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Tony Roe

Collaborative lawyer & Family law arbitrator | Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Tony Roe is a highly experienced family law solicitor. Qualifying in 1990, in his almost thirty years of practicing family law Tony has run a department and led a well-respected firm.

Now having joined Pennington Manches Cooper in Reading as a consultant, Tony continues to offer high quality tailored family law services to clients with complex needs.

Tony has been published and/or quoted in newspapers including The Financial Times, The Times, Daily Express, the i Newspaper (Independent). He is also sought after by legal journals and has appeared in Family Law, Family Law Journal, Solicitors’ Journal and Law Society Gazette. In addition, being media trained by the Law Society and Resolution, he has appeared on television and radio giving expert comment on family law issues.

Tony was shortlisted by LexisNexis Family Law in 2015, 2016 and 2018 as Family Law Commentator of the Year.

 

 

 

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Collaborative lawyer & Family law arbitrator | Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Tony Roe is a highly experienced family law solicitor. Qualifying in 1990, in his almost thirty years of practicing family law Tony has run a department and led a well-respected firm.

Now having joined Pennington Manches Cooper in Reading as a consultant, Tony continues to offer high quality tailored family law services to clients with complex needs.

Tony has been published and/or quoted in newspapers including The Financial Times, The Times, Daily Express, the i Newspaper (Independent). He is also sought after by legal journals and has appeared in Family Law, Family Law Journal, Solicitors’ Journal and Law Society Gazette. In addition, being media trained by the Law Society and Resolution, he has appeared on television and radio giving expert comment on family law issues.

Tony was shortlisted by LexisNexis Family Law in 2015, 2016 and 2018 as Family Law Commentator of the Year.

 

 

 

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30 SEP 2019

Volume of divorce petitions fall, but take longer to process Volume of divorce petitions fall, but...
New Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics about the family court are just out. The headline is that the number of divorce petitions is down on the same period last year. There were 28,144 divorce...
30 SEP 2019
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16 MAY 2019

Committee writes to Minister expressing concerns over family justice system Committee writes to Minister expressing...
“Call for inquiry into abusive parents' access to children” was the story on the BBC website on Wednesday (15 May). It plugged a feature on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. For...
16 MAY 2019
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27 JUN 2018

BSE divorce centre brings back bulletin after blackout BSE divorce centre brings back bulletin...
On 21 June, the divorce centre for London & the South East at Bury St Edmunds (BSE) ‘on demand’ information bulletin was effectively closed down. The daily backlog information was replaced with the...
27 JUN 2018
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21 JUN 2018

Monitoring the progress of paper-based divorce: an update from Bury St Edmunds Monitoring the progress of paper-based...
[UPDATED 22 JUNE]In his Sir Henry Brooke annual lecture, titled 'The Age of Reform', given on 7 June 2018, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon said:'Significant reforms of the civil and...
21 JUN 2018
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15 MAY 2018

Call for access rights to grandparents Call for access rights to grandparents
'Call for "rights for grandparents" law' announced the BBC in May. The story came from a Parliamentary debate on 2 May entitled, 'Access Rights to Grandparents'. One should not be distracted by the...
15 MAY 2018
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20 MAR 2018

HMCTS reform divorce project legal professionals' event HMCTS reform divorce project legal...
In March 2017, I attended a Court Service (HMCTS) workshop about its online divorce project. HMCTS promised a follow up to demonstrate the progress the project has made. This subsequent legal...
20 MAR 2018
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30 JAN 2018

HMCTS tests fully digital divorce application HMCTS tests fully digital divorce...
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has just announced that its fully online divorce application process is being tested across England and Wales for the first time.It says that he pilot scheme...
30 JAN 2018
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19 JAN 2018

Co-op’s online divorce: A road test Co-op’s online divorce: A road test
I am a fan of the Co-op. My granny was a 'divi' (dividend) number holder. However, a headline earlier this month took me aback: 'Co-op speeds up the quickie divorce', announced the FT.Of course, many...
19 JAN 2018
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18 JAN 2018

Divorce petitions: in with the new, out with co-respondents Divorce petitions: in with the new, out...
'New divorce form "invites name and shame" of adulterers.' So ran a BBC News strapline on 11 August. This would be a worrying development, running contrary to good practice, the Law Society’s...
18 JAN 2018
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15 JAN 2018

Urgent issue of a divorce petition when freezing injunction needed or when there is a race due to jurisdiction Urgent issue of a divorce petition when...
I was contacted by another family lawyer earlier this month who had experienced certain problems in issuing a divorce petition. The lawyer, based nowhere near any of the divorce centres, wanted to...
15 JAN 2018
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