Thomas Harvey

Practice Areas

Tom has a particular expertise in cases involving the proper treatment of non-matrimonial assets, having successfully represented the respondent husband in Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567. Together with Tim Bishop KC, Tom persuaded the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appellant wife’s appeal, allow the respondent husband’s appeal, and reduce the wife’s sharing claim from £45m to £25m.

Tom’s practice is focused on complex financial remedy work. He is regularly instructed as junior counsel to the leading silks in cases concerning ultra-high net worth individuals and/or and complex issues. He is also frequently instructed as sole counsel in cases before High Court judges.

His cases frequently involve:

• Disputes as to the proper treatment of non-matrimonial / matrimonialised assets

• Contested jurisdiction

• High net worth individuals

• Offshore and corporate/trust structures

• Disputed valuation evidence

• Allegations of non-disclosure

• Issues of privilege

Tom is increasingly instructed to sit as an early neutral evaluator.

Notable Cases

• Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567 – Landmark case on the proper treatment of assets generated outside of the marital partnership.

• H v GH [2023] EWFC 235 – Successful strike out application of an application to extend time for payment of a lump sum.

• SBX v ABX [2022] EWHC 3652 (Fam) – Post-Brexit jurisdiction battle between England and Germany.

• ARQ v YAQ [2022] EWFC 128; [2022] 4 WLR 112 – A leading case on ‘matrimonialisation’ of non-matrimonial assets.

Career

Call 2013