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Clarion

BRITANNIA CHAMBERS, 4 OXFORD PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 3AX, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0113 246 0622
Fax:
Fax 0113 246 7488
DX:
26427 LEEDS PARK SQUARE
Web:
www.clarionsolicitors.com
Email:

Mark Burns

Tel:
Work +44 113 246 0622
Email:
Clarion

Work Department

Family/matrimonial.

Position

Managing partner; head of family department; widely regarded as one of the leading family lawyers in the North; specialises in high-value ancillary relief; conducts a number of substantial matrimonial cases with examples including a matter where the assets in dispute totalled in excess of £100m; handled G v F, which is a leading case on same-sex parental relationships – the first reported case of its kind; has acquired a reputation for representing leading professionals including surgeons, dentists, barristers and other solicitors in sensitive matrimonial cases; and advises on scripts for Yorkshire Television’s ‘Emmerdale’.

Career

Trained McCormicks; qualified 1990; partner Clarion 1993; written a number of articles in family-focused publications.

Member

Law Society Family Panel; Resolution; Resolution trained mediator.

Education

Woodlands School, Derby; Nottingham Trent University (1987 BA Hons Law 2(2)).

Leisure

Watching Derby County; watching and playing cricket – member of Farnley Hill cricket club.

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