The 'very efficient' team at Sydney Mitchell LLP is co-led by Karen Moores and Mauro Vinti - the 'friendly and approachable' group covers a broad spectrum of issues from divorce and civil partnership dissolution to child arrangements and protective injunctions. The firm also has a well-regarded collaborative law practice with two fully-qualified collaborative lawyers . Teresa Mannion is also an Advanced Family Law Panel member. Senior associate, Gemma Whitchurch, has considerable experience in cases where domestic violence is an issue.

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'Judi Wood - as soon as I spoke to her and met Judi face to face the whole divorce experience became less traumatic, due to Judi’s calm, empathic, caring and truly knowledgeable and professional ability to guide and communicate with me from beginning to completion'.
'Teresa Mannion -outstanding advice and service with the knowledge and experience and care for me as a client that supported me in a difficult time in my life'.
'A gold standard firm, worthy of National renown. First rate lawyers who go 'above and beyond' for all of their clients'.
'The two stand outs are Karen Moores and Mauro Vinti. I have nothing but undiluted praise for their excellent standard of work. They are both first rate lawyers, empathetic and insightful'.
'Karen Moores. An exceptional partner. She is hands on, and goes over and above for each and every client. She knows the case inside out and takes a no-nonsense attitude which assists enormously in private children cases'.
'Gemma Whitchurch - is exceptionally talented, and will go far in the future. Her paperwork is exceptionally prepared and her strategic thinking makes and breaks cases'.
'Teresa Mannion is an exceptional lawyer. Focused on getting the best outcome for her clients. She is thorough, well-organised and always aims to ensure early resolution is achieved if possible'.
'Karen Moores is a real straight talker, no matter who she is dealing with; her clients are assured both frank advice and forceful representation, both of which are, of course, invaluable. Mauro Vinti is also a very good operator and he too is highly recommended'.

Work highlights

Acting for wife who had been a homemaker during the course of a long marriage where the assets amounted to approximately £2.5m plus pension and where the case was signified by the husband’s litigation conduct and significant non-disclosure.
Acting for the father in respect of a proposed relocation of the child from Cornwall to Birmingham that also necessitated a transfer of care from mother to father.
Acting for the father in an application for a child arrangements order and parental responsibility in relation to a new born child with significant health issues.

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Karen Moores

Sydney Mitchell LLP

Senior Partner and Head of the Family Team. Karen is recognised as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500. Karen helps her clients to resolve the issues associated with family breakdown including: matrimonial finance; complex children’s issues; managing substantial assets; complex pension issues; breakdown of civil partnerships. Karen advises husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, and grandparents, partners in civil partnerships and other legal professionals in all aspects of family law. Karen has formidable negotiating skills and achieves high levels of settlement and client satisfaction. She adopts a firm but fair approach to all aspects of her litigation with an eye to the commercial realities.

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Karen Moores, Mauro Vinti

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Teresa Mannion, Gemma Whitchurch, Judi Wood

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