united-kingdom
Is there a way to be legally represented in the UK without being a resident?
<p>Is there a way to be legally represented in the UK without being a resident?</p>

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<p>Is there a way to be legally represented in the UK without being a
resident?</p>
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<p>Pretty much anyone, anywhere in the world, who can afford to hire a lawyer can be legally represented in the U.K. without being a resident.</p>
<p>In order to seek most kinds of affirmative relief (other than disputing the jurisdiction of a particular court over a particular party in a particular case in the first instance), however, the non-resident must acknowledge (at least conditionally subject to a right to appeal a resolution of a jurisdictional issue), the jurisdiction of the court over the non-resident and submit to that court's jurisdiction.</p>
<p>In one famous recent example, the King of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is obviously not a British resident, hired a British lawyer to represent him in a custody dispute with his then-wife Princess Haya, concerning the couple's two children. After two years of litigation, a British senior family court judge, Andrew McFarlane, ruled against him and granted sole custody to his wife in this case <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/24/dubai-mohammed-prince-court-uk/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">on March 24, 2022</a>.</p>
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<p>And if yes, who is a reputable firm which can deal with banking
related issues.</p>
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<p>Law.StackExchange is not an appropriate place to ask for recommendations to specific law firms or lawyers.</p>
<p>More generally, however, the financial industry in the U.K., including its banking industry, is highly geographically concentrated in a financial district in London called <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/how-london-became-the-world-s-financial-hub-4589324" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the City of London</a> (just &quot;the City&quot; to insiders) which has its own mayor and governing body called City of London Corporation.</p>
<p>As a result, most legal professionals (barristers and solicitors alike) with specialized expertise in banking law in the U.K. have offices in or near this financial district.</p>
