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Michael Allum
Trainee Solicitor
Email: michael.allum@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: 020 178 5668
Fax: 020 3178 5669
Michael is a Paralegal at iFLG. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a law degree. Michael then went on to complete the Legal Practice Course and achieved a Commendation at the College of Law in Guildford, with a distinction in Family Law (2011). Michael assists solicitors at the practice with research and in client matters generally. He attends Court on a regular basis.
Patrick Parkinson AM
Consultant
Email: patrick.parkinson@sydney.edu.au
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Patrick Parkinson is a consultant at iFLG, Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and one of the world’s leading family law academics as well as an Australian solicitor. He has particular expertise on parenting after separation, relocation, child support, and complex property matters. He is special counsel at Watts McCray, Sydney and Canberra, iFLG’s associated law firm in Australia. Professor Parkinson is also a member of the Executive Council of the International Society of Family Law.
From 2004 to 2007, Professor Parkinson was Chair of the Family Law Council which advises the Australian government on family law issues. He also chaired the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support in 2004 to 2005 which led to major changes in the child support scheme. He has been a member of the NSW Child Protection Council, and was Chair of a major review of the NSW law concerning child protection which led to the enactment of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998.
He has on several occasions been invited to meet with UK Government Ministers and officials to discuss English family law reform.
Patrick is frequently invited as a speaker at national and international family law conferences. He has written extensively on family law issues
He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on family law worldwide to iFLG. His leading research into the effects on child of international families on moving across national borders is of benefit to all our clients. He is able to provide specialist support in cases that require complex legal arguments.
Patrick studied Law at the University of Oxford and did a Masters’ degree at the University of Illinois(LL.M.). He has held positions at the University of Illinois and at the University of Wales, Cardiff. In 1986 he moved to Australia to teach at the University of Sydney, and has been there ever since. He has also held visiting positions at the University of Victoria, British Columbia and the University of Florida.
In 2009 he was appointed to the Membership of the Order of Australia (AM) which is awarded for service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group. Patrick’s citation was awarded for his service to the law and to legal education, particularly in the areas of family and child protection law, as an author, through contributions to policy reform, and to the community.
Denise Carter OBE
Consultant and Head of Mediation Services
Email: denise.carter@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Denise Carter OBE is a Mediator and Head of Mediation Services at iFLG.
For the past 17 years, Denise has been the Director of reunite International Child Abduction Centre, the world’s leading non governmental organisation looking after the interests of abducted children and lobbying for improved changes in law and practice internationally
In 2000 she received an OBE for her dedication to the cause of international parental child abduction through her work with the charity
Denise is a highly experienced and hugely respected Mediator in international child disputes and particularly in the areas of parental child abduction and child relocation, covering both Hague and Non Hague States. She has worked with many of the world’s leading children law specialists including lawyers, judges and other mediators
In recent years, she has been highly innovative in the development of mediation in high conflict family cases. She has led the very successful pilot project creating a model for mediation in child abduction cases simultaneous with court proceedings. Denise has mediated successfully a number of high profile cases.
Denise has been accredited by the Legal Services Commission and can mediate in respect of publicly funded child abduction cases. As a private mediator, she is able to mediate or co-mediate in England and abroad using IT facilities to enable the mediation to continue even if one parent is abroad.
Denise continues to be an independent expert to the Hague Conference working alongside Professor William Duncan, Deputy Secretary General, and other world leading experts. She has prepared reports, undertaken research and made representations to UK and other government departments, judges and family law experts, nationally and internationally in respect of international child issues.
She has been invited to speak by governments and international non government agencies in many countries around the world. She has had particular involvement in building up protocols and inter-country arrangements for the return of abducted children with Pakistan, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East
In December 2011, Denise was one of the first mediators in the country to qualify as a Direct Consultant with Children. She can therefore meet directly with children so they may express their views in respect of the separation process of their parents and issues concerning contact and residence. Denise can bring this into her own mediations or otherwise feed back to the parents and the mediator during the mediation process itself. Denise has enhanced CRB clearance
Denise is often the first port of call for comment on international children cases by both national and international radio and television.
