David James > 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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David James
Work Department
Family law.
Position
Director
Career
Ever since he qualified in 1991, David James has specialised in family law and has become one of the most senior practitioners in the field in Wales. David joined Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice in 2006.
Specialising in the financial issues arising out of divorce and cohabitation disputes, David has wide experience of high net asset matters, including cases involving family businesses, taxation, pensions and issues requiring forensic accounting and analysis. David also deals with private children matters, including Children Act applications relating to where children should live and time spent with the other parent.
David has been interviewed by ITV Wales News on developments in Family Law and has been a guest of Radio Wales on various occasions to discuss topical Family Law issues.
David has also presented at a Solicitor Panel Event at Cardiff University School of Law and Politics.
Memberships
- Advanced Member of the Law Society Family Law Panel since 2002
- Former trustee of Relate Cymru
- Dementia Friend – Alzheimer’s Society
- Supporter of Cerebral Palsy Cymru
Education
- 1985 – 1988 – University of Wolverhampton (LLB Law)
- 1988 – 1989 – College of Law, Chester
Leisure
David was born in Cardiff and lives here with his Wife and two sons. He enjoys spending time with his family to include cycling and walking the family Labrador, Roscoe.
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)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.