Professional Practice

As a financial remedy specialist of long standing, Peter combines an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law with a commercial approach to resolving disputes. As he says, “You have to put emotions to one side and solve your problems in a businesslike way. It’s one of the most important business decisions you will make in your life”.

Peter’s extramural interests include running two commercial companies and a small pension scheme. He also writes extensively on legal topics. In 2025, a passage from his authoritative work Matrimonial Property and Finance (Bloomsbury Professional, looseleaf), on the topic of ‘matrimonialisation’, was cited with the unanimous approval of the Supreme Court in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26.

“Praised for the competency of his advice, his advocacy skills, and above all the charming way he deals with clients”— Chambers & Partners

• Notable Cases

  • Hall v Simons
    [2002] 1 AC 615 (CA and HL)
    
  • Dharamshi v Dharamshi
    [2001] 1 FLR 736 (CA and HL)
    
  • Thomas v Thomas
    [1995] 2 FLR 668
    
  • Hildebrand
    [1992] 1 FLR 244
    

• Publications and Lecturing

  • Author of Matrimonial Property & Finance (Bloomsbury Professional)

  • Co-author (with DJ Hess) of Dictionary of Financial Remedies (Class Publishing)

  • Writes for Family Law Journal and Family Affairs 

• Personal Information

  Business and financial services (director of EquityShare Ltd, Niche Capital Ltd, and Xiros Ltd; manages a pension scheme). Piano playing (LRAM; throws charity recitals; one broadcast on Radio 3). Current issues and the public square. Entrepreneurial startups.