Chambers Review
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Family/Matrimonial - West Midlands
What the Team is Known For
FBC Manby Bowdler boasts a strong family law team in Shrewsbury, providing advice on financial disputes in the context of divorce and family breakdown. Its practitioners provide an impressive breadth of service, regularly advising on relationship dissolution involving complex trusts, pensions, offshore properties, land and farming assets. The team offers alternative dispute resolution through its collaboratively trained practitioners. Its members advise on children-related issues, including contact, residence and maintenance matters, with additional experience in fact-finding hearings related to Children Act cases.
Strengths
It's a strong team that always communicates and works together - they are all lovely, personable people.
The team shows in-depth knowledge, well-defined tactics and strategy and good judgement.
Everyone I spoke with at FBC Manby Bowdler was able to answer all of my questions thoroughly and explain their answers in a manner that allowed me to understand.
They demonstrate an understanding of a client's needs and situation (both financially and personally) and the ability to plan and work around this.
Notable practitioners
Philip Cowell is well versed in matrimonial finance matters and regularly acts for clients on claims involving business assets and property portfolios.
Philip is very commercially minded and he gets the issue very quickly - he is great to work with.
Philip is very experienced and good at his job. He's realistic and doesn't take any prisoners.
Claire Darley is based in Wolverhampton. She acts on complex divorce and financial remedy proceedings and is knowledgeable in cases involving business and farming assets. She also assists clients with nuptial agreements.
Claire is a very safe pair of hands - she is approachable and down to earth.
Claire is very good on prenuptial agreements.