Harry Oliver KC

Spear’s Review

‘The average case I’m advising on involves assets north of £100 million, pretty much routinely,’ Harry Oliver KC, a specialist UHNW matrimonial finance and divorce barrister at 1 King’s Bench Walk, tells Spear’s.

Oliver’s practice has a distinctly international character, and he advises on numerous multi-jurisdictional divorces. He is also sought after for his expertise in claims under Schedule 1 of the Children Act, as well as in complex trusts, tax and business valuation issues.

He explains that disputes typically centre around the valuation of an individual’s net holdings, rather than about how to split assets: ‘It’s actually not so much about how you divide the cake, it’s working out how big the cake is.’

Also a qualified arbitrator, Oliver is a co-author of Trusts in Matrimonial Finance Proceedings (2019) and Enforcement in Financial Remedies Proceedings (2023).

Notable cases

• BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11
  
• ES v SS [2023] EWFC 177
  
• AA v AHM [2020] EWFC 105