Vicky Poole

Practice Areas

The family department offer a full range of services to both private and publicly funded clients with particular experience in finance and children matters, frequently acting on child arrangements orders and care proceedings, also experienced in advising on cases concerning relocation, abduction and assault.

The firm has the benefit of a Family Law Contract and a Mediation Contract with the Legal Aid Agency to enable the efficient delivery to those eligible for legal aid.

Widely regarded as real market leaders for Family Law services in the region, the team is recognised by their clients, peers, counsel, members of the judiciary and council safeguarding lawyers as being one of the leading small niche family practices in the Northwest.

Consistently recommended and with high retention and referral rates, the team includes 2 directors and a team of highly trained and experienced associate solicitors and lawyers, all of whom fully embrace and embody the firms’ ethos -that everyone has the right to access to justice and the need for excellence in client care and service delivery.

The team are committed to achieving the best outcomes for clients in the most cost effective way possible.

Lexcel-accredited for more than 11 years, the family team won the 2023 and 2022 AI Legal Awards for Best Family and Childcare Law Firm (North West).and have been finalists in the 2020 and 2021 Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards for the Family Law Firm of the Year (North).

The team acts for clients nationwide offering a full range of family law services including:

- Divorce

- High Net Worth

- Separation Agreements

- Financial Settlements

- Children Disputes

- Child Arrangements incl. contact arrangements, residence; and Prohibited Steps/Specific Issue

- Domestic Abuse/Violence

- Civil Partnership dissolution

- Cohabitation Agreements and unmarried couples

- Civil Litigation

- TOLATA – Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

Career

Victoria is a Director at Susan Howarth & Company as well as running a full case load. Victoria has practiced family law for over 25 years having worked in the legal sector since she was 16 years of age, progressing through to legal secretary and paralegal before qualifying as a member of the institute of Legal Executives in 1997 and being admitted as a fellow in 1999.

Victoria has considerable experience in dealing with all aspects of Family Law, including divorce, finances, domestic abuse, children disputes, dissolution of civil partnerships.

Victoria represents clients in complex financial matters, including farming cases, cases with high net worth including pensions with high values. Victoria is regularly involved in cases concerning domestic abuse issues, including cases of financial and emotional abuse, particularly where there is coercive control.

Victoria is an accredited Family Mediator, having been involved in husband and wife’s, cohabitees and civil partners with a view to resolving family issues through the mediation process in order to settle disputes away from the Courtroom.

Victoria is totally committed to the firm, its ethos, and its future success. Many of her new clients are from recommendations from previous clients and even previous opponents, which reflects the achievement of good previous outcomes and instils confidence in clients. Clients regularly comment on her sensitive, compassionate, and thoroughly professional approach.

Victoria’s attention to detail is exemplary and alike Susan Howarth, she is forward thinking and enjoys keeping pace with pioneering technology.

Victoria is a Resolution-trained Mediator, a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Domestic Violence and Children Law (private), an FMC Accredited Family Mediator (all issues) and is the practice Supervisor for CQS accreditation.

Professional Memberships

CILEX Chartered Legal Executive

Resolution Accredited Specialist in Domestic Violence and Children Law (private)

Family Mediation Council (FMC) Accredited Family Mediator (All issues)