Firms To Watch: Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Gunnercooke LLP‘s family offering in Leeds is led by Siddique Patel, and specialises in Islamic marriage.
Caroline Watson and Peter Morris, both formerly of Shoosmiths LLP, formed Watson Morris Family Law in 2022. The firm combines legal knowledge with access to in-house life coaches.

Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire in Yorkshire And The Humber

Clarion

Clarion’s ‘absolutely phenomenal’ family team in Leeds is led by Justine Osmotherley, and works across complex financial and children cases. It has particular expertise serving business owners and professionals, including pre- and post-nuptial agreements. The team’s children work includes relocation, findings of fact and a notable focus on surrogacy work and key practitioner Sarah Manning is a trained mediator, which supports the team’s ‘real emphasis on alternatives’ to court. Jane Ingleby is also recommended.

Praxisleiter:

Justine Osmotherley; Jane Ingleby


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Siobhan Jeffels; Stephanie Douthwaite; Sarah Manning; Charlotte Davies; Bronwyn Warmington; Grace Parker.


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‘Clarion has a well regarded family team with a wealth of experience and expertise.’

‘I have known Siobhan Jeffels since before she qualified. She stood out then, and she stands out now. She is bright and personable – a very able family lawyer who quickly understands the issues and works hard to resolve them for the benefit of the client, all without the ego which can so often get in the way of getting the most cost-effective outcome for clients.’

‘Justine Osmotherley is an intelligent and pragmatic family lawyer with enormous experience of family law.’

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Jones Myers Ltd

Jones Myers Ltd’s family team works across York, Harrogate and Leeds. Richard Peaker, managing partner, leads the divorce and financial remedies team, which specialises in work for company owners, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and their spouses. Kate Banerjee, a founding member of Lawyers for Children, leads the children department, which has a notably high success rate in international child abduction matters. All children’s department team members are Society Children Panel members and Anthony Parrish has particular strength regarding child abduction, while the ‘exceptionalNicki Mitchell leads the divorce and financial remedies offering from the firm’s York office.

Praxisleiter:

Richard Peaker; Kate Banerjee; Nicki Mitchell


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Anthony Parrish; Laura Walsh


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‘Good knowledge of the law in our specific area of practice. Clear jargon free advice and explanations. Experienced and enthusiastic practitioners.’

‘Jones Myers are a friendly, approachable team who are professional while remaining personable. They have a number of very experienced practitioners in private and public family law, who always strive to get the best outcome for their clients.’

‘Laura Walsh is approachable and child focused, always remaining on top of each case to avoid drift. I am instructed by Laura Walsh on a number of matters and she is supportive and always available to discuss the case, we work in a collaborative way to ensure the best outcome for the client.’

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Lake Legal

Gold standardLyn Ayrton leads the family team at boutique Leeds firm Lake Legal, and is also qualified as an arbitrator. The team works across all areas of private family law, with a focus on complex cases involving business and trust assets, cross-jurisdictional cases, and children-related finding of fact hearings. In addition, the team has expertise regarding high-value pre- and post-nuptial agreements. The team demonstrates a commitment to alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration, mediation and direct discussions. Clare Glaister specialises in high-net-worth financial settlements, and alongside Ayrton, forms ‘a formidable team’.

Praxisleiter:

Lyn Ayrton


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Claire Glaister; Hollie Burnett


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‘A niche practice with a superb blend of legal knowledge, true client care and pragmatism.’

‘Very warm and welcoming, which is a benefit when clients are going through distressful and difficult times.’

‘Lyn Ayrton is pragmatic and confident. Very approachable but business-like too.’

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Mills & Reeve LLP

Philip Way leads the family department at Mills & Reeve LLP in Leeds. The team has particular experience regarding complex financial agreements, including multi-jurisdictional disputes; pensions and trusts – both domestic and international – and marital agreements. With assistance from the wider firm nationally, the team is able to offer support from a network of arbitrators, mediators and collaborative lawyers. Claudia Gilham specialises in domestic and international financial remedy cases, including pre- and post-marital agreements. Ellen Wilkinson is ‘one to watch’, with notable expertise in children disputes and national fertility law work.

Praxisleiter:

Philip Way


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Claudia Gilham; Ellen Wilkinson; Nicola Criscione


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‘The Leeds team is good combination of great experience and younger fresh enthusiasm both of which are well combined to provide excellent advice and support to clients.’

