Richard Tambling
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by Richard Tambling
Practice Areas
Richard handles all aspects of financial remedies including matrimonial finance and Schedule 1 cases. He has extensive experience of variation cases and particular expertise in cases involving nuptial settlements and trusts. He has developed a strong practice encompassing MAFPA 1984 Part III claims and successfully argued for the dismissal of the wife’s case in Hasan v Ul-Hasan and another [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam). He is regularly instructed on TOLATA claims and in particular those brought by cohabitees and with concurrent Schedule 1 applications. He is often instructed in cases involving interveners. He has a private law children practice dealing mainly with complex international contact arrangements.
Career
BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), Blackstone Entrance Exhibition Scholarship - Middle Temple. Called to the Bar in 2005. Regularly called upon to give seminars to professionals and by leading legal information providers including Lexis Nexis.
Professional Memberships
FLBA, HRLA
Publications
Richard is a regular contributor of articles to publications. He has written for the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal on one of the judgments in Tchenguiz-Imerman v Imerman.
Personal
Richard is a keen traveller to foreign lands, is an enthusiastic cook and enjoys listening to music. He also enjoys sampling the cultural aspects of London and European cities.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Richard Tambling is a matrimonial finance junior who handles a wide variety of issues surrounding divorce, including matters concerning Schedule 1, TOLATA and significant wealth. His practice encompasses cross-border cases, often those involving offshore assets.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard always brings great judgement to his cases and will not shy away from confronting clients with clear and realistic advice."
"Richard Tambling is always very calm, very measured and very good with clients. He provides excellent advice and is a good advocate."
"Well prepared, easy to deal with and incredibly knowledgeable. He's also well measured and candid in his advice."
"Richard always brings great judgement to his cases and will not shy away from confronting clients with clear and realistic advice."
"Richard Tambling is always very calm, very measured and very good with clients. He provides excellent advice and is a good advocate."
"Well prepared, easy to deal with and incredibly knowledgeable. He's also well measured and candid in his advice."