It is almost exactly a year since the Supreme Court’s judgment in Standish. Our panellists will review the recent first-instance authorities - both at High Court level and below - that have sought to interpret the judgment and will also discuss where the arguments may go next.

Date: Monday 6th July 2026

Time: 5pm to 6pm

Location: Zoom

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SPEAKERS

Nicholas Allen KC, 29 Bedford Row

Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers at 29 Bedford Row (London). Door Tenant at St. Ives (Birmingham). IFLA arbitrator and PFDR/ENE tribunal. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2018, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021, and a Recorder of the Family Court in 2016. Bencher of the Middle Temple. Contributing Editor to The Family Court Practice and editor of the family law chapters of Foskett on Compromise. Regular lecturer including to the Judicial College. Chair of the UK Association of LGBTQ+ Judges.

Philip Barnsley, Higgs LLP

Philip leads the family team at Higgs LLP specialising in high value, complex financial and property matters upon divorce, as well as advising families regarding the protection of wealth using nuptial agreements.

He has served as Resolution Regional Chair in the West Midlands, as well as being elected to the National and Executive Committees previously.

Philip’s work usually involves owner managed businesses and the families that support them and is recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers as a Leading Individual known for high standards of client service.

Alison Bull, Mills & Reeve

Alison is a highly experienced family mediator, financial and children arbitrator, and lawyer.

She is passionate about sorting things out without attending court if possible, and used to handling complex, conflictual situations in England & Wales and internationally.

Alison helps clients to agree parenting plans, and deals with issues about property, businesses, trusts, pensions and international assets. She has conducted many cases working with separating couples who want to reach agreement together in mediation or with the advice of one lawyer.

Alison sits on the Resolution National Committee and the Family Mediation Council and is recognised in Legal 500 as a Leading Partner and as a band 1 individual in Chambers, for both family and mediation work.

Jonathan Nosworthy, St Philips Barristers

Jonathan Nosworthy is deputy head of the Family Group at St Philips. Jonathan is ranked in Band One in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a specialist financial remedy practitioner.  He provides advice and representation in cases involving all aspects of the financial consequences of marriage, civil partnership and other domestic relationship breakdown.

He has considerable expertise in dealing with very complex financial remedy claims involving large quantities of paperwork.  He is particularly adept in dealing with cases involving substantial assets, business assets, overseas assets, pensions, trusts and the intervention of third parties. Further, he has significant experience in conducting cases involving applications to preserve assets (freezing orders) and involving applications to set aside transactions.

He also has extremely detailed knowledge of the law in relation to trusts of land and Schedule One of the Children Act 1989.  Jonathan is one of the authors of “Cohabitation Claims – A Resolution Guide.”

He has provided seminars and lectures to other members of the legal profession on these topics.

His clients include business people, professional sportsmen, barristers, solicitors, medics, accountants, farmers, landowners and their spouses.

Jonathan receives instructions to sit as a private FDR judge.