Amy Trench

Amy Trench is a Senior Associate in our Family team and a qualified mediator, offering an empathetic and child-focused approach to resolving family matters. A member of the Family Mediation Council, Amy brings over 10 years of experience as a practicing solicitor, which enhances her mediation work with valuable legal expertise.

Amy mediates on a range of family matters, including helping to resolve arrangements for the children, financial settlements as part of marriage breakdown, disputes between unmarried couples, and matters involving grandparents. She is skilled in shuttle mediation for situations where parties prefer not to be in the same room. Amy’s calm and holistic approach helps clients work towards practical and mutually agreeable solutions. When agreements are reached through mediation, she can prepare a Memorandum of Understanding to outline the terms.

Amy works closely with external advisors such as financial planners and life coaches, drawing on her network to provide additional support where needed.

Amy can also advise in situations involving domestic abuse and is a Dragonfly champion, meaning she is trained to link to domestic abuse support agencies where required, and prioritises vulnerable adults and children’s safeguarding and welfare. She can also advise on nuptial agreements, or a cohabitation agreement, helping couples plan for the future with confidence.

Notable work highlights

Representing a wife in financial proceedings where the husband had taken a second wife in Pakistan and had dissipated marital assets to purchase property and assets in Pakistan.
Representing a husband in proceedings where a second property was owned jointly with other family members and considering joining the parties, also considering treatment of assets held by a family trust, where wife was trustee.
Representing a father in contested children act proceedings through to a final hearing where Children’s Services had been involved, contact had needed to be supervised and a guardian was appointed on behalf of the children.
Issuing enforcement application for wife to enforce current level of maintenance and representing wife on husband’s application to vary maintenance.
Attending the High Court with an injunction application to regulate occupation of a jointly owned holiday home.

Away from the office

Amy lives in Hampshire with her husband and two boys. She enjoys keeping the children busy with various adventures, going to the theatre/music events and catching up with friends over a brew.

Accreditations & Memberships

Amy sits on the Hampshire Resolution Committee and promotes the use of alternative dispute resolution as part of her practice where appropriate.
Mediator
Dragonfly Champion.

Areas of expertise

Testimonials

What our clients say about Amy

“Amy & her brilliantly supportive secretary & team were always available if I had any concerns or questions & were quick to respond to me. They explained the financial & complex court process simply & guided me through the multitude of paperwork, every step of the way. They were always on hand to offer advice and guidance. Amy was also highly skilled and strategically put together a successful plan to move things forward in a way that I couldn’t have imagined. Thank you so much to Amy & her team!”

Client

“I can’t thank you enough for helping me through my settlement. It was tough and upsetting, without your professionalism, talent, sheer hard work and most of all your big heart, I could not have done so. You simply are the best and Trethowans are very lucky to have you.”

Client

“Amy was wonderful: always available when I needed to talk to her, sympathetic and understanding. She gave me wise and sound guidance through the divorce process and did all the tedious background work. The barristers she recommended were excellent. Highly recommended. “

Client

“Amy is a very professional and caring solicitor. She has a very ‘human’ side which allows quick communication through great understanding of my views and the context of the case.”

Client

“You have been a tremendous help and made this extremely challenging situation bearable.”

Client

“Thank you for all the outstanding work you have done, in helping to safeguard my daughter and provide her with a brighter future.”

Client

“No matter what the nature of the conversation I was always left feeling cared for and supported. I was always clear of the facts, direction and my situation.”

Client

“I’d really like to say thank you for all your input over this time. Your ability to cut through to the issues at hand has been a massive help and It’s made what continues to be a really tricky time more manageable.”