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.
Jemma Dally draws praise for her expert handling of adoption and surrogacy issues. She is also adept at fertility cases and family matters with immigration elements. Her practice includes both domestic and international adoptions.
Kevin has a really good skill at being able to suss out if something is not quite right. He is also very empathetic towards the clients.
Peggy Ray is a titan in this field – when she says things, people listen.
Hannah Perry is recognised for her experience in public law issues. She acts for children and parents in care proceedings including complex cases of abuse and domestic violence.
Ann Thompson is excellent – excellent communicator with clients, particularly adept at dealing with vulnerable or challenging clients.
Emma Sherrington regularly handles a wide variety of cases involving children, with a particular specialism in complex care cases concerning issues of non-accidental injury and abuse. She is also experienced in Court of Protection matters. Sources describe her as “highly intelligent and incredibly diligent.
Goodman Ray is probably the best firm for international children cases in the current market. Janet Broadley is an outstanding children lawyer. Her knowledge of the law is exceptional. Her level of dedication to her clients’ cases is second to none. She is hugely tenacious and also a great person to work with. She has enormous experience of representing children and rightly lauded as probably the best solicitor specialising in this highly sensitive area.
She really fights her client’s corner and is able to gain the confidence of the most difficult and vulnerable of clients.
Peggy Ray has a powerful and acute intelligence, and grapples imaginatively, with maturity of judgement, and (where appropriate) forcefully with difficult and challenging cases. She is a legendary class act.
An intellectually and emotionally intelligent lawyer with a very broad range of experience in all types of children work. He is unafraid to fight his client’s corner if it’s in their best interest.
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 has made a real impact in children law. She is always tenacious, which is backed by her wealth of knowledge and experience.
Thomas Brownrigg is a standout 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.
Peggy has made a real impact in children law. She is always tenacious, which is backed by her wealth of knowledge and experience.
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.
Jemma brings an innovative and creative approach to things and she takes chances. She follows her instincts and her instincts are usually right.
Tom is dedicated and gets a quick grasp of the personalities and issues involved in cases with complex dynamics.
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.
Her knowledge of adoption law, her dedication to our case, her honesty about the reality of it, alongside her kindness, make her a special human and exceptional lawyer.
Ann Thompson is ‘vastly experienced in international children law – a steely fighter and a master strategist.
Peggy Ray is a phenomenal solicitor and a powerhouse who demonstrates a real warmth and instinct with clients. She has her finger on the pulse of family law, and she takes a robust, pragmatic approach towards cases.
Thank you also to you. You have made a very difficult and heart wrenching so much more bearable than it could have been. Your patience with my ramblings has been admirable and how you managed to extract anything sensible is impressive!
Was recommended to the mediation practice and found the approach to be professional and understanding.
Ann Thompson is a practitioner who operate effectively at the highest level in children’s cases, including those with an international aspect.
She is professional, goal oriented and compassionate. It’s hard to get all those qualities in one person but that’s exactly what I got. You need someone like Sheeja on your side. I would remain always grateful.
Novlet is very committed to ensuring the best representation for her clients. She understands the nuances of the case, the law and likely outcomes but never loses sight of the impact on her client of the proceedings they are caught up in.
I can’t believe it’s over…I think you and [counsel] are a formidable team. You were both so professional and knowledgeable and I could not have done it without you…I’m so delighted it’s all agreed at last. I’m going to enjoy getting rid of all the paperwork from dealing with the last twenty one years of his cruelty. I’m free at last!
She’s very good and has a wonderful manner. Her instincts are really thoroughly excellent. She’s also persuasive, child welfare-driven and a good fighter.
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.
They are a match for any of the magic circle firms. They have expertise in both children and finance cases and have a significant number of outstanding lawyers.
