Dawson Cornwell LLP

Anna Shadbolt

Partner advising on all aspects of family law, particularly financial issues arising upon divorce or separation of cohabiting couples. She advises on a range of complex legal issues, including financial provision for children of unmarried parents, claims in respect of property owned by cohabitees, pre and post nuptial agreements, the treatment of non-disclosure by one party and cases involving a significant asset base. She is also experienced in international cases including advising on complex issues of enforcement in other jurisdictions, securing financial provision for parties who have obtained an overseas divorce, the treatment of offshore trusts or other international assets, and multifaceted jurisdictional issues concerning competing legal proceedings in other countries.

Carolina Marín Pedreño

Partner specialising in international children work: child abduction, jurisdiction disputes, registration and enforcement of foreign contact orders, leave to remove, contact, adoption, cross borders placement and public law cases. She also has experience in the law relating to surrogacy (both domestic and international), family formation and assisted reproduction rights.

Charlotte Image-Flower

Partner specialising in private and public children law and care proceedings. As an expert public children law practitioner she is also an active member of both the Central Family Court and the East London Family Court Duty Solicitors' Scheme.

Charlotte Conner

Partner specialising in divorce and all issues relating to relationship breakdown, including complex financial remedy proceedings, pre and post nuptial agreements and issues relating to cohabitants including contentious trusts and probate.

Forum Shah

Partner specialising in private and public children law, with particular expertise in international child abduction and relocation. She receives instructions directly from the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU). She acts for both applicants and respondents in cases concerning the 1980 Hague Convention/wardship and non Hague Convention countries. Forum also acts for parents and other family members in care proceedings (her expertise in international children law means she is often chosen by parents residing abroad and who are seeking their child to be placed with them), in living and contact arrangements, applications to relocate abroad and cases involving allegations of drug and alcohol abuse, domestic abuse and parental alienation.

Helen Kings

Partner specialising in private children law, international child abduction, other children cases with an international element or involving the cross-border movement of children, international relocation/leave to remove applications and adoption. Reported cases: Re R (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [2004] IFLR 216; AF v T and anr [2011] EWHC 1315 (Fam); JEG and IS and E J G-S [2014] EWHC 287 (Fam).

Hilka Hollmann

Partner known for her expertise in international and domestic adoptions, surrogacy and alternative families, cases involving the relocation and international movement of children, abductions, jurisdictional disputes, and complex care proceedings, often involving cross-border issues, and the most serious allegations of sexual abuse, non-accidental injuries, factitious illness and radicalisation, with concurrent criminal investigations/proceedings.

Jessica Reid

Partner and Mediator; specialises in divorce, financial and private children cases. She is especially known for her experience in complex high value financial cases, often involving non-disclosure trusts, pensions, and the preparation of pre-nuptial agreements often for international clients.

Kate Allen

Consultant and collaborative law specialist at Dawson Cornwell; specialises in divorce and high-value ancillary relief, cohabitants disputes, non-marital finance and private children law. Reported cases: Re Z and A (Contact:Supervision Order) [2000] 2FLR 406; Headicar [2004] EWCA Civ 1867; S v S (ancillary relief after lengthy separation) [2006] EWHC 2339 (Fam), VA v CR [2016] EWHC 520 (Fam), Re F. (A Child) (Financial Provision: Legal Costs Funding) [2016] EWHC 1806; [2016].

Rhiannon Lewis

Consultant specialising in divorce, cohabitants’ disputes and high-value ancillary relief. Reported cases: C v C (maintenance pending suit: legal costs) [2006] 2FLR 1207.

Russell Bywater

Partner specialising in divorce, high-value ancillary relief, cohabitants’ disputes and non-marital finance.

Sarah Jane Lenihan

Partner specialising in financial remedies and private law children matters. Widely regarded for her expertise in complex cases, Sarah Jane has extensive experience in challenging and emotionally charged matters involving allegations of domestic abuse, parental alienation and safeguarding issues. She is also known for advising individuals with substantial income and assets with complex international elements, and a variety of financial, business and trust structures.

Simon Bruce

Partner specialising in financial matters, particulary complex HNW cases. He also has wide expertise in children matters as a result of his caseload in pro bono family law clinics in London. Simon is known for his naturally empathetic and caring style. He is also an experienced mediator and collaborative lawyer.

Stephen Harker

Managing partner specialising in commercial property and residential work.

Sulema Jahangir

Partner who undertakes all aspects of domestic and international family law including child abduction, child custody and the financial consequences of divorce and separation. She also acts for the victims of forced marriages, abandoned spouses and honour based violence. She has acted in several reported cases in superior courts in both England and Pakistan.

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