UK Guide 2026 : South West
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Trethowans LLP (part of Lawfront)
Trethowans family team are best known for their no-nonsense, down to earth and client centric advice on divorce, separation and civil partnerships, finances, children, relocation, cohabitation, nuptial agreements and surrogacy.
These services are provided across all five offices. The team is nationally recognised for providing alternative resolution options. Senior members of the team are collaboratively and/or mediation trained. The team are at the forefront of change in family law and can now also offer a one couple one lawyer approach where appropriate. The entire team are active members of Resolution, several sitting on regional and national committees.
Following the Firm’s ethos of ‘Law. As it should be’, the team run a successful and highly regarded podcast, ‘The Candid Divorce Lawyer’ which discusses current family topics without the legal jargon.
Referrals come from other professionals, including solicitors and barristers as well as existing clients.
The team's case load often involves complex assets including, intricate business assets, inherited wealth, farming and estates and valuable pension interests. The team are also highly regarded for their specialism in private children matters.
In 2024, the team (particularly Grant Cameron) represented a wife in a high value and complex financial remedy case, which has since been reported, ND v KD [2024] EWFC 188 (B). This case has provided invaluable guidance to other practitioners.
Provided by Chambers
Trethowans is a well-established South West firm with strong family teams in Salisbury and Bournemouth. The team handles an array of high-value financial remedy cases as well as private law matters concerning children. It can also assist clients with matters concerning very serious issues within families, such as alleged criminal activity, domestic abuse and mental illness.
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They provide compassion, strong communication and excellence in understanding and handling matters of domestic abuse.
Trethowans has a number of impressive family lawyers in the team. It's always a pleasure to work with them.
Their team is big enough to help and small enough to care.
They are very prompt, effective and excellently prepared.
They put so much thought into their work, so you get the sense that they genuinely care about their clients.
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Andrew Mercer is a collaboratively trained lawyer focused on high-value matrimonial finance cases, including those with complex shareholding and tax aspects.
Andrew is a joy to work with and always available to discuss matters.
Andrew is an excellent lawyer.
Kimberley Davies has a broad family law practice that covers both children and matrimonial finance work of a complex nature. She is also a qualified family mediator.
Kimberley took time and care to understand my priorities and acted accordingly to help me achieve those goals.
She is an incredibly hard worker who really strives for her clients.
Kimberley is a very impressive lawyer and mediator.
I found Kimberley to be very empowering, inspirational and supportive throughout a very challenging period of my life.
Emma Wilders-Pratt has notable experience undertaking financial proceedings and an array of private children matters, often for high net worth individuals.
She has first-class technical and interpersonal skills.
She has an excellent work ethic and demonstrates great empathy with clients.
Emma is exceptional in her ability to remain focused on what actually matters, cutting through any white noise and chaos.
Emma is a wonderful lawyer.
She is kind and considerate of personal circumstances, and has a vast amount of experience with domestic abuse cases.
Family/Matrimonial
Family/Matrimonial
Family/Matrimonial
Provided by Trethowans LLP (part of Lawfront)
Grant Cameron
Andrew Mercer
View profile of Andrew MercerKimberley Davies
View profile of Kimberley DaviesAmy Trench
Dawn Gore
Helen Clarkson
Jacqueline Reeves
Laura Bell
Zoe Minton
Emma Wilders-Pratt
Head of Department
Paige Abbott
Heidi Cardoza
Louisa Knight
Kate Lewis
Hannah McMullen
Sara Willis
Emma Wilders-Pratt
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