Family/Matrimonial

About

Provided by Warners Solicitors

Type of work handled

• Financial remedy cases involving high-value assets and international issues
• Protection and Preservation of Assets on marriage breakdown
• Divorce / Judicial Separation
• Nuptial Agreements, from hundreds of thousands to multi million pound assets involved
• Private law children matters (living with orders/relocation/specific issues) involving parents and grandparents and advising on guardianship issues arising from recommendations from local authorities
• Cohabitation disputes - including same sex couple disputes
• Collaborative Law
• Mediation

Categories of clients

• Diverse range of clients predominantly based in Kent & London
• Non-national clients with worldwide assets

Recent work highlights

• Successfully setting aside Consent Order on the basis of non-disclosure and successfully defending a similar application
• Securing an interim order for sale of the former matrimonial home
• Acting in an acrimonious divorce with cross jurisdictional issues with a substantial property portfolio
• Advising on a prenuptial agreement valued over £25m
• Reported case in the High Court with favourable judgment from Mostyn LJ in complex enforcement case

Specialisations

• Traditional litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Matthew Aves - Trained Mediator
• All lawyers are members of Resolution. Rayma is a Law Society accredited family specialist. Charles is a Resolution accredited specialist
• In-house Trust specialist for cases involving complex Trust structures and also in-house accountants