Ms Gemma Lindfield


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Ms Gemma Lindfield

Tel: 02073325400 | Gemmalindfield@5sah.co.uk
Chambers of David Josse K.C. 5 St Andrew’s Hill London EC4V 5BZ


Gemma is instructed in public and private law children cases in the County Court and High Court and is particularly skilled at dealing with the heightened emotions such cases may cause. Gemma acts for parents, other family members, NYAS, CAFCASS and Local Authorities. Gemma represents children in complex residence and contact proceedings where children have been made party to the proceedings. Gemma undertakes child abduction work.

Gemma advises and appears in finance cases whether consequent on divorce or in TOLATA proceedings and has a particular skill for cases that have a legally interesting or factually unusual element. Gemma acts for intervenors in financial proceedings. Gemma is experienced in drafting and advising on nuptial, cohabitation and "pet nup" agreements.

Gemma is committed to alternative dispute resolution and can advise and represent in arbitration, private FDR, round table meetings, settlement agreements.


Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Mr Patrick Goodings


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Mr Patrick Goodings

Tel: 07584160946 | P.goodings@trinitychambers.co.uk
Trinity Chambers The Customs House Quayside NE13DE


Patrick specialises in Financial Remedy and Children matters.

Patrick specialises in Financial Remedy and Children matters.


Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

June Venters KC


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

June Venters KC

Tel: 01737229610 | j.venterskc@venters.co.uk
Venters Solicitors 213 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0HG


June is a family law silk who is also a dual-qualified Solicitor & Barrister, specialising in all public and private law Children Act cases. June’s career spans 40 years and she sits as a part-time Judge in the Crown Court, Civil Court and County Court driven by her passion for access to justice for all. June is regularly instructed on cases where there have been serious and often criminal allegations against parties, international and internal relocation, wardship and specific issue orders. June believes that arbitration and the early resolution of children law disputes should be considered whenever possible.


Qualifications

Barrister, Mediator, Part-time Judge, Solicitor

Geographic Region

East Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Mrs Rebecca Hawkins


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Mrs Rebecca Hawkins

Tel: 02392481183 | rebecca@familysolutionsnow.co.uk
23 East Street Havant, Hants (Head Office) PO9 1AA


Rebecca is a lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, parenting co-ordinator and family law supervisor, and known as a vocal advocate for non court resolution. She has an active legal aid and private mediation practice regularly managing high conflict cases and is an experienced collaborative practitioner. She is an accredited mediator mediating in the South of England and sits on the Family Mediation Council’s Legal Aid Working Party, as well as Resolution’s Litigant in Person, Legal Aid committees and the Resolution Mediation Working Party.

Rebecca has spoken at Resolution National Conference on the subject of Legal Aid, which she is passionate about, and speaks regularly to groups and POD’s about how to develop an integrated practice. Rebecca co-presents the eight-day Resolution Mediation Foundation course and has written and presented non court resolution courses on the effects of conflict, separation and divorce on children, trauma informed practice as well as workshops for staff in a supporting role in family law and mediation. Rebecca co-wrote the Changing Lives and the New Foundations Programmes, both of which aimed to improve communications and reduce parental conflict, and delivered them having won funding from the DWP in 2014 and 2018 respectively. Her firm contributed to the ‘Voice of the Child’ report.

Rebecca is currently involved in working with Local Authorities to develop programmes to support parents and kinship carers, and in Child Protection cases. As an accredited Child Inclusive Mediator, Rebecca assists her clients, and mediators nationally, in hearing from children involved in separation. Rebecca works closely with local NACCC Contact Centres, having chaired her local centre for many years and provides pro bono supervision and support to Tidal Family Support Centre on the Isle of Wight. Her academic and professional background is in Law and Rebecca has worked in a variety of non legal settings, as well as in private practice.

Rebecca has a keen interest in conflict management.


Qualifications

Collaborative Lawyer, Mediator, Solicitor

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Olive McCarthy McIArb


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Olive McCarthy McIArb

Tel: 01727845245 | olive.mccarthy@taylorwalton.co.uk
Taylor Walton LLP Thorney Croft House 107 Holywell Hill, St Albans United Kingdom AL11H



Qualifications

Collaborative Lawyer, Solicitor

Geographic Region

London, South East