Timothy Evans

Associate, Family

Timothy is an Associate in the Family team.

Timothy specialises in a wide range of private family law including divorce and separation, financial claims, private children law (including Schedule 1 claims), domestic abuse claims under the Family Law Act, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

He has experience of complex financial disputes often with an international element and also of contested divorce suits where jurisdiction has been challenged. Alongside work involving business valuations and trust structures, he has experience with interlocutory applications such as for legal services payments orders (LSPO) and interim maintenance. Timothy has been involved in cases which challenge beneficial interests in property and he also has experience in protecting property rights during the divorce and separation process. He also acts for separating clients who wish to avoid the court process and has experience of alternative forms of dispute resolution such as mediation and round table meetings along with solicitor negotiation.

Timothy acts for parents who are having difficulties resolving child arrangements, both inside and outside of court, and which may involve cross-border considerations. He also has experience of protecting victims of domestic abuse, including (when necessary) representing clients in final and fact finding hearings. Timothy works with other professionals such as independent social workers to best serve his clients.

Timothy has commentated on family law issues, having been published in the Solicitors' journal and the International Law Office. Timothy also runs a pro bono clinic in conjunction with Citizens Advice Wandsworth and sits on the charity committee at Forsters.

Following a successful career as an orchestral musician, playing with the likes of John Williams and Nigel Kennedy and across many of the UK's concert venues and studios including Abbey Road, Timothy changed career to law, joining Forsters in 2018 as a trainee and qualifying in 2020. Timothy attended King's College London as an undergraduate and followed this with a Masters at the Royal Academy of Music. He completed the GDL with distinction at BPP and the LPC LLM with distinction at the University of Law. In 2019 he was the recipient of the Gamlen Prize awarded by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society.

Timothy is also a Liveryman of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. Timothy is a ranked lawyer in the Family Law section of The Legal 500 2023.