Weightmans LLP’s offering covers various types of work. The team is equipped to advise on child law issues and on complex financial provision matters following divorces and cohabitation dissolutions. Emma Collins leads the team, key practitioners in which are wealth protection and financial remedy expert Noel Ferry and international child abduction and cohabitation specialist Caroline Gillespie. Alison Dewar and Dawn Finlayson are names to note.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The family law team is excellent to deal with. They communicate well.'
- ‘Caroline Gillespie provides excellent legal advice tailored to the situation and individuals involved. She takes care to ensure she considers the effects of the timing of actions on kids, etc.’
- ‘The breadth of knowledge within the team is second-to-none. The partners, Caroline Gillespie and Noel Ferry have a wealth of experience across the whole spectrum of family actions. They are ably supported by their associates Dawn Finlayson and Alison Dewar, who are diligent and solution-focused. The team is particularly skilled in handling novel cases and points, particularly in relation to cohabitation and separation cases.’
- ‘Dawn Finlayson and Alison Dewar are standout associates. They apply both precision and technical detail to complex legal arguments. The team is particularly skilled in complex financial separation issues and difficult cases involving orders for children. They are my go-to firm with conflict work.'
- ‘Noel Ferry has good attention-to-detail, understands accounts and the different possible approaches to valuations of businesses and interests therein.’
- ‘Hard-hitting team who know their stuff as far as family law is concerned.’
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Caroline Gillespie
Practice head
Emma Collins
Other key lawyers
Noel Ferry; Caroline Gillespie; Alison Dewar; Dawn Finlayson