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Philip McGuirk

Spear’s Review

Philip McGuirk, a long-standing partner within Payne Hicks Beach’s family department, is well regarded for his work on complex financial remedy cases, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and private children law.  

He has observed rising demand among clients for private financial dispute resolution (FDR), and he also believes other methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have much in their favour. ‘I can see private children mediation taking off,’ he says.

However, the days of ‘divorce tourism’ may be numbered, he adds. ‘I think the court is coming down rather more harshly on speculative forum shopping – divorce tourists, claimants who are prepared to pursue highly speculative claims. And that’s a good thing.’

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