Matthew Richardson
Highlights
Matthew is an all issues family mediator trained by Resolution and regulated by the Family Mediation Council.
Matthew is vice chair of the Young Resolution national committee and is one of Coram’s two heads of wellbeing.
He is ranked as a leading junior in the 2020 Legal 500.
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Matthew Richardson
Family Law Specialist, Barrister & Mediator
Add to My TeamMatthew’s practice covers all areas of family law, with a specialism in private client matters including financial remedies, Schedule 1, TOLATA, and children law. His particular areas of expertise include hidden assets and non-disclosure, pensions on divorce, mental health issues, ‘parental alienation’, relocation (internal and international) and complex high-conflict relationships.
Well-liked by judges and clients alike, Matthew has a deserved reputation for providing high-level advocacy of exemplary quality. He offers an insightful and straightforward approach to cases and is noted to be both positive and effective in negotiations as well as exacting and persuasive in cross-examination and submissions.
Matthew is a calm and assured advocate. His measured and thoughtful approach has been lauded by others, and clients have commented on how fully and successfully they felt their cases have been put. The Legal 500 highlights that Matthew ‘is capable of dissecting complicated issues and delivering them to the court and client in a simple way.’
He strongly values client care and ensures clients are best able to provide clear and comprehensive instructions and gives realistic expectations of case outcomes. Matthew has a primarily digital practice and is able to offer a modern, timely and dynamic service to solicitors. The solicitor-counsel relationship is a priority for Matthew; working as part of a team in tandem with a solicitor being a key factor in successful outcomes.
Matthew is also an accomplished seminar speaker and writer and he regularly presents at national-level conferences as well as in-house. Recent seminars, webinars and articles include pensions on divorce, applied psychology in a family law context, wellbeing for family lawyers and the nuances and pitfalls of parental alienation allegations.
He was also involved in the production of the Pension Advisory Group’s final report ‘A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce’, giving specific assistance with the design and readability of the final report.
Add to My TeamAwards
Matthew was a finalist for the 2018 Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year award and finalist for the 2019 Family Law Commentator of the Year award.
Cassel Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Lord Bowen Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Eileen Ellenborgen Award, Girton College, Cambridge
Accreditations
MA (Cantab) Philosophy, Girton College, Cambridge
Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law
Bar Vocational Course, College of Law
Family Law Bar Association
Resolution – YRes national committee member
Association of Lawyers for Children
Lincoln’s Inn
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