‘Claudia Gilham – she is committed to her clients in a way that makes them feel completely supported but which does not lose sight of giving them sensible and pragmatic advice. She thinks through every case in detail and has views about strategy in the long and short that she will debate with counsel and partners to ensure that no stone is left unturned in order to get the best outcome for her client.’

‘Ellen Wilkinson is in the early stages of her career and is showing great promise in her ability to analyse cases and give clear advice to clients. She is one to watch.’

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Stewarts Law LLP

Stewarts Law LLP’s Leeds team focuses exclusively on high-value disputes. The team is able to draw on expertise from its London office to support clients. Adrian Clossick leads the team and is well versed in working with offshore assets, Lisette Dupré brings specialist expertise regarding complex international matters with multi-jurisdictional aspects and Ellie Hampson-JonesJenny Bowden and Sarah Harvey are also recommended.

Praxisleiter:

Adrian Clossick


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Lisette Dupré; Ellie Hampson-Jones; Jenny Bowden; Sarah Harvey.


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‘They deliver what they say/claim will deliver. Doing so whilst maintaining thorough communication and updates. Also, no unnecessary charges.’

‘Adrian Clossick’s knowledge of the law is second to none and Sarah Harvey was a pleasure to work with.’

‘I typically work with Lisette Dupré from this team. She is extremely insightful and has vast experience in international cases. Clients enjoy her level-headedness and how reactive she is.’

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Berwins

Berwins’ family team in Harrogate is led by Danielle Day, a full-service divorce and collaborative lawyer. The team specialises in collaborative family law, with particular experience in working with multi-property owners, and clients whose cases involve cross-jurisdictional elements. Director Stephen Root’s practice includes complex financial matters, pension provisions and Inheritance Act claims.

Praxisleiter:

Danielle Day


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Stephen Root; William Kaye; Emma Lees.


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‘Apart from being very nice people to work with, there is a very strong team spirit at Berwins, almost a family feel.’

‘It is clear that as a firm and as individuals, they place the client at the centre of everything they do.’

‘There is a strong spirit of collaboration, and they look to build creative and effective solutions which generate the best outcomes for clients.’

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Blacks Solicitors LLP

Ann Robinson leads the family team at Blacks Solicitors LLP in Leeds. The team has particular experience regarding complex financial remedy work, involving businesses, properties, pensions, and cases with cross-jurisdictional elements. It exclusively deals with privately funded family matters. Clients appreciate the firm’s cross-departmental offerings, with support available from the corporate and commercial, residential property, and wills and probate departments.

Praxisleiter:

Ann Robinson


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Paul Lancaster; Josie Kirk; Andrew Foulds


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‘Blacks has very talented lawyers, who are very quick to cross-refer other practitioners in other teams to help with issues. It is comforting to know that their team is so collaborative and that you are going to get a holistic solution to your issues, even when they don’t all sit neatly in one department. They are also friendly, knowledgeable people with lovely offices that are centrally located in Leeds.’

‘Andrew Foulds was strategic, compassionate and incredibly helpful, and working with him, we were able to achieve a resolution with our father that we couldn’t have imagined previously.’

‘The Blacks team are very human and understand the needs of clients. They regularly ensure that all available legal options are explained and reasonable adjustments to support are put in place to help clients though their case.’

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Consilia Legal

Consilia Legal’s family team across Leeds and Harrogate is made up of accredited mediators and family solicitors. Director and co-founder Laura Clapton is trained as a direct child consultant, able to speak to children as part of the mediation process, and as a hybrid mediator. The firm is dedicated to offering alternative dispute resolution solutions to clients, including through an online mediation service. It has notable experience of dealing with complex Children Act proceedings, including cases regarding parental alienation and coercive control. In addition, the team particular strength regarding overseas assets, pensions, and complex business structures. Sandeep Sandhu has extensive experience regarding intervener cases.

Praxisleiter:

Laura Clapton


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Sandeep Sandhu


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Harrogate Family Law

Andrew Meehan leads the team of ‘dedicated experts’ at Harrogate Family Law. The team specialises in matters involving coercive control and domestic abuse, with expertise regarding financial remedy arising from divorce. It also advises on pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and on children matters. Laura Mounsey has particular expertise regarding domestic abuse matters and Emma Doughty supports clients in complex divorce cases and pensions matters.

