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Wedlake Bell partner and head of family law Charmaine Hast is no stranger to high-profile cases, and she understands the ‘supreme importance’ of confidentiality better than most. ‘Taking high-profile clients in through a separate entrance to the court has become normality,’ she says.

It’s been an ‘exceptional’ year in review for Hast, who is one of few family law arbitrators who can hand down binding judgments in financial divorce matters and is an expert on untangling the complexities of big-money cases.

‘Dealing with the uncertainty for the very wealthy requires experience, patience and expertise, as 1 per cent can mean several million,’ she tells Spear’s.