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Margaret is a Partner at Silk Family Law. With more than 25 years’ experience as a family lawyer, Margaret specialises in cases involving significant assets and complex issues. She has a particular interest and expertise in landed estates and farming cases, both of which often involve disputes relating to trust assets, valuation and liquidity.

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Sir Stephen Cobb has been a Justice of the High Court since 2013. He sits in the Family Division, the Family Court, the Court of Protection and the Administrative Court of the Queen’s Bench Division.

Stephen Cobb was a specialist family law barrister for over 20 years before being appointed to the Bench. Since becoming a QC in 2003, he specialised in the law relating to children. He won the prize for Family Law QC of the Year at Jordan Publishing's Family Law Awards 2012, and for two years (2010-2011) was Chairman of the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), at a time of significant change for the Family Bar.
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