Claire Blakemore
Partner
- Education: Coventry University, LL.B. (Hons) Law
- Admitted: England and Wales, 2000
- Year joined: 2003
- Year became partner: 2010
Overview
Claire deals with a wide range of family work including divorce, financial claims, cohabitation issues and children disputes. She acts for a wide variety of domestic and international clients and many of her cases have complex financial arrangements often involving international forum disputes, offshore assets and trusts. She also advises on and drafts pre-nuptial / pre-civil partnership agreements and cohabitation agreements.
Claire is a trained collaborative lawyer and an accredited Resolution mediator.
Highlights
Recent Cases
Claire acts for the husband in BJ v MJ which deals with the treatment of offshore trusts in financial claims.
Claire acted for the husband in M v M (2010) which was described as a case de nos jours as it dealt with cross-claims by the parties after the value of the assets plummeted because of the global financial crisis. A separate judgment in the case dealt with costs orders in family cases for the first time since the rules were changed in 2006.
Publications and speaking engagements
- Statutory reform is needed to create a fair judicial process for cohabitants The Law Society Gazette (November 2011)
- Regular contibutor to the legal press, including writing articles for The Lawyer and Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal
- Provides commentary in the national press
- Author of the Ancillary Relief chapter for the 2nd Edition of Probate Disputes and Remedies published by Jordans
- Contributor to Legal Network Television
- Speaker at internal and external seminars
Memberships
- Resolution - A committee member of the Skills & Support Working Party
- The London Collaborative Group
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- The Association of Women Solicitors
On a personal note
Claire likes to keep fit and enjoys travelling.
