Family law team

 

Partners

Karen Atkins
, Partner
Manager of St Helens Family department

Karen is a Partner of the Firm and is the Manager of the Family department at the St Helens office.

Karen is a specialist in the law relating to children and an accredited member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association). Kar...

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Karen Atkins
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T: 01942 774136
F: 01942 774537
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Mike Devlin
, Partner
Managing Partner of Family & Children Law
Mike is a specialist in the law relating to children. He has been a member of the Law Society Children Panel (now Solicitors Regulation Authority Children Panel Accreditation Scheme) since its inception in 1984. Mike is ...
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Mike Devlin
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T: 0800 0731324
F: 01942 774536
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Victoria Gethin
, Partner

After graduating from Keele University in 1998, Victoria joined Stephensons as a graduate clerk, and was subsequently appointed as a trainee solicitor in 1999.  For the majority of her training contract and since qualification in 2002, Victoria ha...

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Victoria Gethin
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T: 01942 774030
F: 01942 774530
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Victoria Melling
, Partner
Head of Bolton Family department

Victoria joined Stephensons following her graduation from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in 1998 with an LLB (Hons) in Law and having successfully completed the Legal Practice Course. Initially working as a Graduate Clerk in the conveyancin...

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Victoria Melling
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T: 01942 778039
F: 01942 774535
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Andrew Mountain
, Partner
Manager of the Bolton Family department

Andrew read law at Manchester University graduating in 1977. He completed his LPC at Chester College of Law. Andrew trained with Pannones before joining Berry & Berry upon qualification in 1980 and becoming a Partner in 1984.

Andrew has speci...

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Andrew Mountain
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T: 01942 778033
F: 01942 774535
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Joanne Murray
, Partner
Partner

Joanne specialises in the area of civil litigation.

Joanne completed the LLB (Hons) exempting Law Degree at Northumbria University in Newcastle. She became a Trainee Solicitor at Stephensons on graduating in 2001. Joanne qualified as a solic...

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Joanne Murray
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T: 01942 774467
F: 01942 774537
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Amanda Rimmer
, Partner
Head of Wigan Family department

Mandy studied her Law Degree at Leeds University and then for her Solicitors' Final Examination at the College of Law in Chester. She joined Stephensons as a Trainee Solicitor in 1992 and qualified into the Family department in 1993, and has specialise...

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Amanda Rimmer
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T: 01942 774322
F: 01942 774542
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Associates

Lauren Day
, Associate
Lauren is an Associate at Stephensons and a member of the family department based at the Leigh office.
 
Lauren Day
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T: 01942 774203
F: 01942 774530
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Kath Geere
, Associate
Kath has worked in the Legal Profession since leaving college in 1982 and initially joined Stephensons in 1988, working solely in the family department since 1992.
 
Kath was appointed an ...
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T: 01942 774321
F: 01942 774542
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Charlotte Faid
, Associate
Charlotte is a member of the family law department based at our St Helens office. ...
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Charlotte Faid
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T: 01942 774134
F: 01942 774537
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Christopher Fairhurst
, Associate

Chris is a member of the family law department who joined Stephensons in December 2006 and was appointed an Associate in May 2008.

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Christopher Fairhurst
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T: 01942 774312
F: 01942 774542
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Lynda Flynn
, Associate

Lynda graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1993 with an LLB (Hons) in Law. Her career at Stephensons commenced in May 1995 working as a graduate clerk in the Family department. 

Lynda qu...

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Lynda Flynn
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T: 01942 774122
F: 01942 774540
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Belinda Green
, Solicitor
Belinda obtained a BA Hons Degree in Communication and Information Media from Lancaster University and then a Graduate Diploma in law and a Distinction on completing the Legal Practice Course at the University of Central Lancashire. View full profile and contact details
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T: 01942 774306
F: 01942 774542
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Gareth Jones
, Solicitor
Gareth is a solicitor within the firm specialising in Civil Litigation.
 
Gareth graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2001 and commenced work at Stephensons in March 2002. G...
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Gareth Jones
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T: 01942 774086
F: 01942 774527
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Jackie Price
, Associate

Jackie is an Associate at Stephensons and a member of the family law department based in our Manchester office.

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Jackie Price
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T: 01942 774433
F: 01942 774536
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Ceri Thomas
, Associate

After completing her Law degree at Glamorgan University, Ceri obtained a diploma in legal practice at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ceri began work at Stephensons in 2001 in the Conveyancing department. She joined the family de...

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Anna White
, Associate
Anna studied at the University of Salford, where she achieved a Bsc (Hons) degree in Business Studies and Law, before going on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Chest...
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Anna White
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T: 01942 774202
F: 01942 774530
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Solicitors

Maria Chadwick
, Solicitor
Maria graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2005 and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, York in 2006.
 
Maria began work at Stephensons as a ...
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T: 01942 778022
F: 01942 774535
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Rebecca Coutts
, Solicitor
Rebecca studied law at the University of Lancaster and undertook a vacation placement with Stephensons in the summer of 2005 after graduating. Rebecca then went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at BPP in Manchester and returned...
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T: 01942 778046
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Gillian Davies
, Solicitor
Gillian qualified in 1984 and trained as a family mediator in 1996. She recently joined the family department of Stephensons. She is a member of Resolution. View full profile and contact details
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T: 01942 774453
F: 01942 774536
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Hanna Fayle
, Solicitor

After gaining a 1st in her Social Policy Degree at The University of Manchester Hanna went on to Manchester Metropolitan View full profile and contact details

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T: 01942 774308
F: 01942 774542
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Laura Hankinson
, Solicitor

Laura graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2006 after successfully completing a Law Degree...

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Donna Hazeldine
, Solicitor

Donna studied her law degree at Nottingham University, graduating in 1997, when she joined Stephens...

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Nicola McDaid
Manchester
Dianne Skidmore
, Solicitor

 Dianne joined Stephensons’ child care team in Manchester in February 2010.

Prior to joining Stephensons Dianne was Head of Family Pra...

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Belinda Green
, Solicitor
Belinda obtained a BA Hons Degree in Communication and Information Media from Lancaster University and then a Graduate Diploma in law and a Distinction on completing the Legal Practice Course at the University of Central Lancashire. View full profile and contact details
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T: 01942 774306
F: 01942 774542
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Gareth Jones
, Solicitor
Gareth is a solicitor within the firm specialising in Civil Litigation.
 
Gareth graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2001 and commenced work at Stephensons in March 2002. G...
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Gareth Jones
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T: 01942 774086
F: 01942 774527
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Ceri Thomas
, Associate

After completing her Law degree at Glamorgan University, Ceri obtained a diploma in legal practice at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ceri began work at Stephensons in 2001 in the Conveyancing department. She joined the family de...

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Executives

Gillian Lavelle
, Executive
Gillian started working at Stephensons as a trainee paralegal in 2004 whilst studying for her Institute of Legal Executives qualification. Gillian graduated from The Manchester College in June 2008 and following a two year period with ...
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