“The Family Lawyers with a leading reputation for excellence.”
Family Law Firm & Solicitors in London & Brighton
Goodman Ray is one of the leading family law firms in the UK with a national and international reputation for its work in children and family law. Goodman Ray offers a first-class service across the full spectrum of family law, including divorce, matrimonial finance, cohabitation, international adoption, surrogacy, child abduction, forced marriage injunctions and children law. Our family solicitors represent high-net-worth and international clients, whilst remaining committed to delivering a cutting-edge service to its legally-aided clients.
Goodman Ray’s straightforward and innovative approach is welcomed by clients and is demonstrated by its solicitors’ involvement with other professional organisations. Clients are assured of expert representation by lawyers who will fearlessly fight their corner while sharing the firm’s child-centred ethos and promoting alternative dispute resolution where appropriate.
Adoption, Surrogacy, Fertility
For families who cannot conceive naturally fertility treatment and/or assisted conception can be an obvious choice …
Children
When a relationship breaks down the most important consideration for parents is the future arrangements for their …
Court of Protection
At Goodman Ray, we advise and represent families where an adult relative lacks the capacity to make decisions for …
Divorce and Relationship Breakdown
Whether you are married, living together or in a civil partnership relationship breakdown is never easy and can be …
Domestic Abuse
Violence, or the threat of violence that takes place between relatives or between people in a relationship is called domestic violence …
International Children, Child Abduction & Forced Marriage
If a child is removed from your care and taken abroad without your permission this can be unlawful and requires …
Mediation and Collaborative Law
Mediation is a voluntary process that brings together opposite sides in a dispute to help them arrive at their own decisions …
Costs and Funding
We believe in straightforward competitive charges and wherever possible we will seek to avoid unnecessary costs…
MEET THE PARTNERS
Peggy Ray
Senior Partner & Co-Founder
Trudi Featherstone
Partner & Mediator
Jemma Dally
Partner
Kevin Skinner
Partner
Tom Brownrigg
Partner & Mediator
LATEST NEWS
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March 24, 2021
Case Comment and Update: R (Quincy) Bell v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust…
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February 27, 2021
Domestic Violence: the need for community-based support It is not surprising that recent figures produced…
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February 16, 2021
Domestic Violence: the need for community-based support It is not surprising that recent figures produced…
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February 11, 2021
How much does a lawyer cost? Finding yourself in a situation where you need to…
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February 1, 2021
Conduct and Contribution – Goodman Ray represents husband in Court of Appeal financial relief…
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January 29, 2021
Izzy Jaques of our matrimonial and finance team represented the husband in respect of his…
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January 15, 2021
Successful appeal helps clarify what amounts to notice to end an adoption placement Jemma Dally…
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January 13, 2021
Jemma Dally of Goodman Ray represented the prospective adopters who succeeded in their appeal in…
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January 6, 2021
What is a child arrangement order? Child arrangements orders are made by the court pursuant…
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December 20, 2020
Public Law – Understanding the Local Authority and Children When a local authority is concerned…
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November 23, 2020
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November 14, 2020
Are Borders Barriers to Contact? Separated International Families in a Time of Coronavirus Living through…
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November 9, 2020
How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected service of applications and Orders under the Family Law…
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October 30, 2020
Frederick Cole was born in the village of Waterloo, in Sierra Leone in 1852. With…
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October 27, 2020
At 35 years of age Dr. Tunde Okewale MBE is the youngest leading barrister to…
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October 22, 2020
Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC QC was born on 19 August 1955…
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October 15, 2020
Tunji Sowande has many firsts to his name as a black legal professional in England…
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October 8, 2020
In October 2004, The Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE became the first non-white high court…
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July 10, 2020
“It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is going to come”….
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June 12, 2020
Goodman Ray supports Black Lives Matter Mutual respect and diversity are central components of our…
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June 2, 2020
In simple terms, international parental child abduction occurs when one parent removes a child from…
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June 1, 2020
The national emergency as a result of Covid-19 has been unprecedented. Consequently, for parents it…
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June 24, 2019
On May 21st 2019, ministers announced that a panel of experts would review “how the…
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June 4, 2019
Local authorities have a statutory duty to protect children living in their area. However, understanding…
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April 15, 2019
So you find yourself in need of legal advice. But who should you turn to…
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March 27, 2019
On 15 March 2019, the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019 received…
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March 11, 2019
What is parental responsibility? Parental responsibility (PR) allows an individual to make important decisions concerning…
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February 21, 2019
That is a question you may be asking yourself in advance of your upcoming marriage….
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February 18, 2019
That is a question you may be asking yourself in advance of your upcoming marriage….
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February 18, 2019
The UK government has acted to reverse its policy of making British victims of forced…
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