Kevin is a master tactician and very well-regarded for international children work.
Jemma is the stand out solicitor for complex adoption, parentage and surrogacy disputes.
Janet is brilliant – she never gives up on a case and fights until the last for her clients.
Hannah is an exceptional lawyer who is caring, considerate and goes above and beyond.
Emma always looks for ways to support the client around proceedings, considering all the options to get the best possible outcome for them.
Catriona Allan is a very experienced solicitor and provides an excellent service to clients.
Trudi Featherstone provides strong, sensible and no-nonsense advice. She is forward thinking and respected by her peers. As an experienced mediator, she has the optimum blend of sensibility and empathy, enabling her to navigate clients through their often complex emotional influences. She expertly guides the clients through the mediation process and will find some common ground.
Thomas Brownrigg is a stand out family lawyer for finance and children disputes. Very good with cohabitation and modern family cases. Technically brilliant with a fine attention to detail. Tremendous lateral thinker. Extremely good at negotiation. Always popular with clients. Very good at difficult, challenging and acrimonious mediation cases.
Kevin Skinner knows everything about international family law cases. He acts for parents and children and has been involved in some of the key cutting edge cases.
Ann Thompson is a legend amongst family lawyers. Her client skills are exceptional and she is one of the most in-demand solicitors in London. She is available at all times of day to clients and goes the extra mile.
Janet Broadley is outstanding in children law, especially in international cases. She is rightly regarded as the best lawyer for representing children.
Jemma Dally is a Star amongst Stars. She works tirelessly for every client and has exceptional judgment.
Emma Sherrington is fantastic in all areas of private and public law children work. Really bright. Hugely experienced.
I believe anyone will be in safe hands with Thomas Brownrigg. An outstanding solicitor who made me feel at ease throughout the hearings and achieved the best result for my family.
Trudi Featherstone is known for her wisdom and thoroughness. A very experienced and accomplished mediator.
It has been incredible to work with Peggy Ray of Goodman Ray.
Her attention to detail is extraordinary. I have felt truly supported in what has been a difficult situation and because of her commitment, I have hope that our family situation can be resolved. A successful outcome for our family is everything to me and I know it is for Peggy too. I’m so grateful. I would recommended anyone to work with Goodman Ray, they are an amazing team.
Trudi Featherstone maintains a strong reputation as a litigator and mediator who handles children matters. She represents clients in a range of matters including cohabitation and jurisdictional disputes. Her experience also covers high-value financial remedy and Schedule 1 proceedings.
Emma Sherrington is extremely experienced and able. She can, and does, turn her hand to the whole range of children work, achieving outstanding outcomes for a variety of clients. Very highly recommended.
Having read your letter I would like to thank you for doing your duties emphatically and supporting me though this difficult time by your professionalism. At a time where I was being judged and condemned by various people you fought my corner I believed at the very least reflected my views and side of the story.
She is an incredibly dedicated children lawyer who is also very good at strategy. She’s always thinking one step ahead so the client has the best outcome long-term.
She is a stellar practitioner and takes a courageous approach to her cases; Peggy is known for her dedication and care to her clients.
He’s kind, patient and clever and has all the qualities that you would want in someone representing you at the hardest time of your life. He’s incredibly supportive of his clients
There is no case or situation that Peggy Ray hasn’t been in. She is a brilliant lawyer who is always calm in the most difficult circumstances.
Working with Thomas Brownrigg I had confidence that we would reach a resolution and were treated as individuals where I felt other firms would have not done so as readily
An exceptional individual who is really well prepared, hard-working and caring.
Trudi Featherstone is meticulous in her approach with clients, consideration of the issues in hand and the subsequent preparation of documentation. She is fast becoming London’s preeminent mediator.
“They are a good, steady pair of hands – you know with a firm like Goodman Ray that parents will get the best representation possible.”
It is an excellent children’s law practice, with a particular speciality as a leader in the representation of children, and a recognised high-level expertise in international cases.
“Kevin is really good at understanding where the important aspect of the case is and directs his efforts towards that rather than less important matters.”
Novlet made me feel at ease when she dealt with my case and made me feel important, especially when I was at my lowest. Thank you Novlet.
“What stands out is the strong leadership of Peggy Ray and the coherence of the family team. It always feels that behind the instruction of each solicitor, you are getting the Rolls-Royce service of the whole team. Their breadth of practice is second-to-none.”
Kevin Skinner is absolutely brilliant at what he does and gets his clients to the best place he can as quickly as possible.
Kevin has a keen intellect and is a great strategist. He is also very skilled at giving difficult advice to vulnerable clients to ensure that their position is protected as much as possible.
She is committed to ensuring that children’s voices are properly heard and their interests safeguarded.
Kevin Skinner is a marvel. Instantly reassuring and personable with clients from any background, he is a versatile individual who will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of the best possible outcome. His written work is exceptional and he is an excellent communicator, which is a skill that bring an edge to any case he touches.
Was recommended to the mediation practice and found the approach to be professional and understanding.
Peggy Ray has a powerful and acute intellect, and grapples imaginatively, with maturity of judgment, and (where appropriate] forcefully with difficult and challenging cases. She is a legendary class act.
Peggy Ray has a powerful and acute intellect, and grapples imaginatively, with maturity of judgment, and (where appropriate) forcefully with difficult and challenging cases. She is a legendary class act. Janet Broadley is a very well-established specialist in international cases, and in particular in Hague Convention child abduction, with experience of very high-level work including in the UKSC and the CJEU. Her legal knowledge and tactical skill are overlaid by an open, sensitive approach ideally suits her to the representation of older children, and she is one of the few ‘go-to’ practitioners who excel at this role.
Tom Brownrigg is a mediator who I would recommend without hesitation. He is bright whilst remaining approachable and I have received very positive feedback as to how Tom is able to manage difficult personalities within a mediation setting.
Kevin Skinner is genuinely interested in his cases and has a reputation for being involved in the very biggest cases. Kevin also has a particular expertise in cross-border work
Trudi Featherstone is known for her wisdom and thoroughness. A very experienced and accomplished mediator.
The advice and careful approach that Thomas has really makes you feel comfortable and in control of things.
A clever advocate who thinks outside the box and works hard for her clients.
I have worked with Goodman Ray for ten years or more undertaking financial remedy work. Many of those cases have had a large and complex international element, others have involved uncovering gross non-disclosure by the other party and almost all have been cases where the asset base is complicated by trusts, private limited company structures or complex third-party interests and claims.
What I have consistently found is that Goodman Ray offer quality that is just as effective and professional as the ‘magic circle’ sets of solicitors but do so with a strong personal commitment, offer empathetic advice and consistent maintain a clear focus on achieving successful outcomes at proportionate cost to the clients. I routinely recommend Goodman Ray’s financial remedy team to others and including to my own directly instructed clients when their cases need the involvement of a solicitor.
Even if she has to present a difficult position, she does it expertly and brings people along with her. She is very good at case planning and strategy.
Kevin is really good at understanding where the important aspect of the case is and directs his efforts towards that rather than less important matters.
