Laura is a specialist family law barrister with a busy practice encompassing divorce, matrimonial finance and private and public law children work who strives to obtain the best outcome for clients in each and every case.
Laura offers robust, practical and remedy-based advice and representation. Level-headed and focused on ensuring a good outcome. Laura is known for being candid with clients about their cases and prospects of success while applying her experience and expertise to fight their corner tenaciously in court. Laura maintains a deliberate balance in her practice between financial remedies proceedings and Children Act matters.
Laura undertakes all areas of matrimonial finance work including applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989; dealing with parties who have modest assets, as well as those with high value assets or more complex assets in multiple jurisdictions or company structures. Laura also advises on the consequences of inheritance and the likely impact on the divorce settlement ordered by the court. Laura advises regularly in respect of without prejudice offers that should be made to the other side in the lead-up to financial dispute resolution or the final hearing, in an effort to save time, stress and cost for clients.
Laura represents clients in private law children applications including Child Arrangements Orders, Prohibited Steps Order and Specific Issue Order applications, internal relocation and change of surname. She is regularly instructed to represent clients where there have been serious allegations of violence, sexual offences, parental alienation and intractable contact disputes and often where a Guardian has been appointed for the children.
Laura is qualified to accept instructions directly from members of the public.
Tel: 01245 605040