The ‘highly collaborative’ team at boutique firm Blanchards Law handles the full range of family matters from relationship breakdown and divorce issues through to private family law matters; it has extensive experience handling international matters. Founder Punam Denley is key to this international offering and is a trained mediator, as is Christine Plews, who joined the team in June 2024. Helen Habershon has experience in child abduction and leave to remove matters, and Susan Andrews, who also joined in June 2024, is ’a highly sought after leading matrimonial solicitor’.
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Testimonials
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- 'Blanchards are an excellent firm in the area offering a service to a range of clients. The firm moved quickly to secure local star solicitor Susan Andrews recently, an excellent move for a highly sought after leading matrimonial solicitor.'
- 'The team are without a fault approachable. They are all highly collaborative and ensure that there is always capacity for clients.'
- 'They have the culture of a boutique firm, but the ability to deal with value high value matters of a big London firm.'
- 'Punam Denley is extremely knowledgeable and highly professional: instills great confidence in you.'
- 'Susan Andrews has a very long track record of litigating against London firms and her knowledge of the law and understanding of human relationships is unparalleled. She fights hard for her clients but knows when to settle.'
- 'Punam Denly is an exceptional partner who brings her experience in high-net-worth cases to bear in all cases. She provides sound advice and works incredibly hard.'
Practice head
Punam Denley; Helen Habershon; Susan Andrews; Christine Plews
Other key lawyers
Juliet Gordon