Family

Weightmans LLP

The family team at Weightmans LLP consists of ‘extremely capable individuals’ who collaborate closely with the tax and private client team to provide a full-service offering to clients experiencing a relationship breakdown or seeking wealth protection advice. The group has broad expertise in finance matters, such as pre and post-nuptial agreements, inherited wealth, and offshore trusts, combined with extensive knowledge in complex children work, including abduction, surrogacy, and cross-border cases. In Manchester, practice head Emma Collins is ‘a truly excellent solicitor with brilliant client care skills’ and she is an expert in financial remedy and cohabitation claims, including those involving offshore trusts, and the ’highly respected‘ Fiona Turner has an international family law practice that encompasses wealth protection, divorce, and children matters. The Liverpool-based group includes ’excellent family lawyer’ Fiona Davidson, who specialises in divorce, financial settlements, and children law issues arising from relationship breakdowns, Carole Atkinson, who has expertise in cases relating to family businesses and complex pension issues, and Rachel Lim, who ‘has a wealth of knowledge’ in both financial and children matters with a particular interest in issues relating to modern family law such as surrogacy and co-parenting agreements.

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‘Weightmans is a highly respected legal team in Liverpool and has a stellar reputation in family law. It is a close-knit team who attract high-profile work and are always impeccably prepared.’
‘The team at Weightmans is well known and respected in the family law market. They are professional and pleasant to deal with and are active within the local Manchester family law community. They approach complex family law matters in a straightforward manner that is focused on resolution for their clients.’
‘The team is made up of extremely capable individuals dealing with complex and high-net-worth work. They are all technically very sound and work in a collaborative way with other lawyers.’
‘Fiona Davidson is an excellent family lawyer. She has an excellent command of the law itself, but more importantly for divorce matters, is able to provide practical and pragmatic solutions whilst managing client emotions. She is supportive but firm in equal measures.’
‘Rachel Lim is extremely personable. Her ability to listen, understand, and empathise inspired me. Always professional. Great communication and always responded promptly. Rachel has a wealth of knowledge and has given me constructive legal advice that has steered me through a turbulent divorce. I hold Rachel in high regard.'
‘Emma Collins is very knowledgeable and very personable and puts you totally at ease when discussing your problem. She thinks out of the box and comes up with the most practical solution.'
‘Fiona Turner is a highly respected partner. Her excellent reputation is wholly deserved. She is always on top of her cases. She combines pragmatism with a great kindness (an often underrated quality). Thoroughly recommended. An outstanding solicitor.'
‘Linzi Perriman is razor sharp; she knows the law and procedure and ensures it is followed in her cases. Linzi does not shy away from providing robust advice to clients and is a strong negotiator.’

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