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Lucy qualified as a solicitor at Dawson Cornwell before spending 20 years as a university law lecturer. She completed a PhD at the University of Warwick in 2025, investigating gender discrimination in financial remedies law. She is currently an ESRC Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Exeter.

Joseph is an Associate at Rodwell Disputes Advisory, having joined in September 2023. In this time, he has built substantial experience in the preparation of expert reports and supporting financial analysis across a range of family dispute matters. He is currently studying towards his Chartered Accountancy qualification.

James is Head of Strategic Growth at Nova Law, a pioneering legal-tech platform combining AI and human expertise to support people through separation and family law challenges. He works at the intersection of family law, technology and modern service delivery, helping professionals adopt innovative, client-centred approaches that deliver both improved

Geoff is a barrister at 1 Hare Court, Temple. He is a specialist in Financial Remedy cases and was appointed as a KC in 2017, a Recorder in 2019 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021. He also sits as a PFDR evaluator.

Claire is a partner in the family team at Withers, bringing strong technical expertise and sound judgement to a wide range of family law matters. She works with domestic and international clients, handling complex financial claims, children issues, pre and postnuptial agreements, and cohabitant disputes, with extensive experience in cases

Chris has built a busy practice across the range of the common law, with the exception of crime. He is regularly called upon to act in matters that straddle a number of areas of law, having taken the deliberate decision to ‘specialise in general practice’. He appears regularly in the