Contact Details
St. Johns Buildings
38 Vernon Street
Liverpool
L2 2AY
England
- + 44 161 214 1500
- + 44 161 835 3929
- samantha.hillas@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk
- www.stjohnsbuildings.co.uk
Profile
Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1996. A practical and down to earth plain speaker with vast experience of family finance work including divorce, civil partnership dissolution, financial claims of children and cohabitee claims, particularly those involving high net worth or high-profile clients. Specialisms include marital agreements following the Privy Council case of MacLeod (appearing as junior to Valentine Le Grice QC) and cases involving dishonesty and non-disclosure: acted as junior counsel to Sally Harrison QC in the Supreme Court (Gohil) and the Court of Appeal (Roocroft). A former solicitor and trained collaborative lawyer. Regular and popular speaker at conferences and joint Northern Circuit organiser (along with Kate Burnell) of the annual Four Jurisdictions Conference. Judicial officer and panel Chair for the Rugby Football Union (England), European Professional Club Rugby, Six Nations and World Rugby.
Languages Spoken: English
Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, 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 Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony
