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Carmelita Ardren

Carmelita Ardren

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Raworths

Raworths

England - Yorkshire • Private client

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Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Raworths‘ private client department is supplemented by the firm’s full-service offering, facilitating comprehensive support for individuals with complex business, agricultural, and trust assets. Carmelita Ardren is the head of department, and specialises in financial settlements pertaining to divorce or separation. Working with Arden are Joanna Lofthouse, an expert in the agricultural sector; Claire Hunter, who particularly focuses on disputes involving children; and Lucy Westmoreland, who covers a broad range of matters.
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Head of Family

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Carmelita is Head of Family at Raworths. She has been accredited for a number of years as one of the few Advanced Members of the Law Society’s Family Law Specialist Panel. Carmelita is also an Advanced Member of the Resolution Specialist Family Panel. She is the only independently recognised, dual accredited advanced specialist in the area.

Carmelita’s areas of expertise include divorce, financial issues arising on a divorce or separation with particular interest in business assets and children issues.

The nature of the firm’s Family clients and the owner-managed/SME focus of the firm overall means that all members of Carmelita’s team work closely with the firm’s Commercial teams and Trusts, Wills and Estates team as personal and business affairs of our clients are often intertwined.

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  • ‘Raworths' family team offers considerable experience coupled with a genuine commitment to NCDR processes.’

    ‘Carmelita Ardren - Her considerable technical knowledge is complimented by great soft skills and client management.’

    ‘Raworths have an exceptional family team, one of the best in the region and known nationally for their expertise.’

    ‘Claire Hunter is a fantastic family lawyer. She is hardworking, dedicated and empathetic to her clients, who feel secure in her representation.’

    ‘The Raworths team are very solution focused. They're very friendly, very good with clients, and very able.’

    ‘Carmelita Ardren heads the team and is a powerhouse in Harrogate. She's very bright and able, but also down to earth and seeks to find solutions even where other parties are being difficult.’

    ‘The old adage of being big enough to cope and small enough to care is very apt for Raworths. They try wherever possible to keep matters out of court, and they’re very focused on solutions and not perpetuating arguments and animosity.’

    ‘I find Carmelita Ardren‘s approach fantastic with clients as she has a lot of experience and so able to save clients time and money by bringing that past experience forward, yet she treats every client as an individual, recognising that each case is different.’