The family team at ‘client focused firm’ Gardner Leader LLP takes on the full spectrum of family law matters, with experience across divorces, financial arrangements, private children disputes and cohabitation or nuptial agreements. Simon Fisher heads the team from Maidenhead, an arbitrator and collaboratively trained lawyer, while in Newbury Suzy Hamshaw is a trained mediator. Elizabeth Saunders is a go-to for financial disputes involving business and farming assets.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Elizabeth Saunders is a class act. Extremely knowledgeable, tactically astute, robust and non-nonsense. Gives eminently sensible advice and is a strong litigator.’
- ‘Gardner Leader are a client focused firm who ensure that they are approachable and client focused.’
- ‘Amy Wilson Weymouth is approachable and friendly whilst providing an excellent quality and standard of work.’
- ‘Suzy Hamshaw and her team were excellent through the whole divorce process. Her advice was excellent and she took time to explain everything so that I understood exactly what was going to happen.'
- ‘Stephanie Buckeridge is an outstanding lawyer who fights very hard for her clients. She goes the extra mile for her family law clients to get them the best result.’
- ‘Rosie Deller is an excellent lawyer. She is dedicated to achieving the very best outcomes for her clients. She does this by having excellent client care, sound judgment and an outstanding knowledge of the law.’
Work highlights
Acting for a wife in a £15m - £20m financial remedy matter in the High Court involving trusts in the Cook Islands, assets in New Zealand and a company in England.
Practice head
Simon Fisher
Other key lawyers
Suzy Hamshaw; Elizabeth Saunders; Stephanie Buckeridge; Amy Wilson Weymouth; Stephanie Newton; Rosie Deller