Amy qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and is now an associate within the family team.
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
- Dragonfly Champion
Areas of expertise
- Divorce and dissolution
- Dealing with financial claims arising from separation after marriage
- Assisting with financial claims arising from separation of unmarried couples
- Resolving arrangements for the children following parental separation
- Grandparents’ rights
- Parental responsibility
- Pre nuptial and post nuptial agreements
- Cohabitation agreements
- Separation agreements
- Parenting agreements to reflect agreed terms of how separating couples will co-parent following separation
- Specific issue applications regarding children i.e. where they should go to school, what medical treatment they should have, where they should live, whether their surname should be changed
- Prohibited steps applications regarding children i.e. preventing a parent from unilaterally removing a child from school or moving them into a different home
- Obtaining/defending non molestation and occupation orders where there has been domestic violence and/or coercive and controlling behaviour
- Leave to remove applications for internal relocation and external relocation where a parent wishes to move out of the country, or within the country but a long way from where they live currently
- Enforcement of family orders where a party is not complying with a court order
- Applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act for lump sums and/or property for the benefit of a child
Testimonials
What our clients say about Amy
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Insights
Thoughts and Insights written by Amy
Can I afford to leave a spouse in retirement?
07 Nov 2022
•2 min read
What is the difference between an annulment and divorce?
12 Sep 2022
•2 min read
What will I be left with following divorce?
30 May 2022
•4 min read
Where do I stand financially if we separate or divorce?
16 May 2022
•3 min read
Will my contributions be taken into account upon divorce
11 Mar 2022
•< 1 min read
Candid Divorce Lawyer – The lowdown on no-fault divorce
25 Jan 2022
•< 1 min read
Communication advice for separating parents
03 Dec 2021
•2 min read
Top tips for separating parents
01 Dec 2021
•2 min read
Dividing Pensions on Divorce
26 May 2021
•3 min read
