James Myatt

James has over 40 years of experience in family and private client law.

James specialises in complex and high-value asset cases including those involving farms and pensions. He acts for business people, entrepreneurs, farming and landed clients, professionals, and their spouses or partners. James is also involved in pre- and post-nuptial agreements and in wealth planning.

James is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in family finance cases involving large/complex assets and cases involving pensions.

He is recognised as a ‘Leading Partner’ in the Legal 500 UK, 2026 guide.

Examples of work James specialises in:

– Acting for a company director with properties in a number of international jurisdictions and very great wealth. Dealing with proceedings in different jurisdictions. Advising on settlement at an early stage which proved to be very close to the final terms.
– Acting for the wife of a farmer in a high value divorce. Working through challenges presented by the husband’s family to achieve a good outcome for the wife.
– Acting for a foreign national to avoid the cancellation of a foreign pre-nuptial agreement, enabling the client to preserve more of their wealth.
– Acting for the wife in a complex multi-pension case involving both defined benefit (final salary) pensions and defined contribution (personal) pensions. Ascertaining the “true” value of all the pensions.
– Securing an appropriate share for the wife taking into account the different benefits under the schemes