Major Family Law

Family

South East Consultant at Major Family Law

Lewis qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and from 1991 was the family law partner at Mort Kirtley & Ogden where he trained. Lewis is also the founding chair of Woking Community Mediation Service; he recognised the benefits of alternatives to court litigation and from this he trained as a specialist family Mediator in 1999, and accepted an invitation to join Hedleys, as the family law expert.

Lewis joined Major Family Law in Spring 2016 as a consultant working on cases in the South East/Surrey as well as remotely for their North East clients. He has considerable experience of conflict resolution, working with the law and in communicating effectively.

His egal work has a focus on providing advice and support that enables clients to reach a fair resolution of their disputes at a proportionate cost to minimise the economic and emotional harm to those involved.

Lewis recognises that the “traditional” solicitor-client relationship of full representation does not suit all. For thsi reason, he is willing to accept a limited retainer and with his considerable experience can just “do what is actually needed” as sometimes paying for a lawyer to do everything is not actually necessary, nor is it affordable.

Lewis is known for being straight-talking, extremely perceptive and principled in his approach towards family law.

Trained with Woking firm Mort Kirtley & Ogden in 1986. Admitted 1988. Partner from 1991 to 1999. Trained as mediator in 1995, was accredited for publicly-funded family work under old scheme, but now use previous experience as mediator to work alongside mediation. Consultant in Family and Dispute Resolution from 1999-2007 and sole family law specialist with Hedleys solicitors from 2000.  Employed at Hedleys from 2007 and appointed consultant with Major Family Law starting February 2016, mainly dealing with clients based in the South East. Although with considerable experience of family law generally, tends to concentrate on obtaining and recording financial set Over the last year has contributed to the Pension Advisory Group as a working practitioner and has been involved in drafting precedents and assisted setting examinations in law. Lewis has been a consultant with Major Family Law since his appointment in January 2016 and successfully runs cases from the South East to Northumberland.

Resolution National Pensions Advisory Group

Law Degree from Leicester De Montfort (1985) Solicitors' finals at University of Law, Guildford (1986)

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