Blackfords LLP

Family Team

Partner, Head of Family Team

Nicola is known for providing clear, practical legal advice in plain English.
Nicola practises exclusively in family law, including:-

Children:

• Child Arrangement Orders
• Leave to Remove applications
• Parental Responsibility Orders
• Special Guardianship Orders

Relationships/Matrimonial:

• Civil Partnership Dissolution
• Cohabitation Disputes
• Divorce
• Enforcement Proceedings
• Financial Arrangements
• Pre-nuptial Agreements

Other:

• Forced Marriage Orders
• Non-Molestation Orders
• Occupation Orders

Nicola carries out a full range of family law cases, predominantly privately funded, working on cases in the local courts and nationally, as well as complex cases in the High Court.

In addition to her legal work, Nicola is a Resolution qualified family mediator, mediating in both children and financial issues for privately funded clients.

Kelcey & Hall, Bristol 1997-2001 Trainee Solicitor/Assistant Solicitor Foster Wells, Aldershot 2001-2010 Assistant Solicitor & Head of Family Department Child Law Partnership, Basingstoke 2010-2012 Assistant Solicitor Blackfords LLP, 2012-2016 Assistant Solicitor, 2016-present Partner and Head of Family Team.

Resolution

BA (Hons) Social Sciences; PGDiPL and LPC - University of the West of England