Gemma Hope > Family Law Partners > Brighton, England > Lawyer Profile

Family Law Partners leverages its network of offices across Brighton, Horsham and Tunbridge Wells, and its extensive alternative dispute resolution offering consisting of trained mediators, and its involvement of therapists in mediation; Gemma Hope is key to this work. Lisa Burton-Durham heads the Brighton team, and Christopher Maulkin  is a key name for TOLATA matters. The Horsham team is headed by the ‘simply phenomenal’ Kate Elliott, whose expertise lies in complex assets in financial cases, while Charlotte Plowman maintains a modern families focused practice. Managing Director Robert Williams, in Brighton, has longstanding experience in financial remedies work.

‘A strong mediation team who are a real driving force in the ADR arena’, Family Law Partners fields a number of Family Mediation Council accredited mediators with expertise spanning financial and children-related matters and a range of bases across the South East. ‘Focused and skilled mediator‘ Gemma Hope works alongside Hazel Manktelow, who is noted for her qualification as a child-inclusive mediator with a specialism in domestic abuse cases. Sarah-Jane Riddell is a go-to for hybrid mediation, which is also offered by Kate Elliott, whose ability to ‘unlock and solve even the trickiest of cases‘ is praised. Hannah Viet is recommended as ‘exactly the sort of person you want to try and bring people together‘.