Lorraine specialises in all aspects of family law arising from the breakdown of a relationship, as well as pre-nuptial agreements and cohabitation ‘living together’ agreements.  Before moving to Hutton’s, she spent over 15 years at a family law firm in the city centre.

She frequently advises on high net worth financial settlements arising from divorce and relationship breakdown and has a key interest in matrimonial finances, having worked on cases for high profile clients, lawyers, police officers, NHS professionals, members of the armed forces and stay-at-home parents.

Lorraine deals with all cases in an empathetic manner with the emphasis on client care.  She takes a constructive and pragmatic approach to cases in the hope that the matter can be settled, but is known as a robust litigator if necessary.

She frequently advises on private law children matters i.e. where children should live and who they spend time with, as well as financial remedy ‘Schedule 1’ cases for children whose parents are not married or in a civil partnership.

Recent cases include:

• Successful retention of the family home and investment property by settlement avoiding a lengthy final hearing;
• Successful recovery of several years of court-ordered maintenance arrears together with substantial costs in our client’s favour;
• Successful change of residence for a vulnerable teenager

Interests

Lorraine enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her young family.  She goes running whenever she can.

Alexander specialises in aspects of Children Law matters involving the Local Authority as well as handling disputes between parents as to who a child should live with and who they spend time with.

 

Alexander has experience in handling cases of non-accidental injuries, jurisdictional issues, sexual abuse, substance abuse, domestic abuse, neglect, and child protection cases concerning concurrent criminal prosecution or enquiry.

Alexander deals with all cases in a non-judgemental, direct, and empathetic manner.

Alexander is recognised for his expertise by being accredited by the Law Society as a member of the Children Panel.

Cases:

– Re M (Fact Finding, False Allegations, Section 91(14)) [2021 EWHC 3077 (Fam) – Alexander represented the father in a case where Williams J imposed a s.91(14) CA 1989 restriction (which requires the other parent to obtain the court’s permission before making further applications) despite there being no history of repeated court applications, following his finding that serious allegations of sexual and other abuse made against father were false.

– Alexander represented a father in Care Proceedings where a baby had an unexplained bruise. It was subsequently confirmed that the baby had a blood condition which explained the bruising and the baby was returned to parents’ care.

– Alexander represented a father who made an application to spend time with his children. Significant sexual allegations were made against him which were not proved, and he was granted an order which allowed him to spend time with his children.

Interests

Alexander enjoys being outdoors and active. He is a qualified running coach, and enjoys football, and tennis.

Amy is currently a solicitor in our Private Family Law team and works with the partners and solicitors on all their ongoing matters.

Having already undertaken seats in property and litigation Amy is a key appointment to the team and will be able to assist her colleagues on all contentious and non-contentious aspects of family related instructions.

Prior to becoming a trainee at Hutton’s Amy was a paralegal for a large law firm dealing with a case load of complex and valuable insurance related matters.

Keighley joined Hutton’s  in 2020 and works within our family public law team. Keighley is a trainee solicitor in the public law team and deals with a wide variety of public law matters,.