Ian Airey

Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1980. Partner at Payne Hicks Beach 1987. Deputy District Judge (Principal Registry of the Family Division) since 1999. Member of the International Bar Association. Freeman of the City of London and the City of London Law Society. Practices in all areas of Family Law but specialises in complex financial cases often involving an International element. Acted for Mrs White in White-v-White 2001 1 AC a groundbreaking House of Lords decision on distribution of property and assets upon divorce.