Clerk Details
- Clerk Name: Robert Leonard
- Clerk Telephone: 0330 332 0773
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Overview
Samantha brings a wealth of experience to the Bar having practised as a solicitor in family law for 19 years, including within a specialist family law firm in London, before returning to the South Coast of England in January 2011.
Samantha specialises in all areas of family law including divorce proceedings, dissolution of civil partnerships, resolving disputes over children. She is particularly renowned for her considerable expertise in financial disputes after separation and divorce.
Samantha has dealt with all aspects of family law over the years from initial client meetings to final hearings. This lends her family practice at the Bar a real advantage and understanding of the needs of the lay client and solicitor.
Expertise
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Family Add this expertise to your shortlist Finance
Sam's specific interest and expertise is in financial work. Her background forms her pragmatic approach and she brings a wealth of experience in areas of family finance, particularly in high conflict cases involving every range of assets from needs based to High Net Worth (HNW) individuals.
Sam offers exceptional client care skills and guidance.
Her cases regularly involve issues such as:
- TOLATA
- Foreign assets
- Trusts
- Complex company arrangements.
Private Remote FDR Hearings
Sam is available for private remote FDR hearings. For more information on private remote FDR hearings please click here.
Private Law Children, Injunction and Domestic Abuse
Sam has considerable experience dealing with matters involving issues such as:
- Specific Issue hearings
- Implacable Hostility
- Schedule 1
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Recommendations I have instructed Sam on a number of occasions in the past whilst I was working at other firms and I recently instructed her on a particularly acrimonious children matter where Sam represented my client at a Fact Find Hearing. Sam is an experienced, robust and determined Advocate who is always incredibly thorough in her preparation. She has a professional manner and is also extremely personable - she always deals with matters in a sensitive way and she builds up a great rapport with clients. Sam is also extremely approachable and helpful at all times. She went above and beyond at my Fact Find Hearing and achieved a great outcome for my client, who was over the moon. I would not hesitate to use Sam again. Truly 5 star service from start to finish. - Instructing solicitor