Miles Preston is a highly respected specialist family law firm, fearlessly handling the most complex of cases. We “go into the witness box” for our clients. We are recognised as “leaders in cases with a trust angle”: (Chambers HNW Guide 2024 UK)
How we can help
We know how stressful the breakdown of a relationship can be. The process of obtaining a divorce can be surprisingly straightforward and rarely results in either of the parties having to attend court.
More and more couples decide against marriage, preferring instead to cohabit, but what are the implications in the event of a split?
Experience has shown us that, for separating or separated parents, disputes about the arrangements for their children can be the most emotive and difficult aspect of the separation and/or divorce process.
Marital resources can sometimes be readily identified and valued, but not always. We are experts in navigating our way around what can often feel like a financial maze.
Pre- or post-nuptial agreements (PNAs) regulate the financial arrangements between married couples during marriage, on death or in the event of divorce.
The number of cases we have with an international dimension has increased significantly over the years. London is a truly international and cosmopolitan centre with people from all parts of the world working and living here.
About us
We have unrivalled international expertise – as we can uniquely offer both England and Wales, and Hong Kong, law advice on the ground in London.
We aim to provide the best possible service to our clients – whether they are facing marriage or relationship breakdown, and disputes relating to children – or if there is a commercial element, and the clients are trustees of offshore or onshore trusts.
We have acted in a number of the highest value and most complex international cases in London and Hong Kong, and have been pioneers in making ground-breaking new law – including on financial, surrogacy and medico-legal/fertility law issues.
We are leaders in the field acting for trustees in divorce and trust cases, where divorce proceedings are filed either in London or Hong Kong: in the landmark Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal case of Otto Poon – in which Marcus Dearle led the team acting for the trustee – the Financial Times reported that the case had, ‘Rattled the Trust Industry’.
We have recently acted for Sir Frederick Barclay in a leading high profile case relating to a web of highly complex overseas trust arrangements.
We lead from the front: where the client has unimpeded access to the partner – and the partner fronting the case always has a genuinely hands-on role.
“They are absolutely, without a doubt, one of the strongest boutique firms in terms of knowledge and practice.”
— Client: Chambers High Net Worth UK 2023
The team
Miles Preston was founded in 1994 (as Miles Preston & Co) as a niche practice with three partners.
“Miles Preston have an in-depth knowledge of family law and are extremely practical and incisive in their approach. Their service levels and responsiveness are very strong. They are highly commercial” – Chambers UK High Net Worth Guide 2024.
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