Kathryn Ainsworth > Machins Solicitors LLP > Luton, England > Lawyer Profile
Machins Solicitors LLP Offices
28 Dunstable Road
LUTON
LU1 1DY
England
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Kathryn Ainsworth
Work Department
Family
Position
Managing Partner and Head of the Private Family Law Department
Career
Kathryn qualified as a solicitor in 1995. She joined Sumner & Tabor as a partner in 2000, having previously practised in Cheltenham then Aylesbury. She became a partner in Machins following the merger of the two firms in May 2012. Her specialist practice areas include divorce and family law.
Memberships
Kathryn is a Member of Resolution
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Hall of Fame)The ‘fabulous‘ practice at Machins Solicitors LLP provides clients with ‘exceptional quality and diligence‘ when assisting with adoption orders, child assessment orders, and care orders. The ‘outstanding‘ Kathryn Ainsworth co-leads the team from Berkhamsted, and the ‘incredible‘ Sarah Ashby co-leads the team from Luton. Ainsworth is a specialist in divorces and separations concerning children, financial arrangements, and businesses, while Ashby frequently acts for family members, interveners, and guardians with her ‘brilliant knowledge‘ of matters involving sexual abuse, death of a family member, and non-accidental injury. Berkhamsted’s Richard Phillips has ‘excellent judgement‘ when advising on the negotiation of separation agreements, and pre-nuptial agreements involving overseas assets. Sadie Glover joined the team in August 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Private client
- Hall of Fame South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate