2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON, SW15 6AB, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 8789 9111
- Fax:
- Fax 020 8788 1656
- DX:
- 59456 PUTNEY
- Web:
- www.russell-cooke.co.uk
- Email:
Fiona B Read
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 8789 9111
- Email:
Work Department
Family/matrimonial department, Putney.
Position
Solicitor, mediator and collaborative lawyer; undertakes all aspects of family work for married couples, registered civil partners and cohabiting couples; specialisms include international divorce/dissolution cases, cross-border disputes, substantive financial claims following breakdown of relationship, removal of children from jurisdiction and child abduction.
Career
Trained JP Malnick & Co 1986-88; assistant solicitor Russell-Cooke, Potter & Chapman 1988-95; partner 1995; Resolution-trained mediator (all issues 1997); recognised mediator for Legal Aid Board Pilot Project 1999; trained as a collaborative lawyer 2003; part-time deputy district judge 2005 to date.
Member
Resolution; Association of Women Solicitors; Lord Chancellors Abduction Panel; Law Society Family Law Panel.
Education
Oaklands (RC) Comprehensive, Waterlooville; London Guildhall University (1985 BA Hons Business Law); Guildford College of Law (1986 Law Society Finals).
Leisure
Sailing, walking, food and wine, piano.
Practice Areas
Family - children; Family - matrimonial; Arbitration, ADR, mediation