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Nick Manners

Nick is Head of the Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach. Nick is a specialist family lawyer who focuses on all areas of family law, including issues arising from divorce, cohabitation and the financial consequences of a relationship breakdown. He is a skilled litigator with experience of cases at all levels and has been involved in a number of high profile and reported cases at both first instance and the Court of Appeal. Nick is one of the very few family lawyers to have worked on a case which was heard in the Supreme Court (successfully, in 2023). Aside from his financial practice, Nick regularly advises on contentious children disputes involving contact, residence and relocation (including international relocation). He has also dealt with abductions, and on matters involving same-sex parents. Nick regularly advises upon and drafts pre and post-nuptial agreements He works for a variety of high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including those with a complex international angle. He has experience of advising clients upon the breakdown of civil partnerships and Inheritance Act claims. Nick has significant experience working on cases which involve Sharia Law, Islamic marriage and divorce. Nick was part of the team that launched the Payne hicks Beach Mental Health & Family Breakdown initiative to support and protect clients during vulnerable periods of their lives, providing ground breaking peer-reviewed guides Nick has been quoted on family law matters in the national media, including The Times, Daily Mail. · Payne Hicks Beach LLP

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About

Head of the Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach, a specialist family lawyer focusing on divorce, cohabitation and the financial consequences of relationship breakdowns. A skilled litigator with reported cases at all levels, including a successful Supreme Court hearing in 2023, and experience in contentious children matters and high net worth international cases.

Practice areas

FamilyChildrenDivorceFinancial RemediesCohabitationPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsInternational Family LawSharia & Islamic Family Law

Office

England

Payne Hicks Beach LLP · Nick is Head of the Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach. Nick is a specialist family lawyer who focuses on all areas of family law, including issues arising from divorce, cohabitation and the financial consequences of a relationship breakdown. He is a skilled litigator with experience of cases at all levels and has been involved in a number of high profile and reported cases at both first instance and the Court of Appeal. Nick is one of the very few family lawyers to have worked on a case which was heard in the Supreme Court (successfully, in 2023). Aside from his financial practice, Nick regularly advises on contentious children disputes involving contact, residence and relocation (including international relocation). He has also dealt with abductions, and on matters involving same-sex parents. Nick regularly advises upon and drafts pre and post-nuptial agreements He works for a variety of high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including those with a complex international angle. He has experience of advising clients upon the breakdown of civil partnerships and Inheritance Act claims. Nick has significant experience working on cases which involve Sharia Law, Islamic marriage and divorce. Nick was part of the team that launched the Payne hicks Beach Mental Health & Family Breakdown initiative to support and protect clients during vulnerable periods of their lives, providing ground breaking peer-reviewed guides Nick has been quoted on family law matters in the national media, including The Times, Daily Mail.

England

Expertise

High Net Worth / Ultra-High Net Worth family workCross-border / International relocation and family disputesContentious children work (contact, residence, abduction)Pre- and post-nuptial agreementsSharia & Islamic marriage and divorce issuesCivil partnership breakdown and Inheritance Act claimsMental health & family breakdown support initiatives

Education

  • Westminster School
  • English Literature, University of Exeter

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England and Wales (qualified 2010)