Denise heads the iFLG Mediation Services team which offers family dispute resolution services in mediation, early neutral evaluation, arbitration, collaborative law and out of court settlements.
Benjamin Fry
Freelance Psychotherapist and Counsellor
Email: clairewhite@benjaminfry.co.uk
Telephone: 0845 299 0 299
Fax: 020 3178 5669
Benjamin Fry is a freelance Psychotherapist and Counsellor who assists iFLG and their clients. He works with individuals, parents and families in various different ways either in respect of the breakdown of a relationship or to assist them to get through difficult periods in their lives.
All of Benjamin’s work has a unifying theme of empowering individuals to understand why they are not automatically achieving their goals. He believes in their potential and in their own ability to reach it. However sometimes something gets in the way. Benjamin can help identify this block so that a person can take action to remove it. Benjamin’s methodology follows a routine of Learning, Diagnosis and Action (find out about oneself in general, figure out how that applies specifically, and do something about it) and this recurs in every format of his work.
Benjamin is a Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Ethical Guidelines for Researching Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure for the time being in force.
Benjamin has been actively involved in the media and his professional expertise was sought in a recent BBC television series. He is also an author having written a number of self help books and audio tapes. He is also a columnist for newspapers and has written articles for magazines.
Benjamin’s website is www.benjaminfry.co.uk. If Benjamin considers some one may be best helped by referral to another specialist practitioner, he will advise accordingly.
Hannah Budd
Associate
Email: hannah.budd@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Hannah Budd is a solicitor and associate at iFLG. Having studied Law and Business Studies at Warwick University she continued her legal studies at the College of Law in Guildford.
Hannah qualified at a large firm in Surrey before joining iFLG in January 2010.
Hannah has experience of a wide range of family matters with a particular emphasis on resolving complex financial disputes, often with an international element. She also undertakes work in relation to matters concerning children including residence and contact disputes and applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
Hannah has written a number of articles for legal publications in relation to recent legal developments, including Family Law Journal and the Surrey Law Society Magazine.
She writes regularly for Jordan’s Young Lawyers Opinion Column. She has written about and lectured on the new Family Proceedings Rules 2010.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
Resolution
Lucy Loizou
Associate
Email: lucy.loizou@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Lucy is a Solicitor and Associate with iFLG. H Lucy είναι δικηγόρος και συνεταίρος με το iFLG
Lucy undertakes complex financial and children disputes. She has worked on a number of cases involving high net worth issues often involving an international element.
Lucy has acted for a number of high profile individuals and assisted in resolving their disputes swiftly and discretely. Lucy has advised clients with difficult corporate interests and has had experience of dealing with awkward partnership issues. She has experience in financial cases involving foreign trusts. Lucy also advises clients considering entering into pre-nuptial agreements and co-habitation agreements and those seeking emergency injunctions.
Her children law experience has involved issues of residence and contact as well as obtaining preventative action as necessary in the best interests of the children. Lucy has also conducted cases in which parents want either to relocate with a child out of the jurisdiction or to prevent such a relocation from taking place. Lucy has also had experience in international child abduction work in the High Court.
Lucy undertakes some of her own advocacy and obtained distinction in an advocacy training course.
Lucy has had articles published in legal journals. She has also had experience dealing with the national media.
Lucy is Cypriot and fluent Greek speaker.
H Lucy είναι δικηγόρος και συνεταίρος με το iFLG
H Lucy αναλαμβάνει τις σύνθετες οικονομικές και διαφωνίες παιδιών. Έχει εργαστεί σε διάφορες περιπτώσεις που περιλαμβάνουν τα υψηλά καθαρά άξια ζητήματα που περιλαμβάνουν συχνά ένα διεθνές στοιχείο.
