Davina is a litigator with expertise in Matrimonial law. She advises on separation, divorce and ancillary relief, jurisdictional disputes, multi-jurisdictional divorce cases involving significant assets and enforcement issues.
Davina is accustomed to representing high profile and high net worth individuals in relation to all financial matters following the breakdown of a marriage or relationship, and in resolving financial and contact disputes pertaining to children. She also advises on private children matters including leave to remove from the jurisdiction, residence, prohibited steps and specific issues.
Davina’s experience in acting on behalf of high profile and high net worth individuals often requires a thorough command of privacy and defamation law. High net worth individuals and those in the public eye regularly discover that their personal lives, details of the breakdown of their relationship or dissolution of their marriage are leaked to the press or disseminated by the media. Davina is well placed in handling not only matters pertaining to divorce and ancillary relief, but also in dealing with the overlap that arises with aspects of privacy and defamation law. She is skilled and successful in obtaining injunctive relief not only to prevent intentional dissipation of marital assets by an estranged spouse, but also in preventing publication of defamatory allegations that arise in the context of divorce proceedings.
Before joining Schillings, Davina trained and qualified at Mishcon de Reya where she spent six years acting for a number of actors, entrepreneurs and international clients. She brings with her a comprehensive knowledge and experience as a litigator.