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Matthew Booth is a Partner at Payne Hicks Beach. 

Matthew advises clients in relation to a broad range of family law issues arising on the breakdown of marriage or cohabitation/relationships. He has a particular interest in dealing with private children matters, including leave to remove cases (where one parent wishes to relocate together with any children of the family) and disputes surrounding children's living and contact arrangements (determining with whom they live and the time they spend with their other parent).

In addition Matthew is a qualified Family Mediator and sits on the London Committee of Resolution (formerly known as the Solicitors' Family Law Association, a national organisation for Family Lawyers).

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Charlotte is an experienced employment lawyer who advises and provides support to HR teams and in house lawyers. She provides commercial and strategic advice on all areas of human resources and employment law from dealing with day to day disciplinary, grievance and performance issues to advising on large scale restructure and redundancy programs.
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