Caroline Fell > Stone King LLP > Bath, England > Lawyer Profile

Stone King LLP
Upper Borough Court
Upper Borough Walls
Bath
BA1 1RG
England

Work Department

Family & Mediation Team.

Position

Caroline is a Partner and Head of the Family Team. She advises on all issues arising on the breakdown of relationships. and is ranked by independent legal directories as “a real star – composed and able” and as a “calm, capable and knowledgeable lawyer who has a wonderful manner with clients”.

Caroline recognises that, with the right guidance, it is eminently preferable for a couple to resolve issues following separation together where possible. She looks to assist clients in achieving this end through a variety of processes, to include mediation, collaboration and constructive negotiation. Caroline has an established mediation practice, using her extensive experience and expertise to assist couples in resolving issues arising on separation, particularly where complex financial issues are involved. She is also qualified to speak with children as a child-inclusive mediator.

Caroline specialises in financial matters on divorce and separation, often where complex issues are involved, to include business assets, property portfolios and trusts. She regularly advises clients where international issues are involved, being able to advise on issues as to jurisdiction, cases involving overseas assets and financial claims following an overseas divorce. Caroline is further able to assist in the preparation of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, both in relation to national and cross-border marriages.

 

Career

Caroline trained at Manches Solicitors (now Pennington Manches), qualifying in 2002 and joining Stone King in 2005 where she specialises in financial matters on divorce and separation, often where complex issues and international assets are involved.

Memberships

Former Chair of the Bath Resolution group. Accredited mediator and collaborative lawyer.

Education

Caroline has a strong academic background, having been awarded the Colin Beattie prize for the highest performance in her Post-Graduate Diploma in law.

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Private client > Family

Stone King LLP‘s team is ‘experienced in all areas of family law‘, acting on financial remedy matters as well as in cohabitation and children cases. The team maintains a sizeable public law offering, regularly representing children and parents in domestic and cross-border cases related to non-accidental injuries and human rights issues, and it also stands out for its alternative dispute resolution offering, receiving frequent instructions from high net worth clients to act in complex family finance mediation. Practice head Caroline Fell is well-versed in handling cross-border financial remedy cases, while experienced mediator Rebecca Eels is an expert on children and education law. Family finance expert Tracey Smith is also recommended.