Mr Calvin Walker > Major Family Law > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Major Family Law Offices
12 WEST ROAD
PONTELAND
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE20 9SU
England
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Mr Calvin Walker
Work Department
Family
Position
Senior Associate Solicitor at Major Family Law
Calvin is a highly motivated solicitor who is driven by achieving positive results for his clients. He works to create solutions to intractable disputes. He is known for supporting all of his clients throughout each and every stage of their case, including at Court where necessary.
Calvin graduated in 2015, with a first class Master In Law degree having won the Ede & Ravenscroft Award for Best Dissertation Project 2014/2015. Since then, Calvin has spent 3 and a half years undertaking family law work in the North East region. Calvin joined Major Family Law as a newly-qualified solicitor in March 2019, assisting with matters involving divorce, financial relief, domestic abuse and child arrangements. He became an Associate Solicitor at the firm in May 2022 and Senior Associate in October 2024.
Career
Legal Support Assistant at Legacare (UK) Ltd; 2014-2015
Family Law Paralegal at Ben Hoare Bel LLP; 2015-2016
Trainee Solicitor at Emmersons Solicitors Ltd; 2016-2019
Solicitor at Major Family Law; 2019-2022
Associate Solicitor at Major Family Law; 2022-2024
Senior Associate at Major Family Law; 2024-
Education
St Aidans Roman Catholic Sixth Form; 2009-2011
First Class Honours in MLaw, Law at Northumbria University; 2011-2015
Leisure
Cooking, reading and meal planning!
Lawyer Rankings
North > Private client > Family
Specialist family firm Major Family Law is well-regarded for its depth of expertise in all areas of family and child law, and acts for national and international clients; the department is supervised by managing director Joanne Major
. Anna Hunter is involved in complex children work, including international and internal relocations, and cases involving serious allegations of abuse, while Lucinda Connell covers high-value financial cases often with an international element. Sam Carter deals with complex children law cases, and Jonathan Dunkley represents high-net-worth clients in financial and business issues. Associates Calvin Walker and Stephanie Layton handle financial matters, and Sahil Aggarwal‘s practice covers a wide range of family matters. Other key members of the team are Rona Samuel, Katie Wright and Stacy Williams, who provides advice on children matters.