H Lucy έχει ενεργήσει για διάφορα άτομα μεγάλης ακτινοβολίας και έχει βοηθήσει να επιλύσει τις διαφωνίες τους γρήγορα και ασυνεχώς. H Lucy έχει συμβουλεψει τους πελάτες με τα δύσκολα εταιρικά ενδιαφέροντα και είχε την εμπειρία τα αδέξια ζητήματα συνεργασίας. Έχει την εμπειρία σε οικονομικές περιπτώσεις που περιλαμβάνουν τις ξένες εμπιστοσύνες. Το Lucy συμβουλεύει επίσης τους πελάτες που θεωρούν στις προγαμιαίες συμφωνίες συμφωνιών και συγκατοίκησης και εκείνους που επιδιώκουν τις εντολές έκτακτης ανάγκης.
Η εμπειρία νόμου παιδιών της έχει περιλάβει τα ζητήματα της κατοικίας και της επαφής καθώς επίσης και λαμβάνοντας την προληπτική δράση όπως απαραίτητη στα συμφέροντα των παιδιών. H Lucy έχει διευθύνει επίσης περιπτώσεις στις οποίες οι γονείς θέλουν είτε να επανεντοπίσουν με ένα παιδί από την αρμοδιότητα είτε να αποτρέψουν έναν τέτοιο επανεντοπισμό από την πραγματοποίηση. H Lucy είχε επίσης την εμπειρία στη διεθνή εργασία απαγωγής παιδιών στο ανώτατο δικαστήριο.
H Lucy αναλαμβάνει μερικές από την υπεράσπιση και την αποκτηθείσα διάκρισή της σε ένα εκπαιδευτικό μάθημα υπεράσπισης.
H Lucy έχει δημοσιεύσει τα άρθρα στα νομικά περιοδικά. Είχε επίσης την εμπειρία που εξετάζει τα εθνικά μέσα.
H Lucy είναι κυπριακός και ρευστός ελληνικός ομιλητής.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
Resolution
Law Society
Founder and Past chair Surrey Young Resolution
Co-ordinator of establishing Young Resolution groups across the country
Elected member Surrey Resolution Committee
Member of Resolution’s National Membership Development Committee
Resolution
Law Society
Ιδρυτής και νέο ψήφισμα του Surrey Young Resolution
Συντονιστής της δημιουργίας των νέων ομάδων ψηφίσματος σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα
Εκλεγμένη Επιτροπή ψηφίσματος του Surrey Resolution Committee
Μέλος της εθνικής Επιτροπής ανάπτυξης ιδιότητας μέλους του ψηφίσματος
Katie Harris
Paralegal
Email: enquiries@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Katie is a Paralegal at iFLG. She assists on cases, court work and client matters. She has a First Class B.Sc degree in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has studied law and psychology. She obtained distinction in her General Diploma in Law at the College of Law in Guildford in 2011 and sits the Law Society’s Legal Practice Course exams in 2012. She has a good working knowledge of Spanish.
Rebecca Stammers
Legal Secretary
Email: rebecca.stammers@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 203 178 5669
Rebecca has 22 years’ secretarial experience gained at law practices in Central London and joined iFLG from the family department of a City Law firm.
Colette Williams
Legal Secretary
Email: colette.williams@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Colette is an experienced legal secretary. She has worked as a PA and secretary for number of specialist Family Departments in London and regional firms for the past 10 years and joined iFLG from the family department of a City Law firm.
Stuart Clark
Senior Paralegal
Email: stuart.clark@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Stuart is a senior paralegal at iFLG. He obtained a law degree and completed his Bar Vocational Course with a “Very Competent” grade at the University of Cardiff. Stuart joined iFLG in September 2009 after 3 years experience as part of the Family Law team of a City Law firm. He is an assistant to the fee earners in the practice. He undertakes research, drafts documentation and attends Court on a regular basis. He qualifies as a solicitor in August 2012
Lucy Greenwood
Partner
Email: lucy.greenwood@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Lucy Greenwood is a solicitor and partner at iFLG.
