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Provided by Tessa Bray
Tessa is a partner in the Family team. She has considerable experience working on high-value financial settlements, often including multiple jurisdictions and complex trust and pension issues.
Tessa has been involved in many high-profile cases and has extensive experience in applications for financial relief following a divorce in countries outside the UK. She acts for a range of clients, many of whom work in the financial sector, media, the leisure industry and homemakers. She also has a special interest in farming cases, coming from a farming family herself. Tessa advises on private law children disputes and has expertise in applications for leave to remove a child from the jurisdiction. Other aspects of her work include advising on wealth protection by way of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and dealing with disputes between unmarried couples (in particular, Schedule 1 claims under the Children Act 1989). She also deals with cases involving domestic violence, coercive and controlling behaviour, harassment and non-molestation injunctions/occupation orders.
Tessa is an experienced Resolution trained family mediator. She is a member of Resolution and the Franco-British Lawyers Society. Her articles have appeared in the Family Law Journal and Resolution’s Review magazine. Tessa regularly speaks at family law events.
Provided by Chambers
Tessa Bray regularly handles complex divorce and financial remedy proceedings.
Tessa Bray advises on private children law as part of her broader family practice. She has experience representing clients in difficult proceedings concerning relocation or where domestic violence may be a factor.
Provided by Chambers
Tessa is a very solid lawyer. She is tough and determined when required, while also being solutions-focused and technical. She also has great empathy and clients warm to her quickly.
Tessa works so incredibly hard on her cases. She is able to be robust when she needs to be but is also able to be calm and measured.
Tessa is fantastic - she's very direct and doesn't take stupid points. She is very good with clients.
Tessa is tough and determined when required, whilst also being solution focused and technical. She also has great empathy and clients warm to her quickly.
Tessa is a very solid lawyer. She is tough and determined when required, while also being solutions-focused and technical. She also has great empathy and clients warm to her quickly.
Tessa works so incredibly hard on her cases. She is able to be robust when she needs to be but is also able to be calm and measured.
Tessa is fantastic - she's very direct and doesn't take stupid points. She is very good with clients.
Tessa is tough and determined when required, whilst also being solution focused and technical. She also has great empathy and clients warm to her quickly.
