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Sophie Cullis
Sophie Cullis is a barrister at Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB).
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!30/10/2023 09:36
Sophia Paraskeva
Sophia Paraskeva is a barrister at 1 Hare Court and accepts instructions in all areas of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, TLATA, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. Sophia completed her pupillage in October 2024 and prior to this studied Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.
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!27/10/2023 10:33
Mr Justice Cobb
Sir Stephen Cobb has been a Justice of the High Court since 2013. He sits in the Family Division, the Family Court, the Court of Protection and the Administrative Court of the King’s Bench Division. He was called to the Bar in 1985 (Inner Temple) and took Silk in 2003; he was appointed a Bencher in 2004. He is consultant editor of the Family Law Reports, and has an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Liverpool. He was Chairman of the FLBA in 2009–10. He led the Private Law Working Group for 8 years (2013–2021); he was a Family Presider for the North Eastern Circuit for more than 6 years (2015–2021), and for the last 2 years has led for the Judiciary across all jurisdictions on the HMCTS Reform Programme.
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!25/10/2023 09:44
Olivia Piercy
Olivia Piercy is a partner at Hunters Law and a member of Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee and co-Chair of Resolution’s working party on domestic abuse in financial remedy cases.
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!18/10/2023 14:21
Simon Denton
Simon Denton is Head of Tax at Milsted Langdon where he has been partner for nearly 20 years. Simon is ACA, CTA and STEP qualified and spends his time advising clients on many areas of tax including business and capital taxes. Alongside his main client base, Simon regularly undertakes single joint expert work in the family courts and expert witness work in cases of alleged professional negligence on matters of taxation.
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!16/10/2023 12:20
Alex Woolley
Alex Woolley is the co-founder of NeedsMet, an early-stage law-tech start up which helps those who can’t afford or access legal advice to understand their potential claims on divorce. He is a previous winner (with his first start-up, Formily) of the SRA’s Legal Access Challenge. Alex is also an Associate at Farrer & Co.
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!16/10/2023 12:17
Karen Barham
Karen Barham is a solicitor of over 35 years' experience. She now practises exclusively as a mediator and parenting coordinator and is a Consultant at Moore Barlow. Believing that many separating and divorcing families can be assisted away from the court in NCDR and putting Part 3 of the FPR front and centre, she pioneered the Surrey Initiative leading to the national Family Solutions Initiative. Karen serves on Resolution's DR committee, is a member of the Family Solutions Group and the MoJ's Early Response Working Group. She is recognised as a Leading Individual & ADR specialist in the legal directories.
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!16/10/2023 12:03
Cléa Amundsen
Cléa Amundsen is a lawyer at Kitsilano Family Law in Vancouver, Canada, with a focus on lessening the impact that separation and divorce has on children. She has extensive experience and success in representing clients in international child abduction cases. Cléa is a family law mediator and accepts legal aid and low bono mediation clients.
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!16/10/2023 11:57
Stuart McGhee
Stuart McGhee, barrister at Pump Court Chambers. Stuart undertakes instructions across the full range of financial claims between parties and separating and financial applications for and on behalf of children.
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!16/10/2023 11:41
Mark Ablett
Mark Ablett, barrister at Pump Court Chambers. Co-host of the Family Law Podcast. Mark practises across the spectrum of private disputes arising from relationship breakdown, with a focus on complex financial remedies.
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!16/10/2023 11:40