Lucy has extensive experience in cases including complex financial disputes and consequential issues concerning children arising from marital/relationship breakdown. She regularly advises on premarital agreements and cohabitation issues. Many of her cases have an international dimension.
Lucy has a broad depth of experience and knowledge in resolving family issues having specialised exclusively in the field of family law for the last 13 years.
Lucy trained at a specialist family law firm in Central London and joined iFLG as a partner from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP in September 2009.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- Resolution
- The Law Society
- The Association of Women Solicitors
- Reunite
Helen Blackburn
Partner
Email: helen.blackburn@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Helen Blackburn is a solicitor and partner at iFLG.
Helen specialises in family law concerning children and has a particular expertise in child abduction law and children cases with an international dimension (adoption, Wardship, leave to remove, Brussels IIr etc).
She is listed as a specialist in “Family:Cross-Border Child Work” in Chambers and Partners.
Helen writes for various legal journals/publications and was most recently commissioned to write an article for “Family Advocate”, the American Bar Association Family Law publication.
Helen worked in the Family Department of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP before joining iFLG as a partner in September 2009.
Specialist Appointment/Qualifications
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- Resolution
- Reunite
- The Law Society
Carolynn Usher
Partner
Email: carolynn.usher@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 203 178 5669
Carolynn is a solicitor, mediator, collaborative lawyer and partner at iFLG
Carolynn has a formidable expertise in all areas of child law.
Carolynn is a Resolution Accredited Specialist Family Lawyer (abduction and private children cases). She is a long standing member of the Resolution International Committee and Reunite Legal Advisory Panel. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP). She is a member of several child agencies including the House of Commons Working Group on child abduction and is a member of the President of the Family Division’s International Committee.
Carolynn is regularly invited to appear on TV and radio to comment on current family law issues and regularly lectures and contributes to Family Law publications/journals.
Carolynn has been a Partner and the Head of the Family Department of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP for many years and joined iFLG as a Partner in September 2009
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- Member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
- Reunite Legal Advisory Panel
- Member of the Resolution International Committee
- Member of the House of Commons Working Group on child abduction
- Member of the Lord Justice Thorpe’s International Committee
- Resolution Accredited Specialist Family Lawyer (abduction and private children cases)
- American Association of Counsel for Children.
- BAAF
- The Law Society
Carmel Brown
Trainee Solicitor
Email: carmel.brown@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Carmel is a second year trainee solicitor at iFLG. She obtained a law degree at the University of Sheffield and a distinction in her LPC. She undertakes research, drafts documentation and attends Court on a regular basis
Mandeep Gill
Solicitor
Email: mandeep.gill@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Mandeep is a solicitor at iFLG. She graduated in law from Leicester University and joins us from a large firm of solicitors in the Midlands. Although Mandeep undertakes all issues that arise in a family or relationship breakdown, her particular specialism is in international child abduction and international child contact disputes. Mandeep has had much experience in advising and acting for both Plaintiff and Defendants in Hague and Non Hague cases for a number of years.
Mandeep has worked for reunite, the leading UK charity advising parents in respect of dealing with international child abduction. Mandeep advised parents on the reunite advice line and was one of the coordinators who undertook research for the media coverage of a number of international child abduction cases. She also assisted in the collation of statistics for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and for The Department of Constitutional Affairs.
She writes regularly for Jordan’s Young Lawyers Opinion Column.
