Experience

Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner

  • Jun 1998 - Present

  Kate joined the firm in 1998 and became a Partner within the Family team one year later. She qualified in 1984 and has been practising locally since that time. She initially specialised in Property Law until 1989 when she moved across to practising Family Law, where she has had extensive experience conducting complex financial cases and cases involving children. Kate also specialises in cases involving International Child Abduction and is on the Reunite list of specialists . Kate is an experienced Family Mediator and Professional Practice Consultant (PPC) to other Mediators. She is accredited to provide supervision to Mediators from the three main mediation bodies – FMA, Resolution and NFM and is the Partner in charge of Family mediation at the firm. She qualified as a family Mediator in 1991 and Commercial and Civil Mediator in 2002 and has since practised this work in conjunction with her work as a Solicitor. She specialises in all levels of the financial aspects of divorce and is also particularly interested in the law relating to children and family breakdown. She has the following accreditations and qualifications: Resolution accredited member with specialisms in financial provision and the law relating to children; trained in the area of Collaborative Law in 2005; a member of the Law Society Mediation Panel; a member of the Panel of Mediators for the Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme; a member of the Family Mediators Association; an ADR UK trained Civil and Commercial Mediator.