Simon Beccle is a partner and top divorce lawyer solicitor in the leading Family and Divorce department at top London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach.

The Legal 500 UK 2021: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is proud that the firm continues with its ranking as a Top Tier Firm in Family and sees the firm recognised as a Leading Firm in 17 other ...

Payne Hicks Beach listed in Tier 1 of eprivateclient’s Top Family Law Firms 2020 rankings

Payne Hicks Beach’s leading Family department is listed in Tier 1 of eprivateclient’s Top Family Law Firms 2020. Payne Hicks Beach’s inclusion in this list highlights ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2020

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Dispute Resolution, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders ...

The Spear’s 500 2020: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed

We are proud that our leading lawyers from our speclialist practice areas of Family, Property, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law, Landed Estates & Agriculture ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2019

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders List 2019. This ...

Payne Hicks Beach comments on Supreme Court’s Judgment dated 25 July 2018 on the contested divorce between Tini and Hugh Owens

Simon Beccle, Mrs Owens' solicitor and partner at Payne Hicks Beach, states:- "The Judgment of the Supreme Court has been awaited for some time now, not least by ...

Simon Beccle wins in the Court of Appeal for his client, Hayat Alireza

Simon Beccle, partner and specialist family lawyer and his team, including Charlotte Skea-Strachan in the leading Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach led their client, Hayat Alireza to victory at ...

The Legal 500 UK 2017: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked as a Top Tier Firm in Family and a Leading Firm in 14 other practice areas, together with 7 ...

Citywealth Leaders List 2017

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted that for another year its leading Private Client, Family and Privacy & Media Law departments have been recognised in the prestigious Citywealth Leaders List 2017. ...

Family Team ranked as eprivateclient Top 25 Family Law Firms 2016

Payne Hicks Beach’s leading Family department has been named as one of eprivateclient’s Top 25 Family Law Firms 2016. Payne Hicks Beach’s inclusion in this ...

In the media: Family Law expert Simon Beccle widely quoted regarding 6 April’s No Fault Divorce introduction.

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 is the first change in divorce law in fifty years. Payne Hicks Beach family Law expert Simon Beccle acted for Tini Owens in ...

Commentary by Simon Beccle, Partner in the Family Department and Solicitor for Tini Owens, on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 which came into force on 6 April 2022.

On 25 June 2020 the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill passed the remaining procedural stages in Parliament and received the Royal Assent to become the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. The ...

Finally! End of the divorce blame game - Family Law expert Simon Beccle features in The Times.

Payne Hicks Beach Family Law expert Simon Beccle comments for The Times on the introduction of 'No Fault Divorce', linked below with kind permission. The establishment of the Divorce, Dissolution ...

Lawyers prepare for the biggest shake-up to divorce laws in 50 years – Simon Beccle comments for the FT

Comments by Simon Beccle, Partner in the Family department at Payne Hicks Beach feature in the article on the anticipated rise in divorce cases following the introduction of the Divorce, ...

Legal 500 UK 2022: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is proud to continue with its Top Tier ranking in Family and is recognised for the first time in the Legal 500 UK as Top Tier in Contentious ...

Top rated Payne Hicks Beach Family Law team gains another accolade

Payne Hicks Beach’s highly regarded Family department is rated top tier in eprivateclient’s Top Family Law Firms 2021. Part of a series of rankings published ...

The Judgment in MY v FY - commentary from Simon Beccle and Charlotte Skea-Strachan who represented the mother

The Payne Hicks Beach Family Department acted in the recent case of MY v FY. The full judgment can be read here https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases ...

Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary reports on Simon Beccle and his client, Tini Owens, welcoming divorce law reform

Comments by Simon Beccle, family law specialist and Partner in the Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach and his client Tini Owens, first published in Edward Fennell' ...

Commentary by Simon Beccle, Partner in the Family Department and Solicitor for Tini Owens, on the Parliament’s proposed change in the divorce law

On 8 June 2020 the House of Commons voted to approve the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill on its second reading. The Bill has now been referred to the committee stage ...

Simon Beccle and his client, Tini Owens, who lost Supreme Court marriage fight both welcome divorce law reform

Comments by Simon Beccle, family law specialist and Partner in the Family Department at Payne Hicks Beach and his client Tini Owens, following the vote in the ...

The Mail: “No blame” divorce proceedings

Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, feature in the article regarding no-fault divorce which orginated due to the highly unusual contested divorce between his ...

Simon Beccle: Divorce Law’s new ‘no fault’ legislation

Comments by Simon Beccle, family law specialist and Partner in the Family department at Payne Hicks Beach, on the new divorce law 'no fault' legislation in the highly unusual ...

Divorce law: new ‘no-fault’ legislation will end ‘blame game’ for married couples

Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, feature in the article concerning Divorce law: new 'no fault' legislation in the highly unusual contested divorce between his ...

Divorce laws to be rewritten following the Supreme Court’s 2018 Judgment in Tini Owens v Hugh John Owens

Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach and solicitor for Tini Owens, feature in an article in The Times announcing that the Government intend to modernise divorce ...

Simon Beccle: Justices deny divorce for Tini Owens but seek new law

Comments by Simon Beccle, Family law specialist and partner at Payne Hicks Beach, on the Judgment of the Supreme Court on 25 July 2018 have featured in numerous regional, UK and ...

Simon Beccle comments on the Supreme Court Judgment which refuses Payne Hicks Beach’s client, Tini Owens, a divorce and ties her into a loveless marriage

Articles published by The Times, The Daily Telegraph and the Press Association containing comments by Simon Beccle, Family law specialist and partner at Payne Hicks Beach relating to the ...