We always go into relationships with new clients and say, “Here are the different options,” and we keep it under review during case management. Wright is also an active collaborative lawyer and is well connected to the therapeutic world.Ĭarr-West, who has a specialist practice in finance and children, explains: ‘We are solutions-focused from the outset. Hunters also has a lively mediation practice: Hood and fellow partners Jo Carr-West and Hazel Wright are accredited mediators.
#Outset magazine trial
‘While there are exceptions, if it goes to trial someone has probably done something wrong,’ explains Hood. Meanwhile, Kershaw was recently involved in a 15-day trial in the High Court, involving £1 billion of assets, which was brought to settlement. Indeed, she has recently had two very substantial cases of that nature. In relation to Hunters’ client base, Gleave observes: ‘We attract a lot of first-generation wealth, but the nature of the practice as a whole means that we deal frequently with issues of pre-acquired and inherited assets. Indeed, partner Hetty Gleave also has a thriving art practice. ‘We may be dealing with share options, or landed estates, or art, so we need to know a lot about it.’ ‘Family lawyers are the last general practitioners,’ says Kershaw. The firm is known for its landed estates side, but trust litigation specialist Richard Kershaw notes that it’s a relatively small proportion of its matrimonial work. Divorce can be an experience of growth: we can help people,’ he says. ‘Would anyone come to us who wanted to destroy the other party? I suspect probably not. Hood is extremely well liked in the matrimonial law profession because of his optimistic and kindly approach to the stress of divorce. Clockwise from top left: Nicole Derham, Jay Patel, Alexandra Baggallay, Hazel Wright, Richard Kershaw, Hetty Gleave, Rebecca Christie, Jo Carr-West, Amy Scollan, Henry Hood
Beyond the team itself, there’s a full-service law firm offering everything from property to corporate, charities and private client advice. ‘Stability at associate level is not necessarily common,’ notes Hood. Its success is built on an enduring team, with six partners – each an all-rounder, and with complementary strengths – and an unusually steady group of associates and trainees. Thanks to this grown-up approach, Hunters is now considered in the top tier of London family departments. ‘If Hunters is on the other side of a case it will be handled efficiently and with settlement in mind,’ says Henry Hood, family department head at the firm. Few family law departments can match the breadth of expertise and skill of the team at Hunters Solicitors
0 kommentar(er)