Mandeep speaks fluent Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Mandeep was previously known as Mandeep Dharmi
Lee De Maertelaere
Litigation Support Executive
Email: enquiries@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Lee is a Litigation Support Executive at iFLG. He provides general office support within the practice
Jenny Green
Associate
Email: jenny.green@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Jenny is a solicitor and associate at iFLG. She studied Law at the University of Birmingham and graduated with an LLB. Jenny then remained in Birmingham to complete her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law. Prior to her career in the law, Jenny worked at a boutique recruitment consultancy in the West End. Jenny trained at a large regional law firm in the Thames Valley and joined iFLG when she qualified as a solicitor
Jenny undertakes a wide spectrum of legal issues resulting from family and relationship breakdown. She has experience in complex areas of family finance in the Principal Registry of the Family Division and in the High Court. She also handles cases concerning contact and residence of children and applications for permission for a parent to permanently take a child to live with them abroad. Many of Jenny’s cases involve an international element.
She writes regularly for Jordan’s Young Lawyers Opinion Column and other articles
Jenny was previously known as Jenny Donaldson
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
Resolution
Catherine Evans
Legal Secretary
Email: catherine.evans@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Catherine is a very experienced PA and secretary, having worked in family law practices for a number of years.
Lorraine Pitman
Accounts Manager
Email: lorraine.pitman@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Lorraine is Head of Accounts at iFLG. She has many years experience in accounting in London and the Home Counties. Lorraine manages The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s accounts procedure within the practice. She manages any financial issues that arise for clients within the practice.
Clare Fraser
Legal Secretary
Email: clare.fraser@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Clare is a very experienced secretary. She has worked in a number of specialist Family Departments in London and regional firms for the past 12 years.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
Maria Sands
Office Manager
Email: maria.sands@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Maria is the iFLG Office Manager. She has a wealth of Office Management experience gained within large and medium sized Law Firms including within large family law departments.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
David Hodson
Partner
Email: david.hodson@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
David Hodson is a highly experienced family law dispute resolution specialist, especially involving an international element or complex assets or issues
He is a
- English solicitor (1978 and accredited 1996),
- mediator (1997),
- family arbitrator and Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) (2002),
- Deputy District Judge sitting at the High Court of the Principal Registry of the Family Division, London (1995)
- Australian (NSW) solicitor and barrister (2003) and mediator
He is a joint founder and a partner at iFLG
He is one of the world’s leading family lawyers.
David was a partner in City of London firm Theodore Goddard as head of their Family Law Department and then Frere Cholmonley Bischoff (later Eversheds). In 1995, he was joint founder of probably the world’s first metropolitan practice to combine family lawyers, mediators and counsellors and with an emphasis on a conciliatory and holistic approach. It was subsequently copied in many practices across the world. From 2003 to 2005 he worked in Sydney for a leading Sydney family law firm, requalifying as an Australian lawyer. He retains his entitlement to practice as a solicitor and barrister in Australia.
He is past chairman of the Resolution/Solicitors Family Law Association’s Financial Provision Reform Committee, Training Committee and Good Practice Committee and a founder member of its International Committee. He is a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Protocol Committee. He is a member of the Family Justice Council International Committee. He is past vice chair of the UK College of Family Mediators, the umbrella organisation for family mediation. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He is chair of the Family Law Review group of the Centre for Social Justice which in July 2009 produced a report “Every Family Matter”, a ground breaking set of major reforms of all aspects of family law, in order to support families, marriage and children. It has been well received and parts have already been endorsed by the political parties and many involved in family law. Details can be found via our Home page and www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
He is author of “Divorce Reform: a Guide for Lawyers and Mediators”, “The Business of Family Law”, “the SFLA/Resolution Guide to International Family Law” and consulting editor of “Butterworth’s Family Law in Europe”.
In May 2008, his book “Practical Aspects of International Family Law” was published by Jordans. It is probably the leading textbook on the international aspects of family law work. The second edition now entitled “The International Family Law Practicee” was published March 2012 with details available from iFLG. With Ann Thomas, he is author of “When Cupids Arrow crosses National Boundaries: A Guide for interntaional families”. Both books are available via iFLG
David also writes a weekly column for Jordan’s e-newletter on International Family Law matters, www.familylaw.co.uk under opinions
He is an Accredited Specialist (with portfolios in Substantial Assets and International Cases), a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a past trustee of Marriage Resource and a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. He is a member of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship
He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Law Commission in respect of their work on Marital Agreements, and of the Advisory Board of the Financial Services Authority on provision of information for separating and divorcing couples.
