Dutton Gregory Solicitors


 
 
 
Partners and departmental heads

Commercial:

Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Commercial Property
Corporate & Commercial
Employment Law & Employee Relations

Landlord & Tenant
Town & Country Planning
Private:
Residential Sales &
Purchase


Tax, Wills & Probate
Family Law & Relationship Breakdown

Children & Adoption
Clinical Negligence
Personal Injury
Employment


 


Andrew Webb

Andrew Webb - Winchester
Andrew is a senior partner in the firm having previously worked in local government as a childcare lawyer. He has been a member of the Law Society Children Panel for over 20 years and has considerable experience in dealing with all legal matters relating to families and in particular children. He has particular expertise in adoption and care proceedings and has acted for all parties in such matters. Andrew regularly lectures in childcare law and helps in the training of social workers and other professionals in the field. He has also written a number of guides to proceedings for potential clients.

 

Stephen Bowden

Stephen Bowden - Winchester
Stephen qualified as a solicitor in 1975 by 1977 had become Senior Assistant Solicitor at Berkshire County Council. He undertook a high volume of child protection court work in local government and, since entering private practice in 1979, has continued to undertake public law Children Act work in the family court, County Court and High Court. He regularly appears as advocate, almost exclusively representing the interests of the child, either directly instructed or in partnership with the court appointed Guardian. Stephen has been a member of the Law Society's specialist Children Panel since its inception in 1985. In 1996 Stephen was appointed a fee-paid Chairman of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal as a result of which he hears appeals across the country against decisions of Local Education Authorities affecting the lives of children with special needs. Stephen is a partner of the firm.

 

Stephen Kent

Stephen Kent - Southampton
Stephen is a family law partner who brings balance and experience to work in a field that covers both complex financial matters and disputes about children. He has particular expertise in dealing for parties where there are substantial assets and takes pride in ensuring his client obtains the best deal. He is an accredited specialist with Resolution and subscribes to the principles in their code of conduct.

 

Andrew Kirkconel

Andrew Kirkconel - Southampton
Andrew qualified in 1980. His father and grandfather were both solicitors. For the last 10 years he has specialised in Family Law with an emphasis on divorce and financial settlements. He is a member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association) and is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in substantial assets and advocacy. In 1993 he was appointed a Deputy District Judge. Andrew is a partner in the firm.

 

Jane Dyson

Jane Dyson - Winchester
Jane is a partner working in the Family Department having been with Dutton Gregory for 11 years, previously having worked at Hampshire Council as a childcare lawyer for 18 years. She has been a member of the Children Panel for 10 years and last year became a Solicitor Advocate. Jane specialises in all proceedings involving children but particularly in care proceedings where she regularly acts for parents and children.

 

Jane Le Vay

Jane Le Vay
Jane is a partner in the Family Department. After qualifying she worked in London before moving to Hampshire. For more than 20 years she has specialised in divorce and financial settlements following relationship breakdown. Although based in Winchester she has acted for clients from around the world. She is a Resolution accredited specialist in Advanced Financial Provision and Children Law Private, and an accredited mediator. She has been the Honorary Solicitor for the Winchester Citizen's Advice Bureau, a member of the Resolution national training committee and a member of the Winchester Community Legal Services Partnership.

 

Claire Buckley

Claire Evans - Bournemouth
Claire obtained her law degree from Birmingham University. She has worked in private practice since 1987, qualifying in 1992. She has always undertaken Family Law. She obtained specialist qualification in financial matters and domestic violence in 2003. Claire joined the firm in 2002 to help set up the new Bournemouth office. She specialises in divorce and relationship breakdown cases for high net worth individuals. Claire is a member of Resolution, the solicitors' Family Law association that believes in helping couples to go through the process of a divorce with the least amount of acrimony.

 



 


 

 
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