Stephen Foster of litigation boutique Stewarts Law is set for a courtroom showdown with the queen of the celebrity divorce Fiona Shackleton (pictured) after he was formally instructed to act for Peter Andre in his split from Katie Price.
Stewarts recruited Foster from Lester Aldridge to launch its divorce practice in 2006. He recently brought in partners Debbie Chism from Manches and Emma Hatley from Withers to further boost the practice.
Payne Hicks Beach partner Shackleton is known for her high-profile client list which includes Princes Harry and William. Shackleton represented their father Prince Charles in his divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales. She was represented by Mishcon de Reya’s Anthony Julius.
Last year Shackleton was dubbed ‘Shacka’ by the tabloid press after she represented Paul ‘Macca’ McCartney in his divorce from Heather Mills. Pictures of a water-soaked Shackleton appeared around the world after Mills allegedly drenched her during their final divorce hearing.
By contrast, Foster prefers to keep his client list low profile. Despite having met with Andre in recent weeks the formal instruction came at the end of last week.
Andre and Price formerly announced their break-up last month after a four and a half year marriage. Despite pleading for privacy when they first separated, the pair have become increasingly acrimonious through the tabloid press.
Separately, Stewarts is aiming to diversify into banking litigation after taking Clive Zietman and Andrew Shaw from Manches (The Lawyer, 13 April).
i have always been a fan of peter and katie but watching the programme this season i feel that katie as showed herself to be a cold and unloving person i do think their is an underlying problem with her ,the plastic surgery her attitude to peter,who shows nothing but love for her;being pushed away he could only have took so much,peter loves his kids and their should be joint custody on all of the kids katie made statement that she made all the money but the show is called katie and peter and photos taken as peter in them so regardless of a pre-nup he should get royalties but peter should be prepared because thing are going to get ugly “i wish them well.hope the kids don’t get hurt too much
That case should be fun.
I’m a celebie get me out of this – oh but, I need the publicity.