Kevin is an expert in all aspects of children law. Kevin has an excellent, dare I say encyclopaedic, knowledge of the law which he uses to put forward arguments on behalf of children.
Kevin is respected for his huge amount of knowledge and experience. He is very committed to the client and very much a leader in the field of international family law.
Janet is fantastic. She’s a great lawyer with great judgement and is very knowledgeable.
Ann Thomson is highly experienced and always achieves the best outcomes for her clients. She is a safe pair of hands.
Ann Thompson is simply unbeatable. She advises across the range of family law cases and offers the complete service to her clients.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thomas is a wonderful child-inclusive mediator, incredibly patient and excellent at navigating through complex mediations.
Hannah Perry is tirelessly committed to her clients and brings a gravitas to her work.
He listens to both parties and guides them with a practical approach.
Kevin can really cut through things and see the end goal. He is a strategist who is planning how to resolve a case from the early stages.
Everyone at Goodman Ray is just excellent. The recruitment, both external and internal, is very solid.
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 reads absolutely everything, analyses it and presents it in a way that is entirely sensible, and she’s hugely empathetic.
There is no case or situation that Peggy Ray hasn’t been in, She is brilliant lawyer who is always calm in the most difficult circumstances.
Kevin’s written advocacy is absolutely brilliant and on par with leading counsel.
The team is both empathetic and incredibly supportive throughout the entire legal process. They aim to reach a settlement outside of court, and they put the interests of the client at the heart of everything they do.
She’s incredibly tenacious and has brilliant judgement. She relentlessly fights her client’s corner.
Had a positive experience using Goodman Ray solicitors and Serena Djiakouris was very professional, highly sensitive and supportive. I highly recommend her.
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.
Rachel Browne is exceptional and a tactical genius when it comes to public law children proceedings. She has more experience than most and is client friendly.
I worked with Trudi and Hannah on a long-running, intractable and very difficult case. Hannah was excellent, performing way beyond her experience. She was on top of the detail, very efficient (with me, the client, the court and the opposition) and effective. I was also very impressed with her client-handling, which was exemplary and befitted a solicitor of far more experience than she in fact has. Furthermore, she appeared unflappable and calm, as well as good humoured at all times, despite the many (and unusual) which arose in the case.
Thomas Brownrigg is a very talented lawyer with the requisite technical ability and judgment.
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.
Their support comes with that extra level of knowledge and experience.
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.
Any client can be 100% sure that Kevin is on their side – his commitment really goes beyond the call of duty.
I think your commitment to victims of domestic abuse is inspiring and all your clients are lucky to have someone like you fighting in their corner.
Hannah Ward (née Lamb) is a standout associate who cares about each of her clients and works around the clock to ensure they get the best possible outcome.
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.
Janet Broadley is a big name in children work, particularly acting in cases with novel legal issues. She is tenacious and leaves no stone unturned.
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
She is extremely creative, very bright and great with clients. Jemma is very child- focused and is really good at handling challenging cases.
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.
His preparation, commitment to running client cases and the way he navigates cases is incredible to watch. Kevin is really dedicated and driven.
