Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Family.

Anna is the head of the family law department, and specialises in matrimonial, financial and children cases. She has extensive experience in cases of a complex nature (including those with international aspects) and a particular interest in international relocation cases. She represented the father in Re C [2003] 1 FLR 1066, the mother in Re D [2006] Fam Law 1006 and the father in Re C (International Relocation) [2015] EWCA 1305. Anna was included in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2016. She is a trained collaborative lawyer.

Trained Hegarty & Co, Peterborough; qualified 1998; assistant solicitor Wortley Redmayne & Kershaw, Chelmsford; assistant solicitor Manches 2001; partner 2005. Has written and been quoted in various articles on financial and children issues, and written academic papers for, and presented at AIJA, IAFL and Resolution conferences on various aspects of family law. She is the only solicitor contributor to the book ‘Relocation: A Practical Guide’, 2nd edition published by Family Law in 2016. She is also the General Editor of the Global Guide to International Relocation of Children, published by Thomson Reuters in 2016. Anna sits on Resolution’s International Committee and she chairs the IAFL’s International Relocation Committee.

Working knowledge French, German.

Resolution; International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL); Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA); REUNITE; Association of Lawyers for Children.

The King’s School, Peterborough; Warwick University (1995 LLB Second Class); London Guildhall University (Post Graduate Diploma Legal Practice Commendation).