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Manches LLP

ALDWYCH HOUSE, 81 ALDWYCH, LONDON, WC2B 4RP, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7404 4433
Fax:
Fax 020 7430 1133
DX:
76 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.manches.com
Email:
Reading, Oxford, London

Jane Craig

Tel:
Work +44 20 7404 4433
Email:
Manches LLP

Work Department

Family law.

Position

Business head of department. Partner specialising in divorce finances, contact, residence and other issues concerning children, international cases, disputes between unmarried partners about children or money.

Career

Articled Middlesborough; qualified 1982; joined Manches LLP 1988; partner 1992; chairman of Resolution (formerly Solicitors’ Family Law Association) May 2001 to March 2003. Appointed the private law solicitor member of The Family Justice Council in June 2004; chair of The Family Justice Council children in families committee; member of The Law Commission’s cohabitation project legal advisory group. Qualified collaborative lawyer. Has contributed to items about family law on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Law in Action’ and ‘Money Box’, as well as commenting regularly in the national and legal press.

Languages

A-level French.

Member

Resolution (formerly Solicitors’ Family Law Association); City Women’s Network.

Education

Hornsey High School for Girls; Southampton University (1979 LLB 2(1)).

Leisure

Theatre, cinema, eating out and spending time with family and friends.

Practice Areas

Family - children; Family - matrimonial

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