The Legal 500

Work Department

Family team.

Position

Fiona has many years’ experience as a family lawyer, specialising in all aspects of family law, particularly high-net-worth financial issues and children disputes. She has a versatile approach, not only to the range of family law issues, but also to the most appropriate methods of handling cases for her clients; from collaborative round the table scenarios to fully-contested litigation. To Fiona, the needs of each client and their desired outcomes are paramount. Each client receives honest and individual advice to help them make the right decisions. Fiona works closely with the client and, where necessary, a team of other professionals, including coaches, accountants, valuers, etc, to ensure that the client is fully prepared for the processes that they face. Fiona has featured in numerous radio interviews, most recently on Radio 4’s ‘World at One’. Recent highlights include: acting for a Lloyds name in a multi-million-pound settlement involving detailed analysis of the Lloyds assets, which were fluctuating with economic changes; acting for a high-net-worth individual, negotiating a settlement dealing with hedge fund assets and significant overseas assets; acting for a farming client going through a divorce, the farm assets being arranged in complicated family trusts; assisting a client in obtaining leave of the court to remove her child from the jurisdiction to live in Dubai; assisting a client in obtaining an order to enforce maintenance payments against a non-paying former husband, including successful claim for costs; assisting numerous senior officers from HM Forces in relation to matrimonial settlements, in particular, negotiations in relation to their valuable pension funds; assisting and advising a senior bank official in relation to a detailed financial settlement.

Career

Trained Clifton Ingram Solicitors, Wokingham; qualified 1994; partner Thrings 2004.

Languages

Basic French.

Member

Resolution.

Education

University of Hull (1990 BA (Hons) Law and Sociology).

Leisure

Spending time with young family and friends, gardening and crafts.

Practice Areas

Family - children; Family - matrimonial