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Manches
Forbury Square
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3EU
Email: kerry.fretwell@manches.com
Website: www.manches.com
Contact: Kerry Fretwell
Telephone: 0118 982 2640
Fax: 0118 900 1831
Geographical Regions Covered: London, South and South East
Legal aid: No
Mediation: No (but we have a trained mediator in our Oxford office)
Collaborative law: Yes
Disabled access: Yes
Head of Family team: Jane Mitchell (based in Oxford)/Kerry Fretwell (based in Reading)/Jane Craig (based in London)
Family Team Members: Kerry Fretwell, Camilla Lovell-Hoare
Resolution members: Kerry Fretwell
Resolution areas of expertise: : Full range of expertise in family law
Other departments: Private Client, Corporate, Property, Commercial, Employment, Litigation and Intellectual Property/Publishing
About us
Manches' family law team has been ranked by Legal 500 as leaders for family law since 2001.
We can provide you with a family law team made up of individual specialists. Whether you need advice on the broad areas of divorce, negotiating financial settlements, or specifically on disputes involving children, unmarried families, the financial issues which result from family break-up, or on Civil Partnership dissolution, we can offer you the highest quality service. Our success is based on proven experience and the talent of our lawyers, who are recognised as leading specialists in their field.
We know that our clients appreciate our committed, well-informed and friendly approach. We also know that they value receiving City-quality advice at regional rates.
If you instruct us, you can be confident that your case will be given the individual attention and care it deserves. For new clients, we offer a free initial discussion to consider the options available to resolve your case and the most appropriate one for you.
Our expertise includes the following:
- divorce
- negotiating financial settlements
- disputes involving children
- disputes between unmarried partners
- pre-nuptial contracts
- civil partnership dissolution
- mediation and collaborative law
Kerry Fretwell has been praised by the legal directories as "extremely effective" with a "wealth of experience in family law" and for "her conciliatory approach". She was one of the first family lawyers in the UK to train as a collaborative lawyer and was involved in setting up both the London Collaborative Family Law Group and later the Reading Collaborative Family Law Group. Kerry is also an experienced litigator, using the London and local Courts where necessary and with access to the London bar where appropriate.
Camilla Lovell-Hoare brings with her a background in international regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance in the Pharmaceutical sector. Highly efficient and able she can assist all family clients in the Reading office.
Manches Reading can provide a city service without the city costs.
Contact Kerry Fretwell or Camilla Lovell-Hoare TODAY on 0118 982 2640 to see how we can help.
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