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Winner of the Future Leader in Private Client Services at the 2025 Spear’s Awards, Luke is ranked in The Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2026 as a “Recommended”.
Silberschmidt v Richards [2025] EWHC 2841 (Fam)
OO v QQ [2025] EWFC 310 (B)
YE v ZY [2024] EWFC 293 (B)
HO v TL [2023] EWFC 215 (Finances)
AS v CS (Private FDR) [2021] EWFC 34
His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya:
The Legal Services Order [2021] EWHC 303;
Court of Appeal Foreign Act of State Judgment [2021] EWCA Civ 129;
Re Al M – Approved judgment [2021] EWHC 915;
The Immunities Judgment [2021] EWHC 660;
The Fact Finding Judgment – Hacking [2021] EWHC 1162;
The Court of Appeal Immunities (permission to appeal) Judgment [2021] EWCA Civ 890;
The Lives With judgment [2021] EWHC 1577;
The Court of Appeal Fact Finding (permission to appeal) Judgment [2021] EWCA Civ 900;
The Court of Appeal Fact Finding Judgment [2021] EWCA Civ 1216;
The Non-Molestation Judgment [2021] EWHC 3305;
The Foreign Act of State Judgment [2020] EWHC 2883;
Publication judgment [2020] EWHC 122;
Assurances and Waiver judgment [2020] EWHC 67;
Publication – Appeal [2020] EWCA Civ 283;
Fact finding judgment [2019] EWHC 3415.
Hammoud v Al Zawawi:
Hammoud v Al Zawawi [2019] EWHC 697 (Application for Committal to Prison); and
Hammoud v Al Zawawi [2019] EWHC 839 (Finances).
LKH v TQA AL Z [2018] EWHC 2436 (Fam) (Pound for Pound Orders).
Awards & Accolades
Spears Family Lawyers Index 2026: Luke is listed as a “Recommended” with a focus on children arrangements. Spear’s writes
“For Luke Scarratt, the doors to family law were opened by the esteemed Baroness Fiona Shackleton. ‘I started at Payne Hicks Beach as a trainee and was really lucky to be asked by Fiona to have a place in her team,’ he tells Spear’s. The amiable lawyer has since worked with Baroness Shackleton on a number of big-money cases, the most significant of which was the high-profile divorce between Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. ‘One of the things I love about family law is that suddenly you have to become well versed on a very idiosyncratic thing,’ he recalls, referring to the complex hacking allegations that came to the fore during the case. ‘I was asked to be on the case when I was just an associate, so it was valuable having a front-row seat.’ Scarratt acknowledges that Payne Hicks Beach’s reach and capabilities have allowed him to work with a diverse set of HNWs. ‘It’s interesting to hear human stories from all sorts of people who lead slightly weird and wonderful lives.’ In 2025, Scarratt received the award for Future Leader in Private Client Services at the Spear’s Awards.”
The Legal 500 UK 2026: Luke is ranked as a ‘Recommended Key Lawyer’ for both Family: Children and Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy. Testimonials include: “Luke Scarratt is definitely a name to watch for the future. He is a very effective and well-informed lawyer” and “Luke Scarratt is charming and a good communicator.”
Spear’s Awards 2025: Luke won the Future Leader in Private Client Services Award at Spear’s Awards 2025.
Spears Family Lawyers Index 2025: Luke is listed as a “Rising Star” with a focus on children arrangements. Spear’s writes
“For Luke Scarratt, the doors to family law were opened by the esteemed Baroness Fiona Shackleton. ‘I started at Payne Hicks Beach as a trainee and was really lucky to be asked by Fiona to have a place in her team,’ he tells Spear’s. The amiable lawyer has since worked with Baroness Shackleton on a number of big-money cases, the most significant of which was the high-profile divorce between Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. ‘One of the things I love about family law is that suddenly you have to become well versed on a very idiosyncratic thing,’ he recalls, referring to the complex hacking allegations that came to the fore during the case. ‘I was asked to be on the case when I was just an associate, so it was valuable having a front-row seat.’ Scarratt acknowledges that Payne Hicks Beach’s reach and capabilities have allowed him to work with a diverse set of HNWs. ‘It’s interesting to hear human stories from all sorts of people who lead slightly weird and wonderful lives.’”
The Legal 500 UK 2025: Luke is ranked as a “Recommended Key Lawyer” in the category of Family Law.
The Legal 500 UK 2024: Luke recommended as a “Key Lawyer” .
The Legal 500 UK 2023: Luke is recognised as a “Key Lawyer” and as “young and keen and one to watch“.
The Legal 500 UK 2022: Luke is ranked as a recommended lawyer with the directory writing that “Luke Scarratt is a junior well worth a mention. He is intelligent, strategic and hard working. Definitely a name for the future.”
