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Mandeep Dhami
Solicitor
Email: mandeep.dhami@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 8668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 8669
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.
Mandeep speaks fluent Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
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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 iFLG’s Litigation Support Executive. He provides general office support within the practice
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Adam Paterson
Paralegal
Email: adam.paterson@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Adam is a paralegal at iFLG. He obtained a law degree at the University of Essex. He is an assistant to the fee earners in the practice. He undertakes research, drafts documentation and attends Court on a regular basis.
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Jenny Donaldson
Solicitor
Email: jenny.donaldson@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Jenny is a solicitor at iFLG. Having grown up in Surrey, she decided to head north to university and studied Law at the University of Birmingham. After graduating, she stayed in Birmingham to complete her LPC at the College of Law.
She then moved to London and worked at a boutique recruitment consultancy in the West End.
In 2006, she started her training contract at a large regional firm and having finished her training, joined iFLG as a newly qualified solicitor
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Leigh Dunkley
Secretary and litigation support
Email: leigh.dunkley@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Leigh is an experienced family law secretary. Leigh has worked in a number of specialist family law departments in London and in Essex for over 4 years.
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Jay Shah
Head of Accounts
Email: enquiries@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Jay is Head of Accounts at iFLG. Jay has many years experience in accounting in London and the Home Counties. Jay manages The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s accounts procedure within the practice. He, together with Sue Deacon, manage any financial issues that arise for clients within the practice.
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Charlotte Hanham
Solicitor
Email: charlotte.hanham@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Charlotte Hanham is a solicitor at iFLG. She graduated from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), in 2003. She then completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Diploma in Legal Practice at the College of Law in London. Charlotte joined iFLG as a newly qualified lawyer after completing her training at a leading niche family law firm in Highgate and working at a large Surrey law firm.
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Clare Fraser
Secretary and litigation support
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 10 years.
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Punam Denley
Partner
Email: punam.denley@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Punam Denley is a solicitor and a partner at iFLG. She is also a trained mediator and collaborative lawyer.
Punam 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 deals with international children work, and many of her cases have cross-jurisdictional elements.
She is a regular lecturer, presenter and speaker at training events for other professionals and a frequent contributor to various professional journals. She is a contributor to a book on family law published by the Law Society and Resolution, the association for family solicitors, called the ‘Resolution Family Law Handbook’.
Memberships include the Institute of Directors, Liberty, Reunite, the Law Society’s Family Law Panel, and Resolution. She sits on Resolution’s Child Support Committee, and is in the process of responding to current legislative proposals put forward by the government. She has also presented the Committee’s view to Members of Parliament, and attended parliamentary and other events in connection with future legislation. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
She has practised in a niche family law firm in London as well as in Reading prior to joining iFLG as a partner in 2007.
Specialist Appointments/Qualifications
- The Law Society’s Family Law Panel
- The Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA)
- Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) Children Committee
- Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) Child Support Committee
- ADR Family Mediator
- The Institute of Directors
- Resolution (formerly known as the SFLA) Collaborative Lawyer
- Reunite
- Liberty
- The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
- London Collaborative Lawyers Group
Susan Deacon
Legal Services Manager
Email: sue.deacon@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: +44 (0)203 178 5668
Fax: +44 (0)203 178 5669
Susan is the iFLG Legal Services manager, with experience of Law firms in London and the East Midlands.
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David Hodson
Consultant
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 (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 consultant in iFLG and also runs his own practice, Panorama Legal Services.
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. 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 in Australia.
He is past chairman of the 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 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” is published by Jordans.
He is a SFLA 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 member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. He is a member of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship
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 and continuing member,
- President’s International Committee
- 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
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 senior 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.
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)
- The International Bar Association
- The Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA)
- 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
