Nicola Shaw
Call: 1992
Nicola Shaw
Lincolns Inn (Sunley scholar)
Modern Languages LLB (Hons) Leeds University 1998
University of California Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law
Inns of Court Bar Vocational Course 1991-2
University of Victoria, Wellington, Dispute Resolution LLM Course
Collaborative lawyer, trained 2007
Trained Arbitrator
DDJ 2010
Contact
T: 0113 246 2600 or 01274 722 560
Nicola practises exclusively in the field of Dispute Resolution. Following a career at the Bar specialising in financial remedies, she was appointed as a full time District Judge in 2016. She was lead Judge for her region in the Financial Remedies Court from its inception in 2018 until taking early retirement in 2022. She now sits regularly in the Financial Remedies Court in London, as well as in the local courts on the North East Circuit.
Reputation
Nicola has chaired conferences and been invited as keynote speaker at specialist Dispute Resolution conference.
She was the representative for the Association of District Judges on the International Association of Judges from 2017 to her retirement, which involved being an ambassador for the English and Welsh judiciary on the international stage. She presented papers to the study commission and has chaired discussions in this forum.
She is the editor of the Financial Remedies Journal with a particular responsibility for pFDRs.
Chambers and Partners 2016:
“She is noted for her expertise on the intersection between family law and trusts, with particular experience in TOLATA cases and the co-ownership of property under trust. She can handle civil procedures which would make a lot of family lawyers wobbly at the knees. She's a real expert.”
“She is particularly noted for her training in collaborative law, and her client-friendly approach and innovative thinking set her apart from other practitioners in the field. "She sits as a Deputy District Judge and provides good, solid advice in financial cases. She is very accessible and takes a real interest in the case." "She is thoughtful, very client-friendly and a pleasure to work with."
She specialises in complex financial proceedings and cohabitation disputes. Commentators praise the value of her training in collaborative law, and note her considerable expertise in alternative dispute resolution and mediation. "She takes a holistic view of the client's circumstances and thinks outside of the box to consider the practical consequences of any advice she gives." "Nicola Shaw is very accessible and takes a real interest in the case, providing good, solid advice in financial cases."
Legal 500:
Very approachable and always well prepared
A first-rate lawyer, who is pragmatic with great interpersonal skills has a good, reassuring manner with clients’
Expertise
Nicola acts as a Private FDR Judge, Early Neutral Evaluation Judge and Arbitrator at Broadway House Chambers.
Whilst in practice, Nicola had a special interest in cases involving farms, partnerships and small businesses, as well as being regularly instructed in cases involving complex pensions arrangements.
Since being appointed, she has facilitated and adjudicated in cases which have multi-million pound assets and complex financial structures, across the spectrum to those where the financial assets are small, but which require careful handling to achieve fairness for the parties.
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