Praxisleiter:

Andrew Meehan


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Laura Mounsey; Charlotte Carroll; Emma Doughty; Carol Jessop


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‘Excellent and committed service to clients with a real attention to detail and achieving the best possible outcomes.’

‘Dedicated experts, who pull together for their clients, leaving no stone unturned.’ 

‘Carol Jessop shines with wisdom and strength in complex cases, Laura Mounseyis a savvy strategist, Emma Doughty and Charlotte Carroll show unrivalled understanding and insight in serious child arrangement cases.’

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Irwin Mitchell

'A dedicated team who have a national presence’, the Leeds office of Irwin Mitchell is led by Helen Revill, who brings expertise regarding complex financial issues for high-net-worth clients, with particular strength regarding pre- and post-nuptial agreements. The team also has access to the firm’s wider national experts, and clients benefit from its full-service offering. Senior associate Scott Halliday is ‘an expert’ regarding LGBT+ family law, an area which in which the firm has notable experience, and is the national head of the firm’s complex children law team.

Praxisleiter:

Helen Revill


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Scott Halliday; Roopen Kalirai; April Wood


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‘Scott Halliday is a fantastic lawyer. He has a great legal brain and is an expert in his field. His cases are at the forefront of family law.’

‘Extremely capable family team which operates at London Magic Circle level whilst delivering that service nationally.’

‘Scott Halliday is at the forefront of all of the cutting-edge cases concerning LGBTQ families. Exceptional knowledge on the rights of LGBTQ parents.’

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Raworths

The ‘extremely capable and dedicatedCarmelita Ardren leads the family team at Raworths in Harrogate. The team is made up entirely of members of Resolution, and three are trained as collaborative lawyers, demonstrating the firm's dedication to constructive solutions for clients. It is experienced in complex businesses, agricultural matters, pensions and trust assets, both nationally and internationally. Legal director Ellie Foster has particular experience regarding English pension sharing orders after overseas divorce.

Praxisleiter:

Carmelita Ardren


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Ellie Foster; Joanna Lofthouse; Claire Hunter


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‘The leading practice in Harrogate.’

‘Carmelita Ardren is very practical; an empathetic solicitor.’

‘Quality, first-class firm for medium to high-value clients. Led by Carmelita who has great sound judgment, wonderful people skills and great client service and attention to detail across the whole spectrum of family law.’

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Stowe Family Law LLP

Stowe Family Law LLP operate out of 10 locations across Yorkshire, headed by Julian Hawkhead, Rachel Roberts and Sarah Barr-Young in Leeds, and Chris Birch in Beverley and nationally, the firm has over 60 offices. The team conducts a range of family law work, from complex financial remedy work to contentious children cases. It has experience of working on cases involving abuse, parental alienation, narcissism and complex Children Act issues. Clients benefit from access to the firm’s in-house forensic accountancy team.

Praxisleiter:

Julian Hawkhead; Rachel Roberts; Chris Birch; Sarah Barr-Young


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Angela Sussens; Kate Sarsfield; Debbie Heald; Shanika Varga; Katie Kilburn; Hannah Ross


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‘Angela Sussens and Kate Sarsfield are highly skilled practitioners with thorough knowledge and sensitivity.’

‘The team at Stowe are incredibly professional and apply a “can do” attitude to problem solving.’

‘Angela Sussens is a consummate professional who cares deeply about the wellbeing and aims of her clients.’

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Duncan Lewis Solicitors

The family team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors is led by Abbid Majeed in Bradford, and Meena Kumari in Manchester. The team has experience across a range of family law matters, including matrimonial and divorce issues, alongside private, public and cross-border children work. It has particular expertise regarding forced marriage protection orders, female genital mutilation cases, and international child abduction cases. The firm's strength in culturally complex cases has led to its appointment to the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit. Talat Manir has particular experience regarding children law, including situations involving vulnerable clients.

Praxisleiter:

Abbid Majeed; Meena Kumari


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Talat Manir; Sophia Hussain.


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‘Duncan Lewis provided an exceptional service in assisting me with a legal matter.’

‘The team is extremely professional, highly knowledgeable and puts people at the centre.’

‘Throughout my entire process, I have felt in safe hands and listened to.’

