James leads the highly regarded Family team at Boodle Hatfield, specialising in advising clients involved in complex divorce and high-value matrimonial finance disputes, often with an international scope and involving intricate tax and trust issues and considerable business assets.

He has been practising family law for well over three decades. In this time, he has built a dynamic and diverse practice representing an array of clients – from UK home makers to international business and sports people – on issues from pre-marital agreements to complex financial remedy proceedings.

James is alert to the complexities and sensitivities of family proceedings and always focuses on finding an effective solution for his clients’ problems through his strong technical know-how, experience and tenacity in getting the right result by negotiation or, if necessary, litigation.

James recognises that it is important to be supportive and patient when dealing with clients who are facing complex and highly personal problems and takes the time to explain the options clearly and concisely in order to secure the best possible outcome.

Among his peers, James is described as ‘superb with clients, cool-headed and a supreme strategist’.