Arron Bortoft

Partner

abortoft@bortoftbell.com

020 3405 0060

Arron has over 25 years experience in family law, the majority of which was spent practising at well renowned firms in Mayfair and the City.

Arron focuses predominantly on high net worth finance and children proceedings. His work often concerns significant value or complexity, jurisdiction issues, offshore assets or trusts.

The Legal 500 have identified Arron as a “leading individual” in their 2019 and 2020 editions, whilst recording that he “is a highly experienced and diligent operator, having practiced at the top end of the financial remedy work for many years; he is tireless in fighting his client’s corner”

“A powerhouse of a lawyer. He uses his extensive experience to ensure each case is approached with no tactical error’”

Legal 500

“Represents each client with dogged determination and is not afraid to give robust advice when needed”

Chambers and Partners

“Thorough and tenacious. Clients know he will fight their corner hard”

Legal 500

“Really exceptional client care. Arron Bortoft has a painstaking attention to detail”

Legal 500

“incredibly energetic, detailed and conscientious, but has a fantastic, user friendly rapport with his clients”

Legal 500

“he recently acted for the wife of a successful entrepreneur whose assets are valued in the hundreds of millions of pounds and include substantial business holdings in the UK and overseas”

Legal 500

“extremely sensible family lawyer”

Legal 500

“Committed to his client’s cause”

Legal 500

Arron believes that the lawyer and client relationship is key to a successful outcome. As a consequence, that bond has meant that he has remained in contact with many clients as friends over the years.

Arron is creative and driven once litigation is required, but also promotes the use of alternative dispute resolution methods, such as arbitration or private settlement hearings.

He has worked on some of the more heavyweight and complex litigation in recent years, most notably Quan v Bray in the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Outside of the workplace, Arron is an avid fly fisherman who enjoys the challenge of a complex recipe in the kitchen and spending time with his family and dogs.

Reported Cases

  • Mubarak v Mubarak (2001) 1FLR 673
  • Q v Q (2009) 1FLR 935
  • Quan v Bray 2014 EWHC 3340 (fam)
  • Quan v Bray 2015 2 FLR 546
  • Quan v Bray 2015 EWCA CIV 1401
  • Quan v Bray 2017 EWCA CIV 405
  • Quan v Bray 2018 EWHC 3558 (fam)
  • Ladwa v Chapman 2018 Chan Div