the case herself! Thank you very much to Kyra for joining us! #VMM #divorce #familylaw
About us
Vardags is a top law firm which works exclusively for high net worth clients (assets in excess of £1m and/or annual income in excess of £300,000) and private companies. You may know our name from some of the highest profile cases of the last decade in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. We are adept at managing the press where necessary but we also act efficiently and discreetly on many cases that are kept entirely out of the public eye. Please contact us on 020 7404 9390 or via contact@vardags.com Divorce: our team is renowned for its financial expertise, tracking down and valuing assets to secure record pay-outs for our clients. Equally, we act for the party with the money and we won the biggest wealth-protection victory in the history of family law when the Supreme Court changed the law to uphold our client’s prenuptial agreement. Family law: we offer a bespoke service, covering international child relocation, pre/post-nuptial agreements, domestic violence and child contact matters. Wills and trusts: we offer innovative and practical solutions for wills, trusts and estate planning. We also specialise in private client litigation, including probate claims and Court of Protection cases. Civil and commercial litigation: we advise on shareholder disputes, property disputes, intellectual property, public procurement and professional negligence. Employment: we act primarily for employers but also for high net worth employees. We can assist with enforcing post-termination restraints, team moves, protection of confidential information and employee fraud. Criminal defence: we can defend you in relation to assault, drugs, harassment, sexual offences and all types of white-collar crime. Media law and reputation management: we act to protect your reputation, in defamation (libel and slander) matters, privacy, passing off and media/PR handling.
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- Industry
- Law Practice
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2005
- Specialties
- Divorce, family law, wills and trusts, civil and commercial litigation, employment, criminal defence, media law, reputation management, pre nups, and litigation
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Updates
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There are three crucial elements to a successful Vardags social: 1. Excellent company - thanks to our wonderful team and 1 Hare Court 2. Delicious smoked salmon canapés 3. Chilled beverages (non-alcoholic too)🥂 Fortunately for us, we had all three! Thank you very much to the lovely barristers from 1 Hare Court for joining us last Thursday - here's to many more evenings together! Well done to our fantastic Associate Faith Wylde for hosting! #veryvardags
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Celebrity divorce lawyer David Lister is now a celebrity in his own right, being crowned The Times Lawyer of the Week. Whilst many of you will have seen his more humorous side on LinkedIn, David is incredibly dedicated to his craft and has achieved a huge amount in his over 35 year career. This accolade is a testament to that and we could not be happier for him! Read his full Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/erebyJ_h
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Last week, Italy passed a law banning couples from seeking surrogacy abroad. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, described surrogacy as "a symbol of an abominable society that confuses desire with rights and replaces God with money". With the support of the Catholic Church, the Italian government pushed for the new law to target 'surrogacy tourism' in countries where surrogacy is legal, like the US and Canada. Our Associate Maria Fiorito, who is dual-qualified in Italy and England and Wales, explains the new law here👇 #surrogacy #familylaw
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Move over Steven Bartlett, there's a new podcaster in town 😎 In Joshua Rozenberg's latest episode of 'A Lawyer Talks', Senior Partner David Lister discussed the brilliant result he achieved for his client in the recent Williams v Williams case🎙 To find out how David did this, despite the husband's attempts to hide his assets, listen below 👇 #themysteriousmisterlister #divorce
Divorce lawyer tells me how he won £12.5m for his client
Tracking the assets
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Our lawyers work exceptionally hard for our clients, and reviews like this go to show that hard work truly does pay off🌟 As we think many family practitioners will agree, it doesn't get much better than helping a parent be with their child. A huge congratulations to Amie Pine for receiving such wonderful feedback, and to Nicola Jones and Samantha Patel for their superb work on this case🎉 #veryvardags
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#themysteriousmisterlister tries his hand at podcasting…watch this space🎙️
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Another fantastic Vardags Morning Meeting, this time joined by the brilliant Nicholas Bennett from 29 Bedford Row 🌞 Nicholas is a leading expert in pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and very kindly shared his insight with us this morning. He delivered an excellent presentation detailing the main points that family practitioners should keep in mind when drafting or litigating a nuptial agreement and highlighted some key trends and takeaways from recent judgments💼 Stay tuned for updates from our next #VMM💥 #familylaw #divorce
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Vardags reposted this
The Judgment of Mr Justice Moor in the case of Williams v Williams [2024] EWFC 275 (06 August 2024) has been published. The difficulty in this big-money case was how to identify and calculate the value of the assets in circumstances where one party had, first, failed to engage in the litigation entirely and, latterly, only done so inadequately. The wife and her solicitors were forced to make one creative application after another to obtain some picture of the husband’s financial position. The Judge was then forced to, and did, draw significant adverse inferences against the husband (he found that the total assets were in the region of £50m), having already taken steps to secure and preserve the assets that had been disclosed. It was an excellent result for Richard Sear KC instructed by David Lister of Vardags Read the full judgment here: https://lnkd.in/ea2svAh4
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Two legal eagles...our very own Queen in the North, Emma Gill, with brilliant barrister and 'Chaser', Shaun Wallace!👟💨 Last week, our Regional Managing Partner and the Head of our Manchester office, Emma Gill, attended JMW Solicitors LLP's annual Lawshare - Referrals & Support Network for Law Firms Conference in Manchester, accompanied by fabulous duo, Client Relations Manager Genevieve Oldham and Strategy Analyst Anisah Rahman. Emma shared her insights on the 'Building a Firm, Building a Culture' panel, before Shaun's fantastic Q&A session and a group quiz. All in all, it was a lovely day and a great opportunity to meet other Lawshare members🎉 #lawshareconf2024 #veryvardags
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