Chambers Review
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Family/Matrimonial - North West
What the Team is Known For
Brabners offers well-regarded family teams in both Liverpool and Manchester with expertise in financial remedy cases and the negotiation of nuptial agreements. The firm frequently represents high net worth individuals and professional sportspeople in matters that involve complex business or trust structures, or international elements. Brabners also advises on private law children matters, including cases involving relocation and abduction issues, and regularly works with the firm's private client team.
Strengths
The team has an extremely high skill set across the family team, especially in relation to complex and multi-jurisdictional children matters.
They were robust around the red lines, but they always sought to achieve our overall aims in a cordial and amicable manner in order to keep things progressing positively.
Brabners provide a high-quality client care service.
Brabners give the best client service; there is no one better.
They are certainly top-tier in Manchester and the North West region.
Notable practitioners
Helen Marriott is based in Liverpool and has a strong reputation for her work representing high net worth individuals in divorce proceedings and other financial disputes.
Helen has deep experience, including with emotionally fraught situations and conversations.
Helen is extremely capable, organised and knowledgeable, while also being pragmatic and very down to earth.
Cara Nuttall centres her practice on children work, with experience handling difficult international abduction and relocation cases. She also has niche expertise in matters relating to fertility procedures and surrogacy.
Cara is the go-to person for complex children's work with jurisdictional complications. Her reputation is hard-won and well deserved.
Cara is forensic and thorough; if I needed to create a dream team from scratch, she would be in it.
She is phenomenally knowledgeable about surrogacy and modern family work.
Cara is phenomenally knowledgeable about surrogacy and modern family work. She is probably the Rolls-Royce solicitor for private surrogacy matters.
Her expertise in children matters is second to none.
Amy Harris has notable expertise in financial remedy proceedings for individuals with high-value and complex assets.
Amy has a fabulous reputation around Manchester. She is practical, methodical and very pleasant to deal with.
Amy is very personable and client-focused. She has also built an extremely competent team.
Hannah Saxe has notable expertise in children matters, including experience advising on adoption and surrogacy cases.
Leanne Instrall has notable experience representing clients in financial remedy proceedings and private law children matters. She is based in the firm's Manchester office.
Leanne is excellent; she is highly experienced in her knowledge of the law, very commercial in her approach and she provides really clear communication.
Leanne knows the cases back to front and she gives good advice to the client. She treads that path of being collaborative, but also being able to be more litigious when needed.
Leanne was very clear, proactive and gave me every confidence in her advice.
Jo-Anna Jellings is based in Manchester and has growing experience in handling a range of complex children law and matrimonial financial matters. She also has specialist knowledge of fertility law.
I can't recommend her enough; she will cut through a lot of the excess, and her level of client service is really excellent.
Jo-Anna is sensitive to the needs of the client and good at refining issues. She is just a really positive presence.
Jo-Anna is excellent, committed and caring.