With 20 years’ experience as a divorce and family solicitor, Catherine is a partner at this highly regarded law firm that practises exclusively in family law. She advises clients in relation to the full scope of family law matters and disputes including divorce proceedings and dissolution of civil partnerships, financial matters resulting from relationship breakdowns, issues between parents and wider family members concerning children, financial disputes when unmarried partners separate, and pre and post marital agreements and cohabitation agreements. Catherine is sought out by clients who require a professional with extensive knowledge of family law and who can also offer the calm, caring and yet practical support needed to guide her cases to successful conclusions. Comments from Catherine’s clients include “very friendly and put me at ease straight away” and “excellent, sensible & logical advice given”.

An exceptionally skilled, professional and compassionate family law specialist, Lauren has built a reputation as one of the go-to solicitors in the Basildon area for high quality advice and representation. A Senior Partner at the firm, she has expertly handled family and matrimonial cases since 1999, accumulating significant knowledge and expertise of divorce, separation, financial remedy matters, cases relating to children, including public law, child abduction and special guardianship cases, and domestic abuse. Lauren is an experienced mediator with the required training to undertake mediation with children, and actively encourages her clients to reach agreement through compromise and negotiation. She also holds membership of The Law Society’s Family Law Advanced Accreditation Scheme and Resolution, and is an accredited specialist in children law and domestic abuse.