Thea Hughes > Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice Offices
13 WINDSOR PLACE
CARDIFF
CF10 3BY
United Kingdom
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Thea Hughes
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Director
Career
Trained Eversheds, Cardiff; qualified 1992; Eversheds 1990-94; head of family law department in branch office of Hugh James 1994-97; joined Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice 1997–present.
Thea is consistently ranked top band by Chambers UK and top tier by the Legal 500. She is included in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for having received consistent praise from clients for exceptional work over the last 10 years.
Memberships
Thea is a collaborative lawyer and is a Trustee of Family Mediation Cymru and a member of Resolution.
Education
Alcester Grammar School; University of Exeter (1986-89 LLB Hons.); Nottingham Polytechnic (1989-1990).
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame)Drawing upon the expertise of a deep bench of lawyers with vast experience in the field, Cardiff-based family law boutique Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice is recognised as ‘the go-to family law practice in South Wales for any high value/complex financial remedies case’. The ‘extremely experienced and confident’ Melanie Hamer and Thea Hughes, who ‘inspires confidence in everything she does’, are key to the firm’s success in handling high-profile financial remedy cases, as is the ‘calm and empathetic’ David James , who also handles high-net-worth Schedule 1 Children Act cases. A ‘tenacious negotiator’, Sarah Wyburn delivers her advice with ‘care and precision’, ensuring the best possible outcomes for clients engaged in complex and high-value financial cases, or in the context of civil partnership and same-sex marriages. The team is rounded out at a partner level by the ‘outstanding’ Rebecca Knight , who will ‘always go the extra mile for her clients’, who include professional footballers, in complex financial remedy matters, as well as to clients seeking guidance in relation to surrogacy law.