Rhys specialises in financial remedies. He is a leading expert and a very experienced advocate in this field and related areas of law. Many of Rhys’ cases involve complex questions relating to the involvement of third parties and how their property or commercial rights relate to the parties’ financial remedy claim. Many of his cases have an international dimension with assets or parties located in different jurisdictions.

Rhys has a much sought after expertise concerning pensions on divorce, having been a founder member of the Pension Advisory Group. He also a co-author of the leading textbook in the area, Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Class Legal, 4th edition, Hess, Taylor, Rainer and Galbraith).

Aside from advocacy in court, Rhys sits part-time as a Recorder (Family) and is authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge (Family Division).

Rhys is a seasoned family arbitrator having delivered numerous awards involving long and complex hearings. Rhys is a mediator and also a much sought after Private FDR evaluator. Rhys has a long-standing interest in Non-Court Dispute Resolution. He combines his wide experience to deliver accessible private tribunal hearings to help bring about solutions. As a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, he has been instrumental in the 2024 amendments introduced to the Family Procedure Rules, Part 3 and Part 28 in respect of Non-Court Dispute Resolution and the revised Financial Remedies Pre-Action Protocol.

Away from his advocacy and private tribunal work, Rhys’ knowledge and expertise in the law is reflected by his involvement as a contributing editor to the Family Court Practice (“Red Book”). He is also the editor and vice-chair of the Financial Remedies Journal, which is an essential resource for the profession. He writes and lectures widely, including to the Judicial College.

Key cases & testimonials

Dobson v Griffey [2018] EWHC 1117 (Ch)

Goodyear v Goodyear (deceased) [2022] EWFC 96

Rhys was incredibly helpful and creative all round, coming up with solutions to facilitate a settlement.Chambers UK, 2026
Rhys creates a comfortable environment which puts everyone at ease. His judgement is sound and his views are always perfectly justified and fully explained.Chambers UK, 2026
"A very experienced barrister with particular expertise in pension-related family cases." Chambers UK, 2026
Rhys is simply one of the brightest and most impressive juniors in family finance and cohabitation cases. A first choice and a reliable choice, technically brilliant, with a fine attention to detail, he has a skill for charismatic and persuasive advocacy.Legal 500, 2026
Rhys created a happy courtroom environment with ease and controlled proceedings with authority. He knows exactly when to allow parties to speak and when to ask them to move on.Chambers UK, 2026
Rhys is an outstanding financial remedies barrister.Legal 500, 2025
Rhys is a first-class ADR tribunal. He quickly gets to grips with the papers.Legal 500, 2025
He's very concise, he gives good explanations and takes the client with him.Chambers UK, 2025
He's an intellectual and a driving force in the financial remedy scene.Chambers UK, 2025
He's always on top of the brief.Chambers UK, 2025
A very affable and pleasant person who knows a lot about property law and matrimonial finance issues.Chambers UK, 2025
Clients adore working with him.Chambers UK, 2025
He is articulate and produces excellent written work.Chambers UK, 2025
He knows the law backwards.Chambers UK, 2025
He's a Recorder and brings all of that knowledge and experience to bear, dealing with cases in a very mature, knowing way.Chambers UK, 2025
Rhys Taylor is totally excellent.Chambers UK, 2025
A tremendously knowledgeable and powerful advocate.Chambers UK, 2025
Rhys is a walking encyclopaedia of all things pension. He is a persuasive written and oral advocate.Legal 500, 2024
Makes constructive suggestions and ensures both parties feel heard. He awards efficiently and gets to the nub of the matter so parties understand why he's made the awards he has.Chambers UK, 2024
Very down to earth and so settlement minded, he's really good at trying to bring both sides together.Chambers UK, 2024
A lawyer with a first class brain, who always analyses cases superbly.Chambers UK, 2024
Very good with clients, he really understands their needs in conference. He is realistic with his advice and his confidence shines through.Chambers UK, 2024

Areas of expertise

Rhys has extensive experience in dealing with complex financial remedy claims. He has expertise in dealing with cases involving non-disclosure, complex or novel assets, commercial assets, partnerships, valuation issues, liquidity issues, competing property or commercial claims by third parties, pensions and enforcement. He has extensive experience of constructive trust and estoppel type claim claims, particularly in the farming context.

Rhys’ is a leading expert concerning pensions on divorce and receives numerous instructions dealing with the complexities

Rhys’s philosophy is to seek a consensual solution to problems in the first instance, and he will go the extra mile with his clients in seeking out a resolution. Many of Rhys’ cases settle at a private FDR. There are some cases, however, which require a contested determination and where settlement options have been exhausted Rhys understands well the dynamics of a fully contested hearing, whether conducted before an arbitrator or judge in court.

Non-Court Dispute Resolution forms a significant part of Rhys’s practice, whether in his role as a private tribunal (evaluator or arbitrator), mediator or indeed as an advocate in that context.

Rhys is listed in the directories as a leading dispute resolution practitioner and a first-class ADR tribunal. Rhys brings to bear extensive experience with his many ADR roles to provide a service which is both accessible and approachable to advocates and parties alike, without diluting any of the necessary intellectual rigour and honesty which determinations, indications and awards require. Rhys’ philosophy is to ensure that arguments and parties are respectfully listened to and that all engaged in the process know that they have been understood. Rhys is a co-author of a Bar Council guide to neutral evaluation.

Many of Rhys’s cases feature international elements concerning jurisdiction, forum and enforcement. Pension issues involving families who have lived and worked in several jurisdictions is a particular area Rhys is familiar with.

Further information

Regular speaker at leading family law conferences, family law events and at the Judicial College.

Appointments & Memberships

  • Member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee
  • Member of Online Procedure Rule Sub-Committee
  • Pension Advisory Group
  • Resolution
  • Chancery Bar Association
  • Bar Council ADR panel

 

Contributing Editor, Family Court Practice (Red Book).

Editor, Financial Remedies Journal.

Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook (4th edition, co-author).

Numerous articles and publications relating to family law.

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