Chambers Review
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Family/Matrimonial - Thames Valley
What the Team is Known For
Machins Solicitors is able to call on experience in both public and private family law, often handling sensitive children matters that include applications for non-molestation orders, care orders and child arrangements orders. The team offers particular experience in advising on post-divorce financial remedy proceedings, including matters involving property, business or inheritance aspects. The firm has office locations in Berkhamsted and Luton.
Strengths
Machins is exceptionally good: the team is easy to contact, has a good depth of knowledge in its area and represents clients well at court.
Machins Solicitors has extraordinary client care as well as thorough, meticulous preparation combined with excellent knowledge of the law.
Machins has a dedicated team of solicitors who can be deployed to handle anything from small to big money cases and the complexities each can bring.
It is a strong and dependable team that is determined to resolve any legal issue with total commitment.
Notable practitioners
Richard Phillips assists clients with high-value, contentious matrimonial finance cases, as well as handling complex child arrangements orders. He often acts as a mediator.
Richard Phillips is an incredible mediator. He is a warm and personable person and he is equally a really strong lawyer.
Kathryn Ainsworth is recommended for her handling of financial disputes involving complex property and business assets. She also advises on child arrangements orders.
Kathryn is at once knowledgeable and familiar with handling the most complex matters, not least in highly contentious financial remedy work.
She is an unbelievably good lawyer, really down to earth and puts the clients at ease. She is very versatile and can fight the client's corner hard when she needs too.
Sarah Ashby undertakes complex and sensitive matters involving children, with notable experience working on child arrangements and prohibited steps orders.
Sarah is an amazing solicitor with truly encyclopaedic knowledge and an amazing memory. It is impressive indeed to work alongside her and she is great in one-to-ones with children also.
Sarah Ashby is an excellent solicitor.