Jane Peckham qualifies as a Financial Remedy Law Arbitrator - Jan 2024
Jane Peckham is the Head of the Financial Remedies Team in Chambers and specialises in this practice area. She has a reputation for being hard working and approachable.
She has been a Resolution trained family mediator since 2013; Jane has acted as a mediator in numerous family mediations including financial remedy disputes.
Jane is recommended by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for her expertise in Financial Remedies. Recent editorial includes:
- “Jane is extremely intelligent and diligent.”
- “Jane is a strong litigator with a high level of expertise.”
- “Jane has a very calm exterior but is a formidable advocate when she needs to be.”
- “Jane is a safe pair of hands and is highly diligent; she always impresses.”
- “Jane is an excellent advocate and skilled negotiator. She is always calm, composed and measured. She grapples with complex financial issues with ease and has no problem cutting through any white noise that might be coming from her opponent.”
Specialising in financial remedies Jane’s practice also encompasses financial applications relating to children pursuant to Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 and civil actions between former co-habitants pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
Jane has advised on a variety of cases with modest assets to multi-million pound cases. She has a wealth of experience in dealing with cases, with issues such as: Maintenance Pending suit, Pension sharing and Attachment Orders, businesses, Trust arrangements and bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Her practice also lends itself to advising in professional negligence matters in this area of law.
Jane also acts as a private Judge in financial remedy proceedings.
Jane has significant experience in private law children matters, involving acrimonious contact and residence disputes.
Jane appears at both without notice and on notice (contested) hearings for both non-molestation and occupation orders. She has acted successfully for both applicants and respondents in such applications at final hearing.
Jane accepts work from lay clients via Direct Access. You can view her profile here.
Jane is a qualified Financial Arbitrator. To instruct Jane in an arbitration matter or to find out more about her arbitration practice, please see 1COR’s specialist Alternative Dispute Resolution website here.
“The parties had been in settlement discussions for some 16 months before the Private FDR. Within 3 hours of Jane’s indication, they had reached a settlement. Jane always has a great way of cutting through the background noise and getting to the root of the case. (She is also a competitive rate compared to London-based Private FDR Judges). I would definitely consider her for future cases, where the parties need help finalising a settlement or to be steered in the right direction.”
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