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Debenhams Ottaway Offices

Debenhams Ottaway
IVY HOUSE
107 ST PETERS STREET
ST ALBANS
AL1 3EW
England
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Helen Young

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Work Department

Family.

Position

Helen is a partner and the head of the family team. Helen undertakes a wide variety of family work for local, UK and international clients including all aspects of divorce work, pre-nuptial agreements, living together deeds and issues involving children of separating couples.  She specialises in financial disputes and settlements between couples.

Career

Trained at Dowse & Co, London and qualified in 1989; Joined Turner & Debenhams (now Debenhams Ottaway) and made partner in 2004.

Memberships

Advanced Tier of Law Society Family Law Panel; Hertfordshire Collaborative Group (committee member); Hertfordshire Resolution (committee member); National Resolution.

Education

Heathfield Senior High School, Gateshead; Nottingham University (1986 LLB (Hons)).

Leisure

Helen enjoys walking, cycling, reading and football.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

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Helen Young – Debenhams Ottaway

The ‘well disciplined, thoughtful and pragmatic‘ team at Debenhams Ottaway in St Albans maintains its strong reputation for handling highly contested divorces involving complex assets, including business interests both domestically and internationally. Practice head Helen Young ‘never fails to deliver spot on advice’, assisting clients with pre and post nuptial agreements, and living together agreements. Stacey St Clair stands out due to her ‘impressive knowledge’, representing clients in complex disputes. The ‘excellent’ Natalie Lester was promoted to partner in May 2023, and is noted for her strong specialism in modern family law, including surrogacy.

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