Family Law

Claire is an experienced family solicitor who has specialised in family law since 2000. She is skilled in resolving the complex financial consequences faced when a relationship breaks down, whether the couple is married, in a civil partnership or unmarried.

She also advises on emergency injunctions for urgent protection. In addition, Claire acts for parents in disputes concerning their children, with a high success of reaching solutions without making court applications.

Above all, Claire is committed to helping couples part with dignity and to minimise the impact on the family. She is a trained collaborative lawyer and mediator as well as a regular contributor to family law journals and the national press.

Paul Infield specialises in family finance disputes, particularly those involving businesses, having over 35 years’ expertise in this area. He deals with the whole range of matrimonial finance, cohabitation cases and Inheritance Act claims, and also in professional negligence actions arising out of such disputes.

He is also an experienced mediator who specialises in mediating TOLATA, Inheritance Act and negligence cases against solicitors and barristers arising out of family finance cases. He is qualified to act as an arbitrator in financial disputes under rules of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (www.ifla.org.uk).

Paul is a member of Duke Corporate Education’s Global Learning Resource Network, for whom he carries out executive training for major companies worldwide.