FAMILY LAW PARTNERS - Key Persons
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- Director of Innovation & Technology, Solicitor & Collaborative Lawyer
- Team Member
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- Consultant, Solicitor & Mediator
- Law Solicitor
- Team Member
Alice Scambler is our leading Family Law Solicitor and Mediator in Kent. Highly experienced in complicated financial cases, Alice's divorce and financial remedy practice include cases with high levels of assets and complex trust arrangements, pensions and company structures. Alice takes a holistic approach, regularly working with other professionals in the financial, actuarial and tax advice industries.
Alice advises clients in the Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells area, as well as elsewhere in the region.
Beth is a Paralegal in our Brighton team, ensuring that we deliver the excellent client care we are renowned for.
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- Management Consultant
- Team Member
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- Senior Associate & Mediator
- Team Member
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- Solicitor
- Associate to Watch
- Director, Solicitor & Collaborative Lawyer
- Member of Resolution
- Team Member
Chris is a Solicitor and Collaborative Lawyer. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2011 and joined Family Law Partners in 2013 having been attracted to working in a firm which solely specialises in family law and so was able to focus upon the specific needs of his clients.
Chris Maulkin is ranked as an Associate to Watch in the Chambers and Partners Guide UK 2024 and his testimonial reads, "Chris Maulkin, ‘the machine' I call Chris. He is prolific in terms of his data management and forensic skills. He's so diligent and one to watch." Ranked in the Chambers and Partners 2023 edition the commentator says, "He is excellent in every sphere, particularly his attention to detail and his sophisticated technological skills."
Chris Maulkin is recognised as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 2024 directory and his ranking comments include: "Collaborative lawyer Christopher Maulkin deals with financial issues and family matters involving unmarried couples."
Also listed as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 2023 directory, the commentary included: "Christopher Maulkin is one of the kindest and most intelligent gentlemen that I have had the privilege to deal with in the legal profession. He exudes patience and nothing appears to phase him or cause frustration to be displayed. An exemplary professional as well as a human being."
"Chris Maulkin has experience beyond his years. His work with innovative family law technology means that he is able to bring a forward-thinking approach for his clients and his preparation and knowledge of his cases is first rate." The Legal 500 directory 2022.
Renowned for the detailed approach he adopts, Chris is recognised in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 as being ‘an outstanding solicitor in financial remedy work who brings a forensic mind to case analysis'.
Chris is a member of Resolution and adopts a constructive and solution-focused approach with all his clients as he is passionate that this is more likely to lead to an amicable agreement being reached and avoid the need for expensive litigation. However, where this is not possible Chris is experienced in the court process and able to advise and guide his clients through this.
Chris' interest in technology led him to become a key member (together with Alan Larkin and Sam Paul) of the firm's Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Brighton between 2016 and 2019. The purpose of this KTP was to explore specific areas where technology could be utilised to improve the client journey. This project was awarded an "Outstanding" grade by Innovate UK, the highest grade available.
He became a member of Resolution's Innovation Committee in 2019.
In his spare time Chris enjoys spending time with his young family and Karate. He also enjoys music and walking his Labrador on the South Downs.
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- Associate
- Solicitor
- Team Member
Craig joined Family Law Partners in March 2024, having previously been working for a full service law firm with multiple offices in the South East. He trained as a solicitor in London before qualifying in 2010. He subsequently relocated to Sussex where he has been practising as a family solicitor since 2014.
‘Craig Yeung-Williams is pragmatic and calm but totally on top of his cases. I have only done financial remedy cases with him where he has shown a towering command of the figures and is very impressive and quick to identify solutions.'
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- Operational Support Assistant
- Team Member
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- Trainee Solicitor
- Team Member
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- Associate
- Solicitor
- Specialist
- Team Member
Eleanor is an Associate Solicitor in our Horsham team. She joined us in Spring 2022 from a City firm where she specialised in children work.
Eleanor is a specialist family law Solicitor, based in our Horsham office. She trained at a regional firm before qualifying in 2020 and has most recently been a member of a child care team in a City of London firm with a predominant focus on public law children matters.
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- Consultant Solicitor & Mediator
- Law Solicitor
- Team Member
Emily Pain is the firm's leading family law solicitor in our Fleet office and is a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500. An expert in family law, Emily specialises in complex financial issues and wide-ranging children disputes following a divorce, separation or dissolution of civil partnership.
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- Solicitor
- Director, Solicitor, Mediator & Collaborative Lawyer
- Team Member
Gemma is a Solicitor, Collaborative Lawyer and Accredited Mediator committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. She is a member of Resolution and a Resolution Accredited Specialist (Children and Complex Financial Remedies).
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- Senior Operations Assistant
- Team Member
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- Trainee Solicitor
- Member of Resolution
- Team Member
Grace is a keen member of Resolution and currently sits on the committee of West Sussex Yres.
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- Director, Solicitor & Mediator
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- Consultant, Solicitor & Mediator
- Law Solicitor
Hazel Manktelow is the firm's leading family law solicitor in South/Mid Hampshire and is Recommended Lawyers in the Legal 500 directory.
An expert in family law, Hazel has been a qualified mediator with Resolution since 2010 and specialises in finances following a relationship breakdown, whether by separation, divorce, or dissolution of civil partnership. Hazel also has experience in dealing with military pensions, in particular naval and armed forces pensions which are complex and require specialist knowledge.
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- Consultant, Mediator, Solicitor & Collaborative Lawyer
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- Group Director, Solicitor & Mediator
Kate Elliott, Rachel Nicholl, Hannah Viet, Victoria Burrows, Polly Dallyn, Charlotte Plowman, Eleanor Pollard and Mimi Hadley are our family law specialist solicitors in Horsham. Experts in family law, the team supports clients in finding solutions and alternatives to court when separating or divorcing. Kate and Gemma are also Resolution trained Mediators.
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- Director of Client Wellbeing
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- Acting Operations Director
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- Senior Operations Assistant
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- Group Director, Chartered Legal Executive & Collaborative Lawyer
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- Consultant Solicitor, Mediator & Collaborative Lawyer
- Law Solicitor
Louise Buttery is our leading family law solicitor in Essex. An expert in family law, Louise specialises in advising on the financial implications of both entering and ending relationships following a divorce, separation or dissolution of civil partnership. Louise has particular expertise in advising parents, grandparents and other family members in relation to child arrangements.
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- Operational Support Assistant
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- Senior Associate & Mediator
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- Director, Solicitor & Collaborative Lawyer
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- Managing Director, Solicitor, Collaborative Lawyer & Arbitrator
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- Knowledge Systems Developer
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- Consultant, Solicitor, Mediator & Collaborative Lawyer
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- Senior Associate Solicitor, Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator
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- Consultant, Solicitor & Collaborative Lawyer