Practice Profile
Andrzej Bojarski is a barrister, mediator (civil and family) and family law arbitrator. He specialises in the financial aspects of family relationship breakdown, particularly in high–value, complex and international cases. As a member of both the Family Law Bar Association and the Chancery Bar Association he is often retained in cases where family proceedings involve complex issues of trusts law or commercial law. As well as instructions from solicitors throughout England and Wales, his advice is also sought on international jurisdiction and enforcement issues by lawyers from overseas. He has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. Andrzej writes and lectures widely on English family law. He is Consultant Editor of the Matrimonial and Civil Partnership Law volumes of the authoritative Halsbury’s Laws of England and is also author of a leading textbook on financial remedies in divorce.
Testimonials
Work Undertaken
- Financial remedies upon divorce or upon dissolution of civil partnership – particularly cases involving:
- Business assets;
- Trusts (onshore and offshore);
- Disputes over property owned with third parties;
- International jurisdiction and enforcement.
- Property disputes between cohabitees or other family members.
- Pre–nuptial and other marital agreements.
- Living Together / Cohabitation agreements.
- Financial provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
- Claims against estates under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants Act) 1975.
- Disputes over the administration of estates and probate.
- Disputes over international jurisdiction and forum non conveniens in all the above areas.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: arbitration, mediation, private–FDRs/neutral evaluation.
- Professional negligence claims relating to the above areas of work.
Appointments & Memberships
- Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Member of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators
- Civil Mediator
- Family Mediator
- Member of the Family Law Bar Association
- Member of the Chancery Bar Association
- Affiliate member of Resolution
- Equality and Human Rights Commission – list of preferred counsel
- Licensed for Direct Public Access
Publications
Clarification as to the validity of jurisdiction clauses in pre-nuptial agreements (Brack v Brack)
Halsbury's Laws of England, Fifth Edition
(Matrimonial and Civil Partnership volumes) (LexisNexis, 6th Edition) (Consulting Editor)
36 Family Finance Newsletter
Nuptial Agreements: Limiting the Family Lawyers’ Exposure to Negligence Claims
Private Criminal Prosecutions in Financial Remedies Cases
Family Law Week (February 2013) An article exploring how criminal private prosecutions might be used in family financial proceedings where fraud or asset dissipation has taken place.
Unlocking Matrimonial Assets on Divorce
This handbook is a practical and user-friendly guide to some of the more challenging areas of financial remedy practice. It is divided into detailed parts and contains specialist contributions from a forensic accountant, an actuary and an offshore trust specialist and Sir Peter Singer. In concentrating on complex areas of practice, this edition provides practitioners with assistance in unlocking assets for the benefit of their client.
Seminars
Business Valuations: Do Lawyers and Accountants Speak the Same Language
Seminar at SGCL Mid–Year Family Conference, London (June 2015) Presented with Geoff Mesher of Tempest Forensic Accounting
Should Family Lawyers Use the F–Word More Often
Seminar at 36 Bedford Row (June 2015) Exploring how family lawyers might use tortious and criminal fraud proceedings to assist their clients. Paper available on request.
TOLATA claims for Family Lawyers
SGCL Webiner (December 2014) Webinar with Rhys Taylor on the law and procedure applicable to proceedings over property ownership in the civil courts.
Pensions on Divorce
SGCL Webinar (November 2014) Webinar with Rhys Taylor of 36 Bedford Row along with Clive Weir of Albert Goodman present the recent changes to pensions and how these changes will impact divorcing couples and advice given by solicitors.
Nuptial Agreements and Cohabitation Agreements: Practical Considerations for the Lawyer
SGCL webinar (October 2014) With Rhys Taylor. This webinar provided information for practitioners who advise married couples, those in civil partnerships or unmarried cohabiting couples on how they might regulate their financial and other affairs while together and in the event the relationship breaks down.
Imerman: From ‘cheat’s charter’ to ‘damp squib’?
Hanson Renouf Financial Remedies in Complex and Offshore Divorces (June 2013) Seminar presented at conference in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Paper available on request.
Making the Future Predictable: Nuptial and Cohabitation Agreements
Simon Gore Events (June 2013) Webinar explaining the law relating to pre– and post–nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements, including practical tips on drafting and challenging such agreements.
Unlocking Trust Assets on Divorce
MBL seminars (April 2013) A webinar explaining how trusts can be used as an asset in divorce and civil partnership proceedings.