The Financial Remedies Conference is renowned for its swift-paced agenda that tackles essential issues for those working the field of financial remedies.

Our programme is once again set to be a one-stop shop of excellent speakers, covering unrivaled & thought-provoking content.

Conference Chair

Mr Justice Peel

Mr Justice Peel is a High Court Judge of the Family Division. He practised general common law for some years before specialising in matrimonial finance. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2010 and has appeared in numerous high value financial remedy cases.
In 2009 Robert was appointed a Recorder on the Midland circuit, undertaking Civil and Family work, and in 2016 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. Robert served a term on the Bar Council and two terms as a designated chairperson of the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service. He is a qualified Family Arbitrator.

Keynote Speaker

The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Mostyn

Sir Nicholas Mostyn was a barrister for 30 years specialising in “big money” cases, appearing in the foundational decisions of White, Miller and Granatino v Radmacher. He became a High Court judge in 2010 and sat in the Family Division, where he gave many judgments of major importance in the financial remedy field.

Speakers & Panellists (in order of appearance) 

Janine McGuigan, QEB

Janine has been a tenant at QEB for 10 years - almost to the day. She delivers training to the judiciary at the Judicial College and is a contributing author to the Dictionary of Financial Remedies. She is recommended as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, who describe her as “an exceptional talent”, “a powerful advocate”, and as having “a great eye for detail”, “really good judgment”, and “an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law”, as well as “excelling at distilling down the key points to their essence” and being “one of the hardest working members of the Family Bar.”

Nicholas Allen KC, 29 Bedford Row

Nicholas is Joint Head of Chambers at 29 Bedford Row. Contributing editor of the Family Court Practice and Foskett on Compromise and on the editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal. He is a regular PFDR tribunal and finance arbitrator.

Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group

Rhys Taylor is a barrister at The 36 Group. He is a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, the sub-committee of the Online Procedure Rule Committee and the Pension Advisory Group. Bencher of the Inner Temple. Contributing Editor to The Family Court Practice and co-author of Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Guide. Regular lecturer including to the Judicial College. Rhys is an arbitrator, mediator and a neutral/evaluator in the private FDR setting.

Lewis Marks KC, QEB

Lewis Marks KC is a family law barrister at QEB, specialising in financial remedy cases. He has been an editor of At A Glance since 1999, and is also a founder editor of the Financial Remedies Practice. He was an original member of the Duxbury Working Party in 1998 and has authored a number of papers on the subject of Duxbury calculations. He has acted as Chair and convenor of the reconstituted Duxbury Working Party.

Sarah Hoskinson, Burgess Salmon

Sarah Hoskinson is a Partner and Head of the Family & Divorce team at Burges Salmon, based in the London office. Specialising in complex financial remedy cases for over 20 years, Sarah is known for her expertise in technical issues, including international cases, being one of the leading experts in pensions on divorce and sitting on the Duxbury Working Party. She is an IAFL Fellow, member of PAG/PAG2, and an active member of Resolution (and its Financial Remedies, Tax and Pensions Committee).

James Ewins KC, QEB

James has nearly 30 years’ experience in all aspects of family finance, taking silk 10 years ago. James sits a Deputy High Court Judge and conducts arbitrations and private FDRs. He is joint head of chambers at QEB

HHJ Edward Hess

HHJ Edward Hess sits full time in financial remedies cases and is the Lead Judge in the London FRC and the Deputy National Lead Judge of the National FRC and also sits as a Deputy High Court Judge. He played a major role in the foundation of the Financial Remedies Court. He is the Co-Chair of the Pensions Advisory Group. He is an author of the Dictionary of Financial Remedies, Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook and The Standard Family Orders Handbook.

Anita Mehta, 4PB

Anita is an experienced financial remedy practitioner. 
Anita regularly writes articles on conduct for the Financial Remedy Journal, she was the co-chair of Resolution’s working party into domestic abuse in financial remedy, and she is the co-host of the Resolution podcast. 

Rebecca Carew Pole KC, 1 Hare Court

Rebecca is a leading silk in the field of financial remedies. She was called to the Bar in 1999 and was appointed KC in 2020. She specialises in high value, complex money disputes from her Chambers at 1 Hare Court.

Justin Warshaw KC, 1 Hare Court

Justin specialises in complex high-value cases, difficult jurisdictional issues, cases with Human Rights angles, difficult factual disputes and coercive control. He was appointed Deputy High Court Judge in February 2024.

Brent Molyneux KC, 29 Bedford Row

Brent Molyneux KC is a barrister at 29 Bedford Row, principally known for his expertise in high net worth financial remedy cases, including those with complex international aspects.

Kyra Cornwall, 1 Hare Court

Kyra Cornwall of 1 Hare Court specialises in high-value matrimonial finance and jurisdiction disputes. Described as “a smiling assassin in the courtroom” and “absolutely brilliant,” her elegant advocacy, forensic precision and calm authority define her work in complex, international financial remedies.

Petra Teacher, 29 Bedford Row

Petra Teacher practises at 29 Bedford Row.  Her cases include HD v WB; Gallagher v Gallagher, and VV v VV.  She is delighted by the opportunity to talk “b****cks” in the debate that reunites opposing teams from VV v VV.

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