Emma Collins > Weightmans LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Weightmans LLP Offices
No 1 Spinningfields
Hardman Square
MANCHESTER
M3 3EB
England
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Emma Collins
Work Department
Family
Position
Family law partner with expertise in all aspects of family law, in particular high value/complex financial matters for both married and unmarried couples including trusts , companies, partnerships , third party interests , offshore assets, jurisdictional issues; regularly receives referrals from a variety of legal and other professionals and business people. Also advises on pre/post nuptial and cohabitation agreements, complex children issues, Schedule I , TOLATA and Inheritance Act matters.
Career
Trained Mace & Jones; qualified 1994; partner 2001, joined Weightmans May 2011 as partner post-merger; National Head of Services for Individuals May 2019; formerly sat on Resolution National Committee; member and former chair
Resolution Publication Committee (producing various publications for practitioners, including consent order, pre-nuptial agreement, separation precedents, cohabitation agreements ), member of Resolution Cohabitation Committee and former treasurer of Manchester Region Committee. Contributor to Resolution Family Law Handbook.
Languages
Basic French and Spanish.
Memberships
Resolution-accredited family law specialist in Advanced Financial Provision II and Cohabitation
Education
Liverpool University LLB Law degree 1990; College of Law, Chester Law Society Finals 1991.
Leisure
Enjoys socialising, running , yoga, singing in choir , gardening, travel, reading, theatre and ballet; member of National Trust, Royal Horticultural Society, Amnesty International
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)The 2022 merger with RadcliffesLeBrasseur has strengthened Weightmans LLP‘s private client offering, making it a ‘go-to’ firm in the North West. Advising on the full range of family matters with close collaboration with the tax, trusts and probate, and international private wealth team, the group show notable expertise in financial remedy, surrogacy law, and digital and crypto currency cases. The department is spearheaded by the ‘outstanding’ Emma Collins, whose broad practice features areas of particular strength such as nuptial agreements and pension structures. Beyond her work as deputy district judge, Carole Atkinson is highly revered in the market for her excellence in on-shore and off-shore trust mandates, while Fiona Turner is ’emotionally intelligent’ during complex divorce and matrimonial finance cases, especially when they include business and cross-border assets. Fiona Davidson is principally noted for her acumen in children law, a growing area of the firm’s offering that has resulted in activity in highly sensitive child relocation cases. Rachel Lim continues to advise on a broad range of practice matters.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
Weightmans LLP’s family offering in Leeds is led by the Manchester-based Emma Collins. The team has particular experience regarding pre- and post-nuptial agreements, financial remedies involving inherited wealth, and digital / crypto assets. It also has notable expertise regarding children work, including international abduction cases. Antony Ball leads the firm’s national mediation practice and Lucy Phipps joined the team in November 2022 from Harrowells Solicitors.
London > Private client > Family
Headed by Manchester-based Emma Collins, Weightmans LLP has ‘a very impressive family law team, now much stronger by reason of the merger of Weightmans and RadcliffeLeBrasseur.’ In London, Caroline Penfold advises on all aspects of private family law, from pre and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements, to complicated financial and property cases involving substantial assets in an international context. Other primary areas of expertise include advising on disputes over children, domestic violence and emergency injunctions. Carina Smith has a diverse practice and a particular interest in cases with an international dimension.
West Midlands > Private client > Family: Birmingham
Manchester-based Emma Collins , heads the department at Weightmans LLP that is praised for ‘its attention to detail‘. In Birmingham, Tania Derrett-Smith’s areas of practice include divorce, pre and post nuptial agreements and advising on arrangements for children. She has considerable experience in cases involving family businesses, properties in the UK and overseas as well cases involving complex pensions issues. Associate, Rupa Parekh, specialises in financial matters arising from separation and divorce. Fiona O’Sullivan has now retired.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Social housing
- Transport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud