Chambers Review
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Family/Matrimonial - East Anglia
What the Team is Known For
Greene & Greene in Bury St Edmunds fields an excellent practice in both financial and Children Act proceedings, regularly handling complex cases involving land and property as well as businesses. The team advises on the preservation of wealth and assets, especially in nuptial and cohabitation agreements, with clients including high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs. The firm has experience dealing with children matters including change of residence, wrongful retention and Schedule 1 applications. It is additionally well versed in ADR methods.
Strengths
They are excellent: the team is extremely conscientious and hard-working.
The team has very high attention to detail: they think about the end result and how to conduct litigation strategically to achieve the best outcome.
The team at Greene & Greene are open to and aware of the importance of the emotional component involved in family matters.
Notable practitioners
Stuart Hughes is head of the firm's family and matrimonial department. He is an expert in divorce and financial remedy proceedings, while also being adept at handling private children matters.
Stuart is an excellent strategist, always thinking several steps ahead. Clients appreciate his down-to-earth, clear and sensible advice.
Stuart is always willing to look at options and adopt a constructive approach on behalf of his clients' but is also robust when required. I would not hesitate in recommending him.
Stuart is an amazingly intelligent bloke, knows his field inside out and works fantastically hard. He is great at teasing out the issues in a case and spotting flaws.
What truly stood out about Stuart was his ability to balance sharp legal knowledge with real human understanding. He handled complex and sensitive matters with calmness, care and precision.
Stuart brings high levels of emotional intelligence and humanity to his work. He is responsive, perceptive, and he listens.
Melanie brings very strong commercial experience and knowledge to her cases, that can be invaluable in navigating through them.
Melanie is professional, proactive and has strong communication skills.
Melanie is easy to warm to, meaning clients are happy and they feel she's got their back.
Melanie is a good communicator with excellent client care skills.