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  • Represented a mother, who had been subject to domestic abuse, and obtained a Non-Molestation Order and Prohibited Steps Order.

Freeths LLP

Freeths LLP’s Leeds-based team is led by director Mark Heppinstall. The team is experienced in working with business owners and those with agricultural and multiple property interests, carrying out family work from financial remedy cases to children disputes. Its children work typically involves complex situations such as parental investigation and alienation. As part of a full-service firm, the team is able to refer clients for support regarding employment, tax, trusts and estate planning concerns.

Praxisleiter:

Mark Heppinstall


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Sarah Scullion


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‘Mark Heppinstall is an excellent solicitor. I have known him for many years and I find him very knowledgeable and thorough.’

‘Mark Heppinstall is extremely down to earth and not confrontational in any way. He works hard to find a solution.’

‘Sarah Scullion has been a very good and astute addition to the team at Freeths. She shows great expertise as a more junior solicitor and is collaboratively trained. It is clear that he has a real knack for family law. Her client care skills are excellent.’

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Harrowells Solicitors

Amy Foweather leads the family team at Harrowells Solicitors in York. The team has particular strength regarding agricultural and farming family work, including notable experience dealing with complex farming divorce cases. It also has expertise regarding contentious children cases involving allegations of parental alienation. Emma Walker works out of Pocklington and Thirsk, and is highly recommended.

Praxisleiter:

Amy Foweather


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Emma Walker


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‘Harrowells Pocklington is accessible to its clients, it is local, professional and their strengths include being friendly and approachable and understanding of clients’ needs.’

‘The team at Harrowells were all really responsive, reactive and understanding.’

‘Each individual I dealt with was polite and friendly, knowledgeable and highly responsive. If they said they’d get back to you, they did and kept me informed along the way of delays etc.’

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LCF Law

The LCF Law team works across Bradford, Harrogate and Ilkley and is led by Rachel Spencer Robb. The team has experience across matrimonial and childrens law, and acts for a range of clients, including family businesses and vulnerable children. Clients benefit from access to the firm’s range of departments including probate and commercial, and the team’s ‘solutions-based approach’. Collaborative law is a priority across the team, and both Spencer-Robb and Rachel Baul are trained mediators.

Praxisleiter:

Rachel Spencer-Robb


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Rachel Baul; Harjit Rait; Simon Stell


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‘Well-established, mainly Leeds-based firm with two very experienced and competent lawyers in the family team.’

‘Both Rachel Spencer-Robb and Rachel Baul are highly thought of, practical family lawyers.’

‘A solutions-based approach is taken, and the team has great legal knowledge.’

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Lupton Fawcett

The family team at Lupton Fawcett is led by Christopher Burns in Leeds, while Andrew Smith heads the York team. The team provides clients with a range of support, from traditional legal solutions to collaborative law where appropriate. Its workload includes advising on financial provision after relationship breakdown, and the team also offers expertise on the impact of separation on security, tax, pensions, companies and trusts. In addition, the team has notable strength in complex cross-jurisdictional children cases. Senior solicitor Richard Buckley is a trained mediator.

Praxisleiter:

Christopher Burns


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Andrew Smith; Richard Buckley; Emma Rennison


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‘The team at Lupton Fawcett have their client’s interests at the forefront of everything they do. They combine efficiency with a very high standard of client care.’

‘Christopher Burns is particularly impressive. His legal knowledge and commitment to his clients is second to none in Yorkshire.’

‘The Lupton Fawcett Family Team in Christopher Burns and Andrew Smith make an impact all over Yorkshire with offices in Leeds, Sheffield and York. They have evolved into mainly doing private client family work, which they invariably source and serve themselves.’

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McCormicks

The ‘fast-paced and accurate’ family team at McCormicks in Harrogate is led by managing partner Stephen Hopwood. The team includes Resolution members, and is committed to early negotiation and resolution for clients. Clients benefit from distinct experts in finance, domestic abuse and children law across the team. Its workload includes financial remedy after separation in situations involving businesses and multiple properties; additionally, the team has experience in children law cases involving domestic abuse and criminal allegations.

Praxisleiter:

Stephen Hopwood


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‘The team at McCormicks are very fast-paced and accurate.’

‘They provide pragmatic advice and do not do work just for a fee.’

‘They have long-term, well-thought-out strategies and stick to them.’

