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McCormicks Offices
First Floor, Scottsdale House
Springfield Avenue
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2HR
England
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Stephen Hopwood
Work Department
Managing Partner
Position
Stephen is the Managing Partner and heads the McCormicks Family Department, ranked as one of the leading Family/Matrimonial practices in the Region by the leading independent Guides to the profession, the Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
Stephen joined the firm after seven years as a Senior Solicitor in a large specialist Family Law Practice.
Stephen specialises in all aspects of Family work, with a focus on finance and children. He is equally specialist in resolving normal family breakdowns and those with complex elements such as trusts and international elements.
Stephen is very committed to client care and very interested in each case, no matter how large or small.
Career
Qualified as a solicitor – 17 November 2003.
Memberships
Member of Resolution
Past President of Harrogate and District Law Society
Education
Pocklington School
University of Northumbria
College of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
McCormicks assists executors, trustees, and potential beneficiaries on a broad range of contentious matters. In addition to private wealth disputes, the group provides support in Inheritance Act claims. Elaine Lightfoot leads the team from Harrogate. David Birks and Stephen Hopwood are key names within the department.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
McCormicks‘ family team in Harrogate is recommended as ‘welcoming, caring and professional’, with expertise across finance, domestic abuse, and children law. Stephen Hopwood leads the team, with notable expertise in private children matters that have an international element, along with financial remedy issues following divorce.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client
- Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire