Weightmans LLP

Tania Derrett-Smith, who handles the financial aspects of relationship breakdowns and disputes over child arrangements, leads Weightmans LLP’s Birmingham-based family offering, supported by Rupa Parekh, whose broad remit encompasses high-net-worth financial remedy and wealth protection agreements. Trained in collaborative law and other ADR methods and well-versed across the full spectrum of private family law matters, the team is equipped to handle disputes involving cross-border assets as well as issues of capacity, abuse, and coercive control. Mike Follis arrived in November of 2024, bringing over 40 years of experience to the practice.