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  • Advised a husband whose properties are held in family trusts, including gaming land.
  • Advised a wife in financial proceedings who had been subject to controlling and coercive behaviour.
  • Advised a mother about a children matter who had been subject to an abusive relationship.

Ramsdens Solicitors LLP

Ramsdens Solicitors LLP's family team is led by Helen Thewlis, who has notable expertise in complex ancillary proceedings, and ‘top-class’ head of care Joanne Coen. It advises on a range of matters, from asset division disputes in relationship dissolution to pre- and post-nuptial agreements, alongside extensive experience in children cases. The firm recently launched an emergency protection domestic abuse team, led by Wakefield senior associate Rebecca Sergeant  and it operates out of 12 offices across Yorkshire, including Leeds, York, Huddersfield and Wakefield.

Praxisleiter:

Joanne Coen; Helen Thewlis


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Vikki Horspool; Rebecca Sergeant


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‘Clear advice and balanced and effective representation of children and young people. Confidence in the specific area of law.’

‘Prompt responses. Confident, well-informed and balanced advice offered in a clear and understandable manner.’

‘A team that oozes quality from every branch office in its empire. Doing important work in relation to the safeguarding and protection of children throughout the county.’

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Ridley & Hall

Emma Hopkins Jones leads the Leeds family team for Ridley & Hall, while James Cook heads up the Huddersfield office alongside Vicky Medd, who also heads the Barnsley team and the firm also works out of Pontefract. Alongside broad work regarding financial remedy after divorce, the team has a particular focus on advising women in such financial relief cases. This is complemented by the team’s domestic abuse expertise. The team has notable expertise regarding grandparents and kinship carers in children cases, for which Nigel Priestley was awarded an MBE in 2021.

Praxisleiter:

Emma Hopkins; James Cook; Vicky Medd


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Nigel Priestley; Karen Roberts; Clare Linden; Helen Moody; Sarah Brown; Michelle Silcox; Shelley Harper.


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‘Throughout my divorce, I have worked closely with Emma Hopkins-Jones. She has been a wise, patient and compassionate counsel. My focus has been on fairness and resolution, and she has regularly reminded me of decisions I have made and sought to explain the implications.’

‘Vicky Medd dealt with my divorce and from the minute I met her I knew she would be perfect. She was very understanding and drew on her own personal experiences to make me feel more at ease.’

‘The firm’s knowledge and understanding of issues relating to kinship care is second to none. The firm will also go above and beyond for kinship carers, offering free advice when they can.’

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Silk Family Law

The ‘strong team of skilled practitioners’ at Silk Family Law is led by Margaret Simpson. The team provide clients a depth of experience across family law, including financial issues, divorce and separation, and children cases. It has particular experience regarding complex financial remedy on separation, including Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act cases. In-house barrister Ian Kennerley is also a key member of the team.

Praxisleiter:

Margaret Simpson


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Ian Kennerley; Matthew Miles


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‘Silk Family Law are a specialist firm of matrimonial and family lawyers who have a strong team of skilled practitioners with experience of complex cases particularly involving high value properties, farms/estates and residential/commercial properties.’

‘The company adopts a very proactive and diligent approach to their cases in our experience.’

‘Strong knowledge base and extensive experience of property and legal matters.’

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Ward Hadaway LLP

The family team at Ward Hadaway LLP in Leeds is co-led by Andrea Dyer, an expert on multi-jurisdictional financial disputes, including the protection of inherited wealth, and David Lister, who offers the ‘one lawyer, two clients’ divorce model. The team is made up of Resolution members, and clients benefit from access to the wider expertise within the firm – notably, corporate, agriculture, tax and property teams. It has particular strength working with vulnerable clients, including those with mental and physical health concerns.

Praxisleiter:

Andrea Dyer; David Lister


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Ella Dodgson


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Weightmans LLP

Weightmans LLP’s family offering in Leeds is led by the Manchester-based Emma Collins. The team has particular experience regarding pre- and post-nuptial agreements, financial remedies involving inherited wealth, and digital / crypto assets. It also has notable expertise regarding children work, including international abduction cases. Antony Ball leads the firm’s national mediation practice and Lucy Phipps joined the team in November 2022 from Harrowells Solicitors.

