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Provided by Coodes
Type of Work Handled
The Family Department at Coodes Solicitors manages a comprehensive range of family law matters, including finance, public law children, and domestic abuse. The team is recognised for handling agricultural finance cases, complex public law cases involving non-accidental injuries, and tracing undisclosed assets. High-net-worth cases involving business assets and farming matters with third-party intervenors are regularly managed.
Categories of Clients
Clients include high-net-worth individuals, farming families, individuals referred by local domestic violence and professional organisations, and those involved in complex children’s cases. The department also provides pro bono legal advice and runs clinics to improve access to legal services across Cornwall and Devon.
Recent Work Highlights
The substantial and highly experienced team handle many complex high-value ancillary financial relief cases, including multi-generational farms and non-matrimonial assets. They handle a large number of complicated and challenging children matters.
Specialisations
The team specialises in family law, with considerable expertise in domestic abuse, financial matters on divorce, child arrangements, agricultural, high net worth and farming divorces, finance, and complex public law children’s cases, including a number of fatal cases. They are notable for cross-border work, asset tracing, and supporting vulnerable clients through clinics and partnerships with local services.
Provided by Chambers
Coodes supports clients in an array of financial remedy proceedings as well as on various public and private children matters. The firm has a number of offices across Cornwall, including notable practices in Truro, Newquay and Penzance.
Provided by Chambers
It is rare that I do not receive an almost immediate response from Coodes.
I am always very impressed by their dedication and quick response times.
They offer their clients a good, efficient service from solicitors with a high level of expertise.
They are an incredibly efficient and organised team.
They are very committed to achieving the best outcome for their clients.
Provided by Chambers
Victoria Walters' broad practice includes undertaking matrimonial finance matters and complex public law care proceedings.
Victoria has a lovely manner with clients that puts them at ease.
Victoria has good experience and expertise in family law.
She is very empathetic.
Victoria is an exceptional solicitor who works very hard for her clients.
Victoria is very practical and very good at filtering the good points from the bad ones.
Family/Matrimonial
Provided by Coodes
Sarah Evans
Catherine Hyde
Christopher Johns
Hayley Symes
Shelley Workman
Sarah Bell
Anna Barrick
Bradley Kaine
Courtney Sutton
Iynaiya Afzal
Joanne Ellaway
Victoria Walters
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