Edward Cooke Family Law

Edward Cooke Family Law is a niche family law firm, founded in 2018. They provide a modern, child-centred, tailored approach to help individuals, couples and families navigate their changing circumstances in the most constructive way, through non-court dispute resolution whenever possible.

The team are active in dispute resolution, with thriving mediation and collaborative work and the firm is known for its multidisciplinary dispute resolution work with family consultants and financial neutrals. Given ongoing court delays, the team support private FDRs, early neutral evaluations, and arbitration, where appropriate.

Edward Cooke Family Law are firmly committed to the benefits of collaborative law and mediation, particularly given the need in every situation to focus first and foremost on the needs of any children of the family but tailor their approach to the individual circumstances of each client, exploring options carefully at the outset.

Where court offers the only solution, the firm has extensive experience in representing clients in all forms of family court proceedings, with a strong network of barristers and other professionals, delivering excellent outcomes.

The team are committed, whichever route clients’ choose to resolve matters, to help them in a hands-on, practical manner and with great care and sensitivity to their individual circumstances.

Edward Cooke Family Law has broad experience in dealing with the full range of family cases, but also regularly handles complex court cases involving substantial assets, trusts, farms and family businesses.

Main Areas of Practice

The team at Edward Cooke Family Law support clients with:

·Divorce and Separation

·Financial Issues

·Children

·Modern Family Structures

·Surrogacy, Donor Conception and Fertility Law

·Cohabitation Disputes and Agreements

·Domestic Abuse, Injunctions and Emergency Remedies

·Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements

Firm Details

The Edward Cooke Family Law team includes three directors, Edward Cooke, Michelle Lewis and Lauren Guy, alongside a dedicated and growing team of family solicitors, mediators and support staff, all of whom have a wealth of specialist family law experience.Their team includes:

DIRECTORS

Edward Cooke: Managing Director, Family Solicitor, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer

Michelle Lewis: Director, Family Solicitor, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer

Lauren Guy: Director, Family Solicitor, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer

SOLICITORS

Tony Tynan: Senior Associate Solicitor

Victoria Maxwell: Associate Solicitor

Hannah Rogers: Associate Solicitor and Mediator

Lucy Attfield: Solicitor

Melanie Arens: Trainee Solicitor

PARALEGAL & SUPPORT STAFF

Daisy Hofgartner: Legal and Operations Assistant

Lisa McEvoy: Legal Assistant and Practice Administrator

Emelia Reid: Legal and Marketing Assistant

Lauren Barnett: Paralegal and Office Administrator

Valerie Creswick: Finance Administrator

Offices

Edward Cooke Family Law have offices in Chilgrove (near Chichester) and Brighton, and offer, by appointment, meetings in Petersfield and Chichester.