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Family/Matrimonial - North West

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Mills & Reeve has a strong reputation for handling complex wealth protection and financial remedy cases for high net worth clients. The Manchester family team ably handles litigation, mediation and collaborative law matters and works closely with the firm's corporate and private client teams to provide a fully rounded service. It remains active on international children matters, including relocations to foreign jurisdictions, and also offers advice on fertility and surrogacy law.

Strengths

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Mills & Reeve is exceptional. From top to bottom, they are extraordinarily talented lawyers and very bright.

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I like the way their lawyers embrace a calmer and kinder way to separate their clients. They seem very proactive in both changing the narrative of how we divorce now and how we put that into practice.

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Mills & Reeve has an ability to think clearly and provide simple, no-nonsense solutions to complex cases.

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Mills & Reeve is very knowledgeable, proficient and able to navigate its way through sensitive situations with empathy and strength. The firm's professionalism and customer care is second to none.

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Mills & Reeve has a focus on providing value for money as well as being savvy, strategic litigators. They've got a really good spread of expertise in the team.

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Notable Practitioners

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Alison Bull
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Alison Bull
1
Band 1
Alison Bull is head of the Manchester family team at Mills & Reeve. A qualified mediator and collaborative lawyer, she assists clients with resolving family disputes of all kinds, with a strong focus on alternative dispute resolution.

Alison is top of the tree; a brilliant lawyer, incredibly bright but also very pragmatic.

Alison Bull is extremely competent, dignified and kind. I have felt consistently reassured by her presence during my divorce. She has navigated the sensitivities of my case with quiet strength.

Alison is simply a brilliant lawyer. She is personable, strong when needed and a reassuring presence.

Alison has a lovely manner with clients. She has a unique ability to calm clients and reassure them, and is also realistic in outcomes and immaculately well prepared.

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Andrew Moore
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Andrew Moore
3
Band 3
Andrew Moore is trained in mediation and collaborative law proceedings. He focuses on advising clients on financial remedy following divorce, and also assists with arrangements regarding children.

Andrew is an extremely capable solicitor with excellent interpersonal skills and commercialism.

Andrew is very bright, gets to the heart of cases and works pragmatically to get them settled.

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Sue Brookes
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Sue Brookes
3
Band 3

Sue Brookes assists clients with prenuptial agreements and divorce proceedings. She is collaboratively trained and has experience handling family mediation.

Sue is my go-to solicitor. She has a very strong analytical mind, coupled with determination to do the right thing for the client. She backs that up with common sense and commercialism too.

Sue has been fantastic. I highly recommend her.

Sue was a joy to work with. She is very proactive and efficient, won't wait to be nudged and will be constantly asking questions.

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Rose-Marie Drury
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Rose-Marie Drury
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Up and Coming

Rose-Marie Drury regularly advises clients on financial remedy and private children disputes. She is also noted for her strong expertise in fertility and surrogacy law.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Mills & Reeve LLP

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Alison Bull
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Alison Bull
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Andrew Moore
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Andrew Moore
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Band 3
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Sue Brookes
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Sue Brookes
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Band 3
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Rose-Marie Drury
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Rose-Marie Drury
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Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR
Alison Bull
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Andrew Moore
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