Samantha Jago > DMH Stallard LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
DMH Stallard LLP Offices
1ST FLOOR, WONERSH HOUSE
THE GUILDWAY, OLD PORTSMOUTH ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU3 1LR
England
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Samantha Jago
Work Department
Family
Position
A partner in our Guildford office, Samantha has more than 14 years’ experience in family law matters
Career
Samantha excels in managing client expectations, and quickly builds a positive rapport with her clients.
Samantha has particular experience in representing parents, business owners and senior managers, and has dealt with numerous complex international matters. She has represented a number of high profile individuals, where confidentiality and dealing with sensitive information is crucial to secure a positive outcome for the client. Being a parent herself, Samantha understands and can empathise with her clients, especially when dealing with matters that involve and affect children.
Prior to joining DMH Stallard, Samantha was joint Managing Partner of a local Guildford firm where she assisted in establishing the family team.
As well as being able to carry out her own advocacy, Samantha is an all issues trained mediator.
Work highlights
- Negotiationg a settlement agreement and preparing a Deed of Separation for a husband who did not want to initiate divorce proceedings after separating from his wife, but did want to protect his assets which included a family home
- Preparing a pre-nuptial agreement which dealt with four investment properties, children from a previous marriage and ongoing maintenance obligations from earlier divorce
- Negotiating a complex parenting plan against a background of domestic abuse and substance misuse, ensuring the children’s needs were put first whilst securing the client’s safety
Languages
English
Memberships
- Resolution
Personal awards
- 2014 Champion of Justice Award
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
The large family team at DMH Stallard LLP, which recently merged with Sussex-based private client firm Griffith Smith LLP, offers ‘excellent attention to detail and client care’ to high-net-worth clients and business owners. Operating across offices in Horsham, Hassocks, Brighton, Gatwick and Guildford, the practice provides a range of family law advice and dispute resolution representation relating to cohabitation, children, same-sex relationship and international family law. Team leader and ‘expert’ in contentious divorces and financial proceedings Mark Rennie is ‘strategic, great to work with, client focused and reliable’. Philip Morton manages the team in Guildford and is sought out to assist with complex financial and international cases. In Horsham, Nigel Winter operates a free family law clinic and has a broad practice handling collaborative law and contested ancillary relief proceedings and cohabitation agreements. All issues trained mediator Samantha Jago carries out her own advocacy and offers ‘clear advice’ to parents, business owners and senior managers, while Joanna Potbury has significant experience in matrimonial finance cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate