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Catrin Griffiths

Catrin Griffiths

Work Department

Family

Position

Catrin is a Partner with the Firm and Head of the Family Department.

Catrin has experience working with with all aspects of the law as it relates to families, whether child care, domestic abuse or disputed financial settlements. She has handled some of the most difficult and sensitive cases involving families in Wales and the South West.  Many of her clients are farmers or professionals with valuable pension assets, and she is vastly experienced in advising clients on the complex financial aspects of separation.

Catrin was described as the leading individual for Family (South and Mid Wales) in the Legal 500 2015/2016 edition.

'Extremely well-versed in financial remedy matters, particularly in cases involving agricultural land and intervenor issues' - Legal 500.

Career

Catrin qualified as a Solicitor in 2002.

Languages

English, Welsh

Memberships

Catrin's expertise was recognised in April 2013 when she was accredited as an Advanced Family Law Panel member with the Law Society, which recognises her particular expertise in child law and violence in the home. Redkite is a Legal Aid panel firm for family law cases and as such Catrin is actively making sure that the firm's family services continue to be available to those who need them most.

She also also trained and qualified as a Collaborative lawyer in 2015, and is the past chairperson of the Collaborative Law in Wales ‘pod’, a select group of specialist family lawyers dedicated to the use of the Collaborative system in appropriate cases.

She is also a member of Resolution, a family law organisation that encourages a non-confrontational approach in dealing with family law cases.