Contact Details
Family Law in Partnership Ltd
Savoy Hill House
Savoy Hill
London
WC2R 0BU
England
- + 44 20 7420 5000
- + 44 20 7420 5005
- dna@flip.co.uk
- www.flip.co.uk
Profile
Admitted in 1995 and partner at FLiP 2001. FLiP is a niche practice dealing exclusively in family law. The key legal directories Chambers UK, Chambers UHNW and Legal 500 have all ranked David as a leading family lawyer for many years. David is ranked in the Hall of Fame by The Legal 500 2025. David has also been ranked as a Top Recommended Family Lawyer by The Spear’s 500 Guide of Leading Family Lawyers, 2023 and 2024, and he was named Family Lawyer of the Year at the Spears Awards 2023. David is a mediator and has FMA senior mediator status. He trained as a collaborative lawyer in 2003 with the first group of lawyers to be trained in the UK. David is a former chair of the International Family Law Committee of the American Bar Association, International Section and is a past chair of Resolution, the family lawyers’ association for England & Wales. In relation to IAFL, David is co-chair of the Gender Identity and Sexuality Committee and Secretary to the Executive Committee. David has been involved in a number of reported cases, including Golubovich v Golubovich (2010) 2 FLR 1614, Divall v Divall (2014) EWHC 95 Fam; Dobson v Griffey [2018] EWHC 1117 (Ch); Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2023] EWFC 50; Tsvetkov v Khayrova [2023] EWFC 130; PM v RM [2025] EWFC 11; Sloutsker v Sloutsker [2025] EWFC 369; and Sloutsker v Sloutsker [2025] EWFC 368.Languages Spoken: English
Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Surrogacy
