Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne

Helen Bishop

Helen practises exclusively in family law and is experienced in divorce, financial settlements, Private Children Act matters, cohabitation disputes and pre-nuptial agreements. She has particular interest in the resolution of financial matters, and has wide experience with cases ranging from modest assets to those of more complexity and higher value, including nuptial settlements and high value pensions. Helen acts for client’s both in the local area and further afield and many of her cases come from personal referrals.

Emily Boardman

Emily Boardman is a solicitor and one of the founding partners at Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP. Emily undertakes any complex family cases involving children but specialises particularly in cases against social services and private adoptions. She advises fostering and adoption agencies as well. She was rated one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Business by Cotswold Life and was shortlisted by Oxfordshire Business Awards in the category of Young Business Person of the Year 2013. She won Employer of the Year 2014 at the Venus Awards 2014.

Ruth Hawkins

Ruth Hawkins is a founding partner of Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP. Ruth qualified as a solicitor in 1997. She has been a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel since 2005, and her legal work involves specialising in childcare work and complex children cases. Ruth also became a family mediator in 2012 and mediates in all areas of family disputes including children and financial disputes. This allows her to use her vast experience in childcare law and child development, in her mediation practice. Ruth has undertaken the What about Henry Course on child development. https://www.onlymums.org/what-about-henry

Irena Osborne

Irena Osborne is an experienced family practitioner. Irena regularly undertakes work including clients of foreign nationalities and clients based abroad involved in care proceedings, relocation cases, abduction cases and other family cases with international element. Irena’s notable cases include: \tRe L (2015) Re L (A Child) [2015] EWFC 15 \tRe A and B (Children Brussels II Revised Article 15 (2014) A and B (Children – Brussels II Revised – Art 15) [2014] EWHC 3516 (Fam)