Work Department
Family
Position
Senior Associate
Helen’s work as a Solicitor involves advising and representing clients on a range of different family matters including divorce, dissolution or nullity proceedings; financial settlements and nuptial agreements; arrangements for children and Children Act applications; and cohabitation disputes.
She is also an all issues, Resolution-trained Mediator, working towards accreditation, which enables her to help those involved in family relationship breakdown or disputes to discuss and negotiate bespoke solutions and options in a cost-efficient and voluntary forum.
As a member of Resolution and the Family Mediation Council, Helen adheres to Codes of Conduct which mean that, as both a Solicitor and a Mediator, she endeavour to minimise conflict in family disputes.
Career
Trainee, Tees Law, 2013-2015; Solicitor, Tees Law, 2015-2019; Associate, Tees Law, 2019- 2022; Senior Associate, Tees Law, 2022-present
Memberships
Resolution; Family Mediation Council; Women in Family Law
Education
BA (Hons) History (1st), University of Sheffield, 2008-2011; GDL, BPP, 2011-2012; LPC, University of Law, 2013
Lawyer Rankings
The team at Tees Law offers a ‘first-class service‘ when advising clients on financial remedy cases. Sally Powell heads up the Bishop’s Stortford-based practice. Powell has deep knowledge surrounding financial proceedings involving farms, often acting for farming families. Associate Helen Midgley is ‘in a league of her own‘ when assisting clients with the division of assets following relationship breakdowns, while associate Katie Stewart is an ‘exceptional talent‘, and handles Children Act applications and cases involving social services. The ‘very hardworking‘ James Scarborough joined the team group from Stowe Family Law LLP in October 2022, and has vast expertise in cohabitation disputes.
