Representing a father applying to enforce a contact order to ensure that he could see his child regularly. Successfully succeeded in securing extensive regular visits by agreement.

Successfully defended the father against serious sexual allegations in a remote hearing over several days.

Represented the wife in a private arbitration trial. The husband was ordered to make substantial financial provision for the wife.

Represented the wife in a remote financial dispute resolution hearing  and despite a high level of disagreement we were finally able to reach a settlement after the court has concluded the hearing but before further costs were incurred.

My client and her former husband were unable to agree how their daughter’s time should be divided between them. I was involved in a number of complex court hearings were the court was asked to consider how the child’s needs could best be met where her parents lived some distance apart. We were able to put together a complex arrangement that minimised the disruption for the child and allowed her to divide her time fairly equally between her parents.

My client had been looking after his 2 young children for a number of years after their mother moved out. Unexpectedly she applied to the court for an order that they moved to live with her. The mother’s application was initially supported by the court welfare officer. Following a trial where the mother pursued her claim for the children to live with her the court made an order that they should stay living with my client.

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My client has not been able to see his baby daughter for 10 months because her mother was preventing all contact. I obtained an order that reinstated contact and that will allow father and daughter to spend extended periods of time together.

My client put money into properties that were registered in his brother’s name. His sister-in-law made a claim that would have deprived my client of his life savings. After a trial where a number of witnesses gave evidence that supported my clients case I was able to negotiate an agreement that meant my client kept all his interest in the properties.

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My elderly clients have invested substantial sums over many years in property that is held in their son’s name but which was always intended to provide for them in their old age. I was asked to consider all the documentation that supports their case and to draft applications to the court to help them to ensure that they keep their assets.

Represented a wife who’s husband was seeking an order that would have forced her to sell her home after a very short marriage where he made limited financial contributions. I obtained an order that provided for my client to make a small payment to her husband that meant she could keep her home. Her husband’s application for leave to appeal was unsuccessful.

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Advising a client who has reached a very poor agreement during mediation about the steps she might take to vary that agreement.

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My client believed that her husband was hiding assets and lying about his income. I represented my client at a complex hearing where the court was asked to consider if her husband should be sent to prison for breaching court orders. We successfully obtained orders that forced him to provide full details about his finances.

My client was looking caring for a child after the tragic death of her mother. The child wanted to stay living with my client and was under pressure to move to live with her father.  With my assistance the  maternal family who were finally granted an order that allowed a child to stay living with her  them and to see her father without moving to live with him.

My client’s long civil partnership has ended leaving him in a very vulnerable financial position and needing to  make claims against his former partner for capital and income. I was asked to advise him about what he might expect to receive, to draft papers for him and to represent him at court.

Video conference with a client overseas to advise her on how to apply for a divorce in England and giving her information about her financial claims against her husband.