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Porter Dodson LLP Offices
53 HIGH WEST STREET
DORCHESTER
DT1 1UX
England
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Richard Baker
Work Department
Family.
Position
Head of Family Department – specialises in resolving financial remedy and cohabitation disputes. Richard is a trained collaborative practitioner.
Career
Qualified 1994; joined Porter Dodson 1996; Partner 2001; Head of Family Department. Current directorships Dorchester, Sherborne and Districts and North Dorset Citizens Advice Bureau.
Memberships
Family Law Panel; Member of Resolution; Dorset Resolution (committee member), Co-chair of North and West Dorset collaborative POD.
Education
Sheffield Hallam University (BA (Hons) 2:1).
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Family
Described by clients as having ‘an excellent local reputation’ and a ‘client-focused approach’, the family department at Porter Dodson LLP regularly advises high-net-worth individuals, business owners and landowners on a spectrum of family law matters. The practice is sub-divided into two teams, focusing on divorce and financial matters, and children matters, respectively. Department head Richard Baker has over 25 years of experience in family law, and is noted for his work on complex matters involving overseas assets, companies and trusts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire