- Tel:
- Work 020 7242 2556
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7831 0478
- DX:
- 35725 BLOOMSBURY
- Web:
- www.dawsoncornwell.l.com
- Email:
John Cornwell
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7242 2556
- Email:
Work Department
Matrimonial.
Position
Senior partner specialising in family law, particularly divorce, high-value ancillary relief and pensions; also deals with private client work (probate, wills and trusts); deputy district judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division since 1986; practices as sole and joint mediator on ancillary relief and children issues.
Career
Articled Gustavus Thompson & Co; qualified 1969; co-founded Dawson Cornwell 1972; senior partner 1988; Resolution founder 1982; sometime chairman of Children and Mediation committees of SFLA; co-founder Family Mediators Association (FMA) 1988; sometime vice-chairman FMA; Resolution and FMA trained mediator; various articles in Family Law and Resolution review on family law; named in The Lawyer Magazine Hall of Fame 2008.
Member
Honorary member Resolution; member Resolution Pension Sharing Committee; Reunite Mediation Steering Committee.
Education
St Paul’s School; Bristol University (1965 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Theatre, cricket, Georgian architecture; member Savile Club, MCC, Tower Theatre Company.
Practice Areas
Family - children; Family - matrimonial; Private client
