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About
Provided by Nichola Gray KC
Practice Areas
Nichola is Joint Head of Chambers at 1 Hare Court and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021. She has over 30 years’ experience as a financial remedy expert. She specialises exclusively in complex cases, particularly those involving corporate structures, on-shore and off-shore trusts and cases which have an international element. In addition, she is a recognised expert in disputes between unmarried cohabitees where there is a Children Act 1989, Schedule 1 element to be considered. She is also regularly instructed to advise on and to draft pre-nuptial agreements and has a wealth of experience in both defending and challenging such agreements in Court, having represented the Wife in the frequently cited case of KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam) where she successfully challenged the terms of the pre-nuptial agreement. She is renowned both for her attention to detail and for her robust performance in Court. Nichola is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly sits as a Private FDR Judge where her ability to find innovative solutions is highly regarded.
Career
University College, Oxford (Jurisprudence). Called to the Bar in 1991 & appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021.
Professional Memberships
The Family Law Bar Association
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers
Publications
Blackstone’s Guide to the Civil Partnership Act
Rayden & Jackson on Relationship Breakdown, Finances and Children (author of Chapters on ‘Civil Partnership’ and ‘Resolving Claims to Property’).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Nichola Gray is regularly instructed as a private FDR evaluator and arbitrator. She is adept at handling cases that involve offshore assets, including companies and properties.
Nichola Gray KC is an extensively experienced family practitioner who focuses on financial disputes and regularly represents wealthy individuals. She has expertise in asset tracing as it relates to offshore trusts and other concealed wealth.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nichola is absolutely excellent in every way. She is always incredibly well prepared, she gives no-nonsense advice and she is extremely good on her feet."
"Nichola Gray is one of the best lawyers at the Family Bar. She is meticulously prepared for every case, incredibly clever and someone with a photographic memory."
"She's highly knowledgeable about the law and she puts arguments precisely and coherently."
"As an FDR judge she is thoughtful, well-prepped and convincing."
"Nichola is absolutely excellent in every way. She is always incredibly well prepared, she gives no-nonsense advice and she is extremely good on her feet."
"Nichola Gray is one of the best lawyers at the Family Bar. She is meticulously prepared for every case, incredibly clever and someone with a photographic memory."
"She's highly knowledgeable about the law and she puts arguments precisely and coherently."
"As an FDR judge she is thoughtful, well-prepped and convincing."
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