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Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP is ‘well resourced’ and provides ‘clear, pragmatic and concise advice’. The team advises on the full spectrum of matrimonial issues, and regularly acts for high-net-worth individuals. It has considerable expertise in representing parents and children in public law/care proceedings, and retains its legal aid franchise. Elizabeth Wyatt is ‘personable and technically excellent’.

Benussi & Co has a team of ‘very able and experienced’ lawyers. The mainstay of the practice remains applications for financial orders in divorce proceedings for affluent and high-profile clients, and it is regularly also involved in cross-border disputes such as applications to remove children from a particular jurisdiction. Helen Jane Arnold is ‘very calm and competent’, and Neil Hobden ‘has a very good eye for detail while never losing sight of the bigger picture’.

Challinors Solicitors’ large team is ‘very strong’, and represents clients nationally and internationally on a broad range of issues. It is particularly experienced in children’s law matters, and ‘excellent communicator’ Angela Houston is recommended. Fiona O’Sullivan is ‘clear, concise and very sympathetic’, and is experienced in advising on the pensions aspects of financial settlements.

Divorce And Family Law Practice is a highly rated niche practice with a ‘committed and passionate’ team. It is experienced in high-value cases, and advises on the full spectrum of matrimonial issues. Beverley Morris ‘works 24/7’, and Joan Price is also recommended.

Irwin Mitchell is noted for its ‘extremely strong and talented’ lawyers, and has a wealth of experience acting for business and professional clients in relationship breakdown, financial and children disputes. The ‘sensible and very personable’ Nicola Walker is highly recommended for her collaborative law expertise.

Mills & Reeve LLP has a ‘superb’ reputation, and ‘extremely knowledgeable’ practice head Marc Saunderson ‘exudes quality’. The team acted for the wife of the CEO of a major UK company in divorce and financial proceedings. It is also acting for a husband working in the entertainment industry whose income is generated in the US and the UK. The practice has four collaboratively trained lawyers.

Shakespeares has the ‘highly experienced’ Kevin Harris-James and the ‘tactically adroit and approachable’ Christine Patterson. Clients include several lottery winners and an array of professional footballers. The team is regularly involved in cross-border disputes, and recently acted in a significant and complex ‘child-snatching’ case.

Blair Allison has a specialist family law team focusing on divorce and related financial issues, and also advises on private and public law children matters. Clients include a large number of local professionals and high-profile individuals. Mari Meisel is the senior partner at the firm.

Harvey Ingram LLP has the excellent Andrew Breakwell at the helm. Focusing on very high-value cases, he is a trained collaborative lawyer and is also one of a handful of arbitrators across the country now qualified to help families benefit from legally binding arbitration. Clients include elite sports personalities and very wealthy entrepreneurs.

SGH Martineau LLP’s Mary Kaye regularly deals with complex and serious children cases and cross-jurisdictional work. Zahra Pabani is recognised for her work on high-net-worth ancillary relief cases. The team is representing a father whose child was allegedly abducted by the mother, and is also acting for professional executors in defending a claim by a spouse against her deceased husband’s estate.

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