The Legal 500

Work Department

Family.

Position

Partner and head of the family law practice area; advises on all aspects of marital and relationship breakdown; including the nature and extent of financial settlements, their structure including the offsetting of assets, pension sharing/attachment; arrangements for the children including who shares parental responsibility and contact arrangements; cohabitation issues and pre-marital contracts; considerable experience in family litigation with an international element, trained and practising collaborative lawyer.

Career

Articled Henmans, Oxford 1985-87; qualified 1987; family law department, Kingsley Napley 1989, partner 1992, managing partner 2004. Co-author of ‘Evidence in Family Proceedings’ also contributing author to ‘International Aspects of family law – the Resolution guide to Good Practice and Procedure’; has published articles in ‘New Law Journal’ and the ‘Resolution Review’, including ‘Mind the Gap’ (February 2005) and ‘Money, Lies and Private Eyes’ (October 2004); has accreditation from the advanced panel of the Law Society and from Resolution. Also in demand by the media (Sky and Channel 5 in particular) for comment on breaking news stories; also highly rated by Insidedivorce.com; won the Women of Achievement Award 2007 (legal services category).

Languages

French.

Member

Resolution (and former chair of the International Committee and member of the Media Committees); Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and speaker at the 2009 Vancouver conference; chair of the Marketing Committee of the City Women’s Network; Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and member of its working group on the cross-border movement of children; member of City of London Solicitors’ Company; Reunite.

Education

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith; University of Northumbria (1984 LLB Hons).

Leisure

Horses, horse racing and breeding.

Practice Areas

Family - children; Family - matrimonial