Praxisleiter:

Emma Collins


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Antony Ball; Lucy Phipps


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‘The Weightmans team is very highly regarded in Leeds and beyond. Being part of a firm with a significant nationwide reputation means that it is able to draw on the strengths of other departments, which is of significant advantage to clients.’

‘Lucy Phipps is a very impressive family practitioner. She pursues her client’s cases with tenacity and vigour, and clients are in no doubt that they are in very capable hands.’

‘Weightmans are a professional but caring firm that in a situation of a divorce have an abundance of knowledge to help clients in all situations.’

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Winston Solicitors

Winston Solicitors‘ family team is led by the ‘highly accomplishedTeresa Davidson in Leeds. The team advises on a range of family work, including pre- and post-nuptial agreements, civil partnerships, child arrangements and injunctive and emergency relief. Clients benefit from the firm’s wider teams regarding will and tax advice. Sidraa Razaq supports clients in relation to Islamic divorces, while Harriet Reid has expertise regarding family businesses and farming divorces.

Praxisleiter:

Teresa Davidson


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Harriet Reid; Sidraa Razaq


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‘Winston Solicitors have the gems of the Northern matrimonial finance world. Though the family team has only been set up in recent years, they have strength and depth of experience. They are the absolute go-to team.’

‘Teresa Davidson offers expertise, judgment and warmth. She is everything you want in a matrimonial solicitor.’

‘Teresa Davidson – highly accomplished lawyer, able to draw on her vast experience in matrimonial finance cases.’

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Austin Kemp

Amandeep Kooner leads the family team at Austin Kemp in Leeds. The team focuses on all aspects of family law, including financial remedies, divorce and dissolution, international divorce and cohabitation agreements alongside children work. The Leeds team is supported by colleagues in Manchester and London. It prioritises individual client care at all levels.

Praxisleiter:

Amandeep Kooner


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Chadwick Lawrence LLP Solicitors

Sarah Power leads the family team at Chadwick Lawrence LLP Solicitors across Huddersfield and Leeds. The team has experience of the financial consequences arising from divorce, complex children work, including situations of abuse, and it acts for high-profile clients.

Praxisleiter:

Sarah Power


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Joanne Jones; Emily Bird; Angela Thorp.


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‘Sarah Power, undoubted technical expertise partnered with great kindness, compassion and candid advice. A very calming influence throughout an extremely turbulent time for me. A wonderful human being who just happens to be pretty amazing at law too.’

‘The family law team at Chadwick Lawrence LLP are excellent. Solicitor Sarah Powers specifically is outstanding in getting to grips with complex and challenging family law matters. Her personal and professional approach make working together very simple and easy.’

‘Partner Sarah Powers is outstanding. Sarah takes her job very seriously and is great at making the client feel comfortable in what is inevitably a highly emotional area of law (e.g Children Act Matters). Sarah goes above and beyond what any client would expect from a solicitor.’

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Emsleys Solicitors Limited

Rosaline Blaza leads the Emsleys Solicitors Limited family team in Leeds. Its workload includes financial remedies following relationship dissolution, intervenors, emergency freezing orders and Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act applications. Anna Barnard specialises in legal aid for children and Domestic Abuse Act matters, and supports Polish-language clients.

Praxisleiter:

Rosalind Blaza


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Anna Barnard


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‘They are willing to take time to explain everything to you, if a particular member of the team is unable to answer a question for you then they swiftly put you in touch with the correct person or department.’

‘Their personal touch and empathy and a willingness to listen and advise correctly as a result of listening to what you may need help with.’

‘Efficient staff, including family team members and wills department.’

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Simpson Millar LLP

Patricia Cannon leads the childcare proceedings team at Simpson Millar LLP in Leeds, and also heads up the firm’s public law family department nationally. The team deals with complex public law childcare cases involving vulnerable clients, and has substantial experience working with local authorities. Additionally, it has notable experience regarding adoption matters and special guardianship orders.

Praxisleiter:

Patricia Cannon


Weitere Kernanwälte:

Lidia Foster


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‘The team is small but very experienced. They work very hard for their clients. They work collaboratively, the sense of team work is evident.’

‘Partner Patricia Cannon has a wealth of knowledge and experience that she is always happy to share with her team. She is supportive of her team and is very client focused.’

‘This is a strong, national team, headed up by the excellent Patricia Cannon. The team has strength and depth of experience, and the client care standards are second to none.’

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