Freddie has extensive experience advising clients in relation to divorce and separation, financial claims, nuptial agreements, cohabitation and issues relating to children. Clients value Freddie’s clear and strategic advice and his ability to handle matters sensitively and discreetly.

Freddie acts for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and their spouses and partners. He has a wealth of experience advising bankers, private equity professionals, landed estate owners, individuals with inherited wealth, business owners, as well as homemakers and full-time parents. Freddie has acted for a number of high-profile individuals for whom discretion is a key consideration.

Freddie has particular experience of resolving complex international financial disputes and enforcement of financial orders where one party fails to comply. He has a keen interest in cases with a Hong Kong or Far East element, having previously spent time at a top-ranked family law firm in Hong Kong on secondment.

I am a partner and the Director of Legal Services for Private Client Services at Irwin Mitchell LLP.

I am based in the Leeds office but lead the teams in Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Chichester, Manchester, Gatwick, Reading and Newcastle and look after approximately 165 people in the team. I sit on the LLP Management Board and the Client Services Leadership Group Committee.

I was until recently the Chair of the STEP SIG committee for Contentious trusts and a TEP and have recently stood down from post after 6 years. I have an advanced STEP certificate in Trust Disputes and I am a full member of ACTAPS.

Disputes involving lack of mental capacity, and those which involve the issue of undue influence, want of knowledge and approval claims regarding Wills and trusts. Claims for financial provision for all family members for both Claimants and Defendants. Handling disputes against and for beneficiaries, trustees and executors. Claims which involve breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duty. Proprietary estoppel claims and claims that involve financial abuse. Professional Negligence claims in this area of law.

Juliet leads the dispute resolution team. With her City expertise and contacts, Juliet brings a high level of client focus and service capability to our excellent dispute resolution practice.

Juliet’s practice comprises a broad spectrum of commercial disputes, but she has particular expertise in insolvency, banking litigation, private equity and professional negligence claims. Juliet regularly handles high value litigation in specialist divisions of the High Court, often being instructed to act against or alongside major UK or international firms and has been involved, acting for the claimant, in a number of high profile cases in both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Juliet’s focus is on insolvency litigation, private equity and the alternative lending markets, as well as shareholder and boardroom disputes. Juliet also has extensive experience in acting for lenders and insolvency practitioners on high profile professional negligence cases.