James advises on a broad range of family law matters, including divorce, dissolution and separation; financial settlements and financial remedies (applications for financial orders); private children matters, including child arrangements, international and domestic relocation, and Schedule 1 applications (financial provision for children); injunctions under the Family Law Act (non-molestation and occupation orders); pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements; and disputes between cohabitants and unmarried couples, including TOLATA claims (property ownership disputes).

James has experience advising high-net-worth clients with complex and often international assets. His clients include company directors, executives, lawyers and those in the financial, technology and medical sectors, as well as their spouses and partners.

James’s experience encompasses both court proceedings and non-court dispute resolution, having supported clients through mediation, early neutral evaluation, private settlement hearings and arbitration.

Before practising law, James was a university lecturer and academic in the field of English literature.

• Multi-million-pound out-of-court divorce settlement involving business and trust assets in the UK and US. 

• Complex children case involving domestic abuse and parallel criminal proceedings.

• Advised on jurisdiction in several international divorce cases.

• Read English Literature at Durham University, graduating with First-Class Honours.

• Completed an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature (with Distinction) and PhD in English Literature.

• GDL and LPC at BPP University, achieving Distinctions in both.

• Trained at Russell-Cooke, qualifying in 2025.

• Member of Resolution, a national organisation of family law professionals committed to resolving disputes constructively.

• Member of the Westminster & Holborn Law Society.

• Contributor to the UK family law chapter of the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide.