Co-founder of this award-winning law firm, Ruth is always fully committed to using her wide experience in family law to achieve the best outcomes and is known for her sensitive, professional and constructive manner. She acts for clients in a range of matters including divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships, division of assets following relationship breakdown, cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements, arrangements for children and domestic abuse cases. Ruth shows great attention to detail in each case and listens to her clients in establishing expectations and communicating accurate legal advice.

Dedicated in her approach, Shameela is a family lawyer and divorce solicitor with over 12 years’ experience. Representing a broad range of clients, she handles cases involving all areas of family law including divorce, financial settlements, issues relating to children and cohabitation disputes. As a member of Resolution, Shameela will encourage a non-confrontational approach to family issues where possible. However, her objective is always to achieve the best outcome for her clients. She combines her expertise with empathy and compassion, ensuring that her clients feel supported every step of the way.

A highly capable family solicitor and Director at this leading national law firm, Nikki can expertly navigate any issues relating to relationship formation and relationship breakdown. With over 20 years’ experience to bring to her role, she is particularly sought after for her expertise divorce and in high-net-worth cases involving businesses, trusts, property portfolios and pensions. Nikki also handles complex private law children matters, often with issues involving relocation, allegations of abuse, and parental alienation, drafting pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, civil partnership breakdown, and cohabitee property disputes. Nikki is Chair of the Nottingham branch of Resolution and adopts a conciliatory and non-adversarial approach to resolving her cases, as well as holding specialist accreditation in domestic abuse and private law children matters.

Head of the Family Law Department and leading a team of talented family lawyers, Jonathan takes pride in helping clients to resolve their issues in a constructive and diligent manner. He deals with a variety of cases including divorce and financial disputes, private law children issues, cohabitation disputes and the preparation of nuptial agreements. Jonathan is a member of The Law Society’s Family Law Accreditation Scheme in the areas of domestic violence and ancillary relief. He is also a member of Resolution and a trained mediator and is committed to a constructive, non-confrontational approach without the need for court proceedings. However, if court is necessary, Jonathan is an experienced advocate and has had many years of managing a challenging and busy caseload. He is also able to assist in matters relating to the preparation of wills, trusts, LPAs and probate.