Eleanor Harris
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 4 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
Band 4
About
Provided by Eleanor Harris
Practice Areas
Eleanor has a busy practice specialising in both complex financial (financial remedy, Schedule 1 applications and Part III) and private law children disputes which frequently have an international dimension. Eleanor is commended for her swift assimilation of information, attention to detail and incisive advocacy; she works as a team with her client and solicitor to achieve the best result.
Eleanor sits as a Recorder and Arbitrator and is often instructed as a private FDR evaluator.
Reported cases: HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2 Agbaje v Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13; Co v Co (Ancillary relief: Pre-marriage cohabitation) [2004] EWHC 287 (Fam)
Career
Eleanor is a graduate of St Catherine’s College, Cambridge and was called to the Bar in 2000.
Eleanor is a Family Financial Scheme Arbitrator (MCIArb) and was appointed as a Recorder (Family - South Eastern Circuit) in 2022.
Professional Memberships
Middle Temple, Family Law Bar Association, Resolution, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Publications
Author of the chapter on financial relief after an overseas divorce in Rayden & Jackson on Relationship Breakdown, Finances and Children