Nick Power
Call: 2004 (Solicitor 1998)
Nick Power
BA (Hons) Law and European Business Studies
FLBA
Arbitrator MCIArb
Contact
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600
Nick is a highly sought after financial remedy specialist with over 20 years' experience. He is instructed by solicitors across the north of England who welcome his expertise and team approach. He is consistently ranked as a leading junior in the professional directories and has been described as a "first choice junior for many solicitors handling money work" and as "a measured and unflappable advocate who has an excellent rapport with solicitors, judges and clients". He is committed to NCDR, is a qualified arbitrator and sits as private FDR evaluator.
Reputation
Legal 500 – 2025 – Tier 1
'Nicholas is an unflappable and measured advocate, who has excellent rapport with solicitors, judges and clients. An incredibly persuasive barrister.”
Chambers & Partners - 2025 – Band 1
"A great barrister who is always well prepared and knows the case inside and out. He is great with clients, very knowledgeable and has strong advocacy skills. Nick has a great manner with clients, ensuring that they fully understand even the more complex issues in cases."
Legal 500 – 2024 – Tier 1
“Nicholas Power garners praise for his ‘exceptional knowledge.”
Chambers & Partners - 2024 – Band 1
“Nick Power is noted for his prowess in handling diverse and complex financial remedy proceedings and family separations often involving pensions, properties and inherited wealth. He is particularly skilled at handling cases with overseas assets and further assists clients with private FDR.”
Legal 500 – 2023 - Tier 1
“A junior with a first-class mind who is great in all areas of financial remedy proceedings. He has an exceptional eye for detail.”
Chambers and Partners – 2023 - Band 1
“Nick Power is noted for his prowess in handling diverse and complex financial remedy proceedings and family separations often involving pensions, properties and inherited wealth. He is particularly skilled at handling cases with overseas assets and further assists clients with private FDR.”
Legal 500 – 2022 - Tier 1
“A highly skilled negotiator and advocate. He provides sound, measured advice and has a good rapport with clients.”
Chambers and Partners – 2022 - Band 1
“He has a really good manner with clients and can explain complicated matters in a really easy way. He has a team approach which consists of himself, the instructing solicitor and the client. He is sharp, on the ball and enthusiastic, as well as great with clients.”
Legal 500 – 2021 – Tier 1
“Nick is a strong advocate and is my barrister of choice for financial remedy cases. He is always very well prepared and is very thorough in his approach. Again, he provides sensible and realistic advice and instils confidence in clients and instructing solicitors.”
Chambers and Partners – 2021 - Band 1
“Highly accomplished family law barrister who concentrates on financial remedy cases, especially those with offshore earnings, pensions and business issues. His instructions often concern assets spread over multiple jurisdictions. He manages expectations very well and has a reassuring effect on the client. He’s very balanced when presenting the case. He has the rare ability to distil a complex situation into simple issues. He has a lovely reassuring manner with the client and is very calm and focused but tough in court. He’s just a brilliant advocate.”
Chambers and Partners – 2020 - Band 1
Nick has the very valuable skill of distilling complex situations down into the key issues. Well-prepared with an excellent grasp on the issues as well as a confident manner with clients.Ideal for a range of financial orders applications.”
Expertise
Nick’s practice encompasses all aspects of financial remedy proceedings including applications for financial provision for children under the Children Act 1989 Schedule 1. He is regularly instructed to advise prior to the issue of proceedings and is committed to alternative dispute resolution where appropriate. He has extensive experience of representing business owners, professionals and their spouses, as well as third parties, in cases where the assets are up to £10m. His case load regularly involves the following issues:-
- Property portfolios
- Companies and business interests
- Significant pension assets
- Inherited assets
- Assets outside the jurisdiction including overseas Trusts
- Complex income structures including those offshore
- Farms
- Trusts
- Third party applications and dispute over ownership of assets
Notable Cases
- Recent cases have included:-
- Disputed actuarial evidence in relation to pension sharing and the instruction of separate experts
- An overseas trust and pre-nuptial agreement
- Significant offshore earnings
- Conflicting company valuations with experts giving evidence; contested section 37 applications in relation to share transfers.
- Company and property holdings with arguments as to non-matrimonial property and post-separation accrual
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