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Jo is a solicitor in the firm’s family department having joined Hunters in 2004. She became a Partner in 2016. Jo is an accredited specialist in financial provision on divorce and in Children Law.

She has broad experience of the complex financial aspects of divorce proceedings, dealing with cases exploring issues of inherited assets, trusts and company law, as well as advising on wealth protection pre-marriage – including pre-nuptial agreements. In addition, she advises on disputes concerning children and on the issues surrounding cohabitation and other forms of family breakdown. She is a trained collaborative lawyer, and a member of the London Collaborative Family Lawyers pod. Jo trained as a mediator in 2011 and is a member of the Family Mediators Association, and Resolution.

In November 2014, Jo was appointed to Resolution’s Property, Tax and Pensions Committee.
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Richard Kershaw has been a partner at Hunters Law since 2003, and advises on a wide range of financial and child related disputes arising on the breakdown of a relationship.

His cases are often complex and high in value, and draw on his expertise in trusts, overseas assets and property ownership. Richard is frequently instructed to obtain injunctions, both financial and for his clients’ personal protection.

In addition to his Family work, Richard has a complementary litigation practice with a primary focus on relationship generated trust and inheritance act disputes.

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