Nicola Fraser > Gorvins Solicitors > Stockport, England > Lawyer Profile
Gorvins Solicitors Offices
DALE HOUSE
TIVIOT DALE
STOCKPORT
SK1 1TA
England
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Nicola Fraser
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Nicola is a Partner and the Head of Family Law team at Gorvins.
Nicola Fraser qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and has a wealth of experience in all aspects of family law. She has provided lectures, training and assistance to Public sector organisations including the Police, Local Authorities and charities. She is an expert no-nonsense litigator with a wealth of experience and success in all aspects of family law with a particular flair for financial matters . She blends compassion with common sense and keen legal acumen. Equipped with a postgraduate qualification in family law and qualified as a collaborative lawyer, Nicola deals primarily with financial settlements, including those with complex commercial aspects and pensions. She also deals with contentious private law applications in respect of children. Her experiences span 3 decades and include several senior positions in family law departments across the North West. She has headed up our family law department since 2019.
Career
Qualified in 1995. Linder Myers (1991 – 2007), Green & Co Solicitors (2007 – 2009), joined Gorvins in 2010 and now is a Partner of the firm.
Education
The University of Kent, BA (Hons) Law (1987-1990)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Family
Gorvins Solicitors advise on the full range of matrimonial finance and childcare mandates, with key work highlights from the past twelve months showing complex cases involving an overlap of both areas of family law, with additional complications such as crypto assets and high-value pensions. Team head and ‘stand out partner‘ Nicola Fraser specialises in financial settlement disputes involving a large array of assets, especially when they pertain to corporate structures. Experienced mediator Rachel Edwards Barrott is also active on a wide breadth of firm cases, and is chiefly noted for her expertise in domestic violence, cohabitation agreements and Schedule 1 Children Act matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: employee/union firms
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud