Personal bio
Andrew is “a National figure in Family Law”, a “premier league lawyer” with a “great legal brain”, a “serious heavy weight who is extremely clever, tenacious and loved by clients” with “a thriving matrimonial finance practice, with considerable expertise in high value disputes and prenuptial agreements. Clients call him one of the best critical-thinking lawyers in the business… he has encyclopaedic knowledge across all matrimonial disputes and has a vast specialist experience in high-value cases.” Andrew is a “formidable lawyer- he is like an encyclopaedia and is technically amazing.” Sources- UK Legal 500 and Chambers. Andrew Breakwell is a “wonderful friend of mine” and “one of the finest divorce solicitors in the country” Source: Peter Shilton in “Saved” (2021) Andrew was in the first cohort in the UK to qualify as a Resolution Accredited Specialist (substantial assets) (1998) and an Arbitrator (Finance) (2012). He has marked Resolution Accreditation Core exams since 1999. He is a trained Collaborative lawyer and past National Head of Family Law at a top 50 UK law firm, past National Chair of Forum of Family Arbitrators (Marketing) and past Resolution regional and then National Committee Member (for Standards and for Specialist Accreditation). Relevant awards 2007 National Private Client Team of the Year (British Legal Awards). 2008 National Private Client and Family team of the Year (British Legal Awards). Andrew’s Reported cases AH v Greyco (Trustee Blue Settlement) and ABC (for the ODBT) High Court Isle of Man, 2020 Judgment of Deemster Corlett regarding disclosure orders of trust instruments Reeve v Reeve [2019] EWCA having secured a large estate for wife in divorce, then defeating application by son for a stay Chai v Peng [2017] EWHC 792 defeating Wife’s claim for £520m (£63m awarded) SJ v RA [2014] EWHC 4054 defeating Wife’s claim to 50% share of corporate assets and equal income from pension in retirement in a big money case