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Divorce
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Divorce Settlements
Team Key contacts Contact our Family Law Team Robyn Allardice Partner - Family, Commercial & Technology Robyn Allardice Partner - Family, Commercial & Technology Robyn Allardice is a seasoned Family Lawyer and Mediator with extensive…
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Divorce Solicitors
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Domestic Abuse
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Family Law Support Services
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International Divorce Lawyers
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Lawyers for Domestic Abuse
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Legal Separation Agreements
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Legal Separation Agreements
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Non-Court Dispute Resolution
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Postnuptial Agreements & Prenuptial Agreements
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Surrogacy & Modern Families
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Surrogacy Lawyers
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Saika Alam
Partner & Co-Head of Family Law
Saika Alam
Partner & Co-Head of Family Law
Saika co-heads the Family Law department. With more than 25 years experience in representing spouses, cohabitees, parents and grandparents, Saika is able to quickly focus in on the core issues in any Family Law case.
Robyn Allardice
Partner - Family, Commercial & Technology
Robyn Allardice
Partner - Family, Commercial & Technology
Robyn Allardice is a seasoned Family Lawyer and Mediator with extensive experience in the UK, international family law, and global cross-jurisdictional issues, as well as commercial & technology law.
Hal Branch
Managing Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution
Hal Branch
Managing Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution
Hal is the managing partner and head of dispute resolution. He has a wide range of expertise gained from over 30 years of experience in numerous areas of practice, including commercial and general litigation, inheritance disputes, employment, family law and immigration.
Julius Brookman
Partner - Family Law
Julius Brookman
Partner - Family Law
Julius brings more than twenty-four years of legal experience to the firm’s Family Law Department. Julius qualified in 2004 and has a number of reported cases and particular expertise in international aspects of Family Law. Julius is also admitted in Queensland (albeit non-practising) and has had three reported cases in the last three years. He worked for over twenty years in his well-known and commended Family practice, Brookman, and has had four years experience working in boutique Legal District and City firms prior to joining the team at Branch Austin McCormick.
Caroline Ford
Partner - Family Law
Caroline Ford
Partner - Family Law
Prior to joining Branch Austin McCormick in February 2023, Caroline was a partner in a Legal 500 family Law team in the city of London.
Sophie Francis
MCILEX Advanced Paralegal
Sophie Francis
MCILEX Advanced Paralegal
Sophie is a paralegal providing legal and administrative support to the Dispute Resolution and Family Law team. She has recently qualified as an MCILEx Advanced Paralegal, and is now set to begin the CILEX Lawyer course.
Sophie won Best Newcomer/Young Practitioner at the CILEX National Paralegal Awards 2025.
Mira Gohil-Patel
Partner - Family Law
Mira Gohil-Patel
Partner - Family Law
Mira Gohil-Patel joined the firm in March 2025 as a Partner in the Family team.
Emily Iveson
Associate - Employment and Disputes
Emily Iveson
Associate - Employment and Disputes
Emily Iveson joined the firm in October 2023, starting her training contract in May 2024, working in the litigation, family and employment departments. Emily has now completed her training and qualified as a solicitor, working across the employment and disputes teams.
Nadia Moynihan
Consultant – Dispute Resolution, Employment & Family Law
Nadia Moynihan
Consultant – Dispute Resolution, Employment & Family Law
Nadia’s practice represents a broad cross-section of the kind of legal services that most businesses and individuals typically need, regardless of industry sector or client profile, with a particular focus on dispute resolution.
Gorkem Ozsoy
Senior Associate - Family Law
Gorkem Ozsoy
Senior Associate - Family Law
Gorkem is a Senior Associate in the Family department advising on all aspects of family law, including, divorce and dissolution of civil partnership, financial remedy proceedings, arrangements for children, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation and separation agreements.
Keshini Rajendra
Partner & Co-Head of Family Law
Keshini Rajendra
Partner & Co-Head of Family Law
Keshini is a Partner and Co-Head of the Family Department who has over 25 years of experience in family law and has cultivated a reputation based on her compassionate, integrative and insightful approach with clients and her savvy, ‘no-nonsense’ manner with difficult opponents.
Aida Vyšniauskaite
Senior Associate - Dispute Resolution, Family Law and Private Client
Aida Vyšniauskaite
Senior Associate - Dispute Resolution, Family Law and Private Client
Aida graduated with a Masters degree at the Faculty of Law in Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania and undertook her Law Society Graduate Diploma in law followed by the Law Society Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Bloomsbury, qualifying as a solicitor in October 2012.
Caroline Wallis
Paralegal - Family Law
Caroline Wallis
Paralegal - Family Law
Caroline is a paralegal specialising in family law. She is currently working towards her CILEX paralegal qualification.
She supports our family lawyers with all aspects of their cases and she has experience in dealing with divorces, financial provision and Children Act proceedings.
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Insights and articles
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B v C & Anor [2026] – Why the Family Courts should not reward breach of Child Arrangement Orders
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How English Courts treat foreign marriages after Tousi v Gaydukova
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The role of Third-Party Intervenors in Matrimonial Finance Cases
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Is the family court system failing children and families and can arbitration help?
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Can a Court take account of coercive and controlling behaviour in a marriage?
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What does the family law case of Standish v Standish mean for the treatment of property in a marriage?
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Top 10 Tips for Financial Remedy Proceeding
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The importance of pre-nuptial agreements
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Can I apply to the English court for financial provision after getting divorced abroad? Financial relief after an overseas divorce
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One Lawyer: Two Clients (Both Spouses/Both Cohabitants/Both Parents) – Resolution Together
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Can family law clients really trust in a family trust?
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Financial disclosure in divorce proceedings: What you need to know
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Case Study – analysing complex company structures and trust documents in divorce settlements
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AALS Freedom of Speech Event
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Nuptial agreements overview
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Separation agreements
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Top Legal Tips For Living Together
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The Mid-Life Divorce
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Branch Austin McCormick’s support for Resolution’s Vision for Family Justice
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Parenting Plan – What is it?
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Divorce and your Family Home
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Introducing Nadia Moynihan
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How much can a divorce cost?
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Capital Gains Tax for divorcing couples
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Can you apply for a costs order in a court case concerning the arrangements for a child in child law proceedings?
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Family pets and divorce.
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How to divorce – the new law
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Common Law wife – fact or fiction?
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Severing a joint tenancy with a notice of severance – what does it mean and why does it matter if a marriage or relationship breaks down?
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The Bank of Mum and Dad – Relationship breakdown and the pitfalls of lending money to your children
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How To Divorce Or End A Civil Partnership
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It’s not you it’s me – time for no fault divorce?
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Divorce & Brexit: The Legal Implications
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