England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Private client
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Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Jones Myers Ltd

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Jones Myers Ltd’s family team works across York, Harrogate and Leeds. Richard Peaker, managing partner, leads the divorce and financial remedies team, which specialises in work for company owners, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and their spouses. Kate Banerjee, a founding member of Lawyers for Children, leads the children department, which has a notably high success rate in international child abduction matters. All children’s department team members are Society Children Panel members and Anthony Parrish has particular strength regarding child abduction, while the ‘exceptional’ Nicki Mitchell leads the divorce and financial remedies offering from the firm’s York office.

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  • ‘Good knowledge of the law in our specific area of practice. Clear jargon free advice and explanations. Experienced and enthusiastic practitioners.’

  • ‘Jones Myers are a friendly, approachable team who are professional while remaining personable. They have a number of very experienced practitioners in private and public family law, who always strive to get the best outcome for their clients.’

  • ‘Laura Walsh is approachable and child focused, always remaining on top of each case to avoid drift. I am instructed by Laura Walsh on a number of matters and she is supportive and always available to discuss the case, we work in a collaborative way to ensure the best outcome for the client.’

  • ‘The Jones Myers Partnership goes from strength to strength with its brand of smooth professionalism supporting a caring, empathetic attitude to all its client base. The opening of recent branch offices around North Yorkshire ensures that their dedicated brand of family legal advice is available to more of the general public.’

  • ‘Jones Myers children's team have a breadth and depth of knowledge unrivalled in their area’

  • ‘Kate Banerjee has knowledge second to none, having been practising in this area for around 30 years. Her sensitive but firm approach is invaluable when dealing with the issues that she does, recognising the importance of family life.’

  • 'Nicki Mitchell is dedicated, fair, and a very safe pair of hands for complex disputes. Always has an impressive grasp of the detail.'

  • 'Richard Peaker is very highly regarded locally. A calm and effective opponent.’

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Kate Banerjee
Head of Children Department and Jones Myers partner The nationally and nternationally acclaimed Children Department excels in matters including international child abduction and issues centered on jurisdiction, overseas adoption. It consistently achieves extremely high relocation success rate of returns of children in international abduction issues (within and outside EC, Hague, Non-Hague Convention countries). The Department specialises in private residence and contact disputes, care proceedings, adoption, abduction, special guardianship, relocation, educational matters. Lawyers represent private individuals (parents, grandparents, family members acting through their Trusts), Local Authorities, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS). Around 50% of complex case work originates from existing clients or referrals including those from law firms who lack the expertise. Services expansion to Court of Protection work - now covering entire range of children/vulnerable adult cases.
Richard Peaker
Head of Jones Myers Financial Remedies Department Department specialises in high net worth cases (up to £250m), frequently managing matters involving tens of millions of pounds. Regularly instructed in multi- jurisdictional proceedings and cases involving complex corporate and (often offshore) trust structures. Department head Richard Peaker, acknowledged leading light in FR work, has an enviable reputation in representing high net worth individuals. Client portfolio includes business owners, directors, landowners, farmers (valuation structures of land, fixtures, cattle, crops). Also parties with substantial family Trusts (on shore/off shore, involving analysis re payments made from Trusts and requirement of being joined into proceedings). Clients also comprise senior members of medical profession (complex pension issues/secondary streams of income), partners in leading legal practices (complex issues around value / liquidity of business interests, available income / pension arrangements).    
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Anthony Parrish
Partner in Children Department. Extensive expertise in family law exceeds two decades during which time Anthony has developed specialisms in children law matters. Anthony deals with issues relating to children, teenagers, parents (including those represented through their official solicitor) and local authorities. His expertise also encompasses international child abduction cases and  same sex relationship issues.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Peaker, Kate Banerjee, Nicki Mitchell

Other key lawyers

Anthony Parrish, Laura Walsh

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