Lorraine Harvey > Slater and Gordon > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Slater and Gordon
58 MOSLEY STREET
MANCHESTER
M2 3HZ
England

Work Department

Family – children; family – matrimonial; finance – asset.

Position

Principal lawyer family law in large matrimonial team representing clients with medium to high-net-worth, on all areas from pre-nuptial to post-nuptial agreements including divorces with an international element and business assets, including complex business structures. Lorraine regularly acts for high profile sports personalities, Entrepreneurs,  CEO’s of multi-national companies and high ranking officers. Lorraine has recently settled a financial dispute which involved assets in other jurisdictions and a complex trust. Lorraine also advises on children cases, advising on relocation within the UK and overseas. Lorraine works between the Manchester and London offices and  frequently comments on family law issues in the national media including BBC  News, Radio and the Daily Mail.

Career

Trained at Alfred Newton and Co, Stockport; qualified in 1998; junior solicitor 1998; Gorvins 2001, partner 2004; Russell Jones & Walker in March 2010. Lorraine writes for lifestyle magazines and legal journals on a regular basis covering topical issues.

Memberships

Resolution. Accredited family lawyer – Lawyer Society.

Education

Liverpool John Moores University (1996 Law Degree; 1998 Legal Practice Course); Manchester Metropolitan University (2002 Masters in Families, Rights and the Law).

Leisure

Keeping fit, running and swimming.