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
Praised by clients as ‘client focused, empathetic and efficient‘, Gorvins Solicitors in Stockport has an experienced group of family and matrimonial finance specialists who can leverage the firm’s commercial and property teams to provide a comprehensive service for clients. The group also advises on all aspects of private law children cases, as well as representing clients in public sector proceedings. Practice head Nicola Fraser has a ‘unique approach‘ and specialises in financial settlements upon divorce; she often advises on cases involving commercial assets, including family businesses and limited companies. Another key contact with a broad matrimonial law practice is Ainsley Pritchard, who ‘is passionate and fights hard for her clients‘. Patricia Robinson joined the practice in 2024.
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
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Employment > Employment: employee/union firms
- 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