“The Family Lawyers with a leading reputation for excellence.”
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 matrimonial finance, cohabitation, international adoption, surrogacy, child abduction, forced marriage injunctions and children law. The firm represents 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 lawyers’ 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
Amanda Cattle
Partner
Kevin Skinner
Partner
LATEST NEWS
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October 12, 2018
We are looking for a paralegal to join our specialist Domestic Abuse team to cover Maternity Leave until the end of October…
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October 4, 2018
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of their marriage. In accordance with section 1(2) of…
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September 11, 2018
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of their marriage. In accordance with section 1(2) of…
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August 30, 2018
In this article we will consider the powers of the Family Court to deprive a child of their liberty by use of secure accommodation orders and other orders…
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August 20, 2018
In October 2017, a 54-page document was drafted by the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions…
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August 15, 2018
We are looking for a paralegal to join our specialist Domestic Abuse team to cover Maternity Leave until the end of October…
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August 13, 2018
New Zealand MP, Jan Logie, initially proposed a new bill that introduced paid employment leave for victims of domestic violence in December 2016…
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August 6, 2018
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has submitted a report to the UN outlining the action needed to improve protection against violence for women…
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July 26, 2018
The Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) were pioneered by the retired District Judge Nicholas Crichton in London in January 2008 on a trial basis…
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July 16, 2018
The Court of Appeal recently had to determine the issue of effective service of divorce proceedings under Article 16 of Council Regulation…
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July 9, 2018
On 27th June 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the UK’s law on civil partnerships was incompatible with Article 14…
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July 5, 2018
Until relatively recently, forced marriage was not a specific criminal offence, nor were there protective measures within…
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June 28, 2018
Jemma Dally, Head of our Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility team, acted for the applicant step-father in the reported case of….
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June 15, 2018
On the 31 May, the Government published a consultation in preparation for the new Domestic Abuse Bill, which was proposed…
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June 5, 2018
A Special Guardianship Order is an order which places a child in the long-term care of someone other than their parent…
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May 15, 2018
If a cohabiting couple do not make wills and one passes away, the survivor has no statutory right to inherit under the intestacy rules. However…
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May 11, 2018
We are delighted to announce that our Senior Partner, Peggy Ray won the Entrepreneurial Individual of the year at City wealth’s 2018 Magic Circle Awards yesterday evening…
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May 11, 2018
A revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact centres has recently been published. This protocol has been implemented…
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May 2, 2018
Late last month Resolution – a family law practitioners group – met for their annual conference in Bristol. Resolution operates a code…
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April 25, 2018
Judgment in the recent case of Re C (A Child) [2018] EWHC 557 (Fam) has been provided and has reinforced the consequences of breaching…
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April 17, 2018
Since the abolition of Legal Aid for the majority of family cases in 2013, many individuals are making applications to court without legal representation…
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April 13, 2018
The charity, Penny Appeal, has published important guidance on Islamic adoption and fostering in the United Kingdom. The guidance comes as a result…
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April 3, 2018
The vast majority of couples looking to dissolve a marriage do so by the divorce process, but there are other methods of ending a marriage…
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March 26, 2018
Herefordshire Council v AB [2018] EWFC 10 is a judgment handed down earlier this year regarding two cases which were described…
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March 20, 2018
Sir James Munby issued practice guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings on the 13th of March 2018…
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March 19, 2018
Domestic abuse may not always be in a physical form. A victim may not recognise that coercive behaviour has taken place as any specific incident…
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March 5, 2018
The average cost of a marital breakdown is £14,500 and counting, a new report conducted by Aviva’s Family Finances has found…
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February 22, 2018
Jemma Dally, Partner and Head of our International Child Care Department acted for Family Rights Group, a leading charity…
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February 14, 2018
When parents separate, issues in respect of the future arrangements for care of children can be some of the most problematic to resolve. Difficulties in…
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February 6, 2018
Polygraph testing, more commonly referred to as lie detector testing, has become a popular cultural phenomenon particularly due to the significant…
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