Claire Filer

Practice Areas

I am a partner practising as a solicitor and mediator in the family law team at Irwin Mitchell, based in the London office and advising clients nationally across England and Wales.

I qualified as a solicitor in 2004, initially specialising in both private client and family law work before practising exclusively in family law since 2009. I have a broad experience in many areas of family law, particularly divorce and civil partnership dissolution, disputes arising between cohabiting couples, financial matters arising from the breakdown of those relationships and private law children work.

I specialise in cases involving complex business assets and trusts having completed the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Diploma to complement my family work at the beginning of my career. I am often instructed on and am developing a growing expertise in pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements particularly acting for those who wish to protect gifted or inherited wealth for future generations.

In my traditional solicitor role, I have always focused on helping my clients to reach a resolution consensually wherever possible. This can involve issuing proceedings where necessary, while striking that balance with robustly fighting their corner where needed in a commercial, principled, and intelligent way.

This approach feeds into my practise as a mediator where I can act for both clients in suitable cases to help them resolve their dispute together.