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Trethowans LLP

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Trethowans LLP works with clients on the full spectrum of family law issues, covering divorce and separation, matrimonial finances, child arrangements, surrogacy, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Practice head Andrew Mercer's diverse client base includes wealthy individuals, medical consultants, GPs, lawyers, and senior ranked members of the armed forces, who turn to him for the breadth of his capabilities.  

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Trethowans are a really excellent regional law firm. They are probably one of the best law firms in the South West.’

  • ‘Andrew Mercer and Emma Wilders Pratt and both excellent. They have excellent client care skills and really understand family litigation. Dawn Gore's knowledge of children law is very impressive. She has a natural ability for private law proceedings and her advice is nearly always spot on. Having won paralegal of the year nationally is no surprise.’

  • ‘Well established family team that has grown successfully in recent years attracting the best practitioners and now the firm has a formidable and talented team. Probably one of the best (if not the best) family teams in the South West (Wiltshire, Dorset & Hampshire) with an unrivalled stable of first-rate practitioners.'

  • 'Large regional firm that offers highest quality service and legal representation backed up by the most up to date use of technology. An excellent team spirit and interaction across the team which enables clients to be have an excellent knowledge base available to them.’

  • ‘Andrew Mercer is a first-rate lawyer. He is a stellar practitioner and the best around. His experience and knowledge of financial remedy law is second to none. He specialises in medium to high net worth financial remedy cases and has dealt with every element of complication in such cases over his many years of practice.'

  • Dawn Gore is a first-rate private law children lawyer whose knowledge of the law and practice is outstanding. She writes extensively on aspects of children law and, over her long career, has been involved in some of the leading cases in this area of law.'

  • Emma Wilders-Pratt is a superb member of the team who has many years experience in both financial remedy and private law children cases. She has incredible empathy with clients and they rightfully value the emotional and legal support she gives them.'

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Mercer

Other key lawyers

Emma Wilders-Pratt, Grant Cameron, Kimberley Davies, Dawn Gore, Laura Bell, Amy Trench, Jacqueline Reeves, Zoe Minton