In November 2011 he was received the prestigious inaugural Jordans Family law Commentator of the Year award for his outstanding contribution to commentary on family law matters, as voted by family lawyers
David has written and spoken extensively on family law including many conferences abroad. More details are at www.davidhodson.com
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA/resolution) Good Practice Committee, past chair
- SFLA Training Committee, past chair
- SFLA Ancillary Relief Reform Committee, past chair;
- SFLA National Committee past Member (8 years)
- SFLA International Committee, founder member,
- President’s International Committee
- Chair, Family Law Review group of Centre for Social Justice
- Law Society’s Financial Provision Reform Committee and Protocol Committee, member
- SFLA Directive ADR Working Party, chair.
- UK College of Family Mediators, former elected governor and vice chair
- International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
- Marriage Resource, former trustee
- Lawyers Christian Fellowship, member and convenor of Family Law Section
- English Law Society, member
- Law Council of Australia (Family Law Section), member
- International Bar Association, member
- NSW Law Society, member
- Advisory Board, Law Commission (Marital Agreements)
- Advisory Board, Financial Services Authority (provision of information for separating and divorcing couples)
Ann Thomas
Managing Partner
Email: ann.thomas@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Ann Thomas is a solicitor, civil and family mediator, a trained collaborative lawyer and the Managing Partner at iFLG. She specialises in all aspects of family law, including complex financial issues arising from the breakdown of a relationship. She handles high net worth financial cases, often involving partnerships, companies and trusts. She regularly advises on prenuptial agreements and cohabitation issues. She is recognised as a leading international children lawyer. Many of Ann’s family cases have an international element. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the world’s leading organisation of peer elected top family lawyers dealing with international work.
She is an advanced accredited solicitor (The Law Society’s Family Law Panel).
She is a member of the lawyers network of Reunite, the leading UK charity specialising in international parental child abduction and which provides advice, information and support to parents, family members and guardians who have had a child abducted or who fear child abduction.
She is a chair of the Resolution International Committee and a past member of the London Regional Committee of Resolution (formerly known as SFLA). Ann is former chair of the Family Law Steering group of LawNet and former President and founder of the Eurojuris International Family Lawyers Practice Group whose headquarters are in Brussels. She is a member of The International Bar Association and the Institute of Directors. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
In December 2011, Ann was one of the first mediators in the countryto qualify as a Direct Consultant with Children. She can therefore meet directly with children so they may express their views in respect of the separation process of their parents and issues concerning contact and residence. Ann can bring this into her own mediations or otherwise feed back to the parents and the mediator during the mediation process itself. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Ann was a teacher for a number of years and a pastoral Head of children aged between 8 and 18 years. She has enhanced CRB clearance
She has written a number of articles on the recent developments in family law and has also presented seminars on international aspects of family law in this country and in other European countries. Ann also regularly lectures to the legal profession both in this country and abroad. She has recently been involved in training family Judges in Serbia in the Hague Convention and international family law. She attended the Australian family lawyers conference in Perth in October 2006 and Adelaide in April 2008.
Ann is often asked by the media to comment on topical issues in family law. She has been in a number of high profile reported cases.
She has been Partner and Head of the Family Department of a Mayfair firm and previously was Head of Department at a large regional firm in Cambridge.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- The Law Society’s Family Law Panel (Advanced Accreditation)
- Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- The International Bar Association
- The Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA)
- Former Chair of the Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) International Committee
- Former member of Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) London Regional Committee
- Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) Family Mediator
- Former Chair of LawNet Family Lawyers Group
- Former Chair Eurojuris International Family Lawyers Group
- The Scottish Family Law Association
- The Institute of Directors
- International Academy of Collaborative Lawyers
- Law Council of Australia, Family Law Section
