Ashtons Legal has a 12-lawyer family law group that is active across East Anglia. The Ipswich office is home to practice head Mary Pearce , who is a trained mediator and a member of Resolution, and associate Katy Rush, who specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown and children’s matters. In Cambridge, newly promoted partner Joanna Cotgrove frequently handles cases involving family-run businesses and trusts , while senior associate Sameena Manzar handles farming cases involving trusts, and complex children matters. Associate Victoria Cole in Bury St Edmunds also plays a key role in the practice.
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