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.
Kevin’s written advocacy is absolutely brilliant and on par with leading counsel.
Jemma Dally has a strong practice in issues of surrogacy, fertility, domestic and international adoption, for which sources consider her “a real leader.” Another interviewee notes: “Jemma is highly professional and knowledgeable. She is efficient, reliable and a good communicator.
“Emma works very hard to support clients through a process which is often incredibly distressing and difficult – she is there fighting their corner in exhausting circumstances.”
When you have something that’s really difficult, she’s going to be top of your list.
I retire at the end of next week. I would not be able to do so in the great frame of mind I’m in, without your work and support. I am eternally grateful to you and all at Goodman Ray.
Ann Thompson is an excellent children’s lawyer who is very experienced in this field.
Goodman Ray is one of the leading children law firms in London with an excellent reputation. They attract and retain really good solicitors and it’s always a treat to work with them.
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
I wanted to let you know how grateful I am for all your hard work. Getting divorced was a major unexpected life event for me which came with many emotions and a confusing world to navigate personally and legally. You were an important voice when I was overwhelmed with anger and broken heartedness and I wanted to say thank you for all your support and guidance from the start to the very end. I’m sure you have many clients, so your prompt responses and attention to detail really meant a lot to me and helped me regain my voice. I am back on my feet again and loving this new chapter in my life. Thank you again for your excellent work and professionalism.
“Emma is a solicitor who is diligent, dedicated and always on the ball.”
This is just an email to tell you how much I appreciate your guidance and hard work during these proceedings. I am very confident in saying that I wouldn’t be in the position I am in if it wasn’t for your hard work and guidance.
My children and I want to thank you for what you did for us. I could never managed to sort it without you. Thank you again for everything.
The way that she works with, and for, her clients has undoubtedly made a difference to the outcome for them as she inspires confidence in her advice which encourages them to follow it to their benefit and they have all expressed to me that they are incredibly grateful to Novlet for the support she has given to them with good reason.
Goodman Ray has always been at the forefront of family law, particularly the law as it relates to children. The firm has never rested on its laurels and the team is highly positive and effective with outstanding lawyers.
Peggy Ray is renowned for the wealth of experience she brings to complex, sensitive public law disputes. Her respected practice covers cross-border abduction cases. She has further expertise in placement disputes and cases involving human rights issues.
Kevin Skinner is the standout performer for me. He is in the biggest cases, acting on really heavy cases involving issues like forced marriage, abduction and adoption. His client base is international, and he is always in demand. I see him rising to the top
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.
Kevin Skinner – clever, kind, humane and very, very good. He’s tactically excellent, gives spot on advice, supports clients in the toughest of corners and is an all-round star.
…maintains a reputation as one of London’s foremost children’s lawyers. She has a particular specialism in public law matters, which sees her acting on behalf of children and parents in cases of severe abuse that often involve complex medical evidence. Commentators describe her as an “intellectually elegant” lawyer who “guides her clients with the benefit of much accumulated experience and real empathy.
Emma Sherrington and Ann Thompson are practitioners who also operate effectively at the highest level in children’s cases, including those with an international aspect, and I have worked in cases in which their effectiveness was well-demonstrated.
“Peggy Ray really is a pioneer when it comes to justice in family law. I am always utterly impressed by the kind of actions she is taking, not just on a case-by-case basis, but on matters of policy and trying to change the way the family legal system works at a government level.”
Kevin Skinner is absolutely brilliant at what he does and gets his clients to the best place he can as quickly as possible.
She reads absolutely everything, analyses it and presents it in a way that is entirely sensible, and she’s hugely empathetic.
I enjoy working with Kevin because I know he’s going to be on top of the case and adopt a collaborative approach to move the case forward, even if the parties have very different positions.
He is extremely thorough, provides sound legal advice, has excellent client care skills and is exceptional in applying legal principle.
