Helena Middleton advises on all aspects of private family law including divorce, financial claims on relationship breakdown, nuptial agreements and private law children matters.
She has experience advising clients in the court process as well as in alternative methods of dispute resolution conducted in private, such as arbitration and solicitor-supported mediation.
She has particular experience advising on matters with an international element, including where assets or parties are located in other jurisdictions and advising clients with a public profile.
- Divorce and financial claims arising on relationship breakdown
- Financial claims on behalf of children
- Pre and post-nuptial agreements
- Child arrangements including domestic and internal relocation
- Advising parents in contentious children disputes and finding pragmatic and child-focused solutions to resolve them
- Advising clients with a public profile in conjunction with our Reputation Protection team
- Working with a client’s team of advisors, including heads of Family Offices, financial and tax advisors and lawyers in other jurisdictions to provide comprehensive advice during litigation
- Advising a father in acrimonious children litigation, including obtaining a parental responsibility order and re-establishing contact
- Advising in public and highly-contested litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal concerning child contact and financial provision for royal children
- Advising a high profile client in financial litigation to determine appropriate financial provision for the other spouse under a pre-nuptial agreement
- Advising a vulnerable client who lacked capacity through his professional Litigation Friend in divorce and financial remedy proceedings in the Family Court to bring an end to a long-running family dispute
- Successfully acting for a step-father in the adoption of his step-child, formalising the family relationship
Reported cases:
- The Al Maktoum Judgments including Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum v Princess Haya [2021] EWHC 3480 and [2022] EWFC 16
- R v S [2022] EWFC 65
- Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 135
Helena was named as a Key Lawyer in The Legal 500, 2022 edition.
Helena is a member of Resolution, an organisation of family justice professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes.