Expertise

Lydia has experience advising clients in relation to all areas of family law, including high value financial cases and arrangements for children upon separation.

Lydia’s financial work has included advising on pre-marital wealth, post-marital accrual and cases involving complicated business valuations and company structures. Lydia also has extensive experience in cases involving financial provisions for children for both separating and unmarried couples.

Alongside her financial experience, Lydia has a particular interest in children work. Lydia advises parents on private child arrangement disputes in relation to both legal and factual issues, applications for non-molestation orders, welfare concerns and alienation.

Experience

• Cathcart v Owens [2021] – Acted for the successful respondent wife in High Court proceedings, in respect of an application brought by her former husband to set aside a financial order made on divorce.
• DE v FE [2022] – Acted for the respondent husband in the High Court in relation to complex financial remedy proceedings.

Accreditations and Memberships

Lydia is a member of Resolution and the Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society.

Publications and Media

• Podcast: What do parents need to know about child arrangements orders?
• Can a parent force a child to receive the Covid-19 vaccine against the other parent’s wishes?
• Husband’s application to set aside consent orders due to alleged fraud fails
• How does the new Domestic Abuse Act affect divorce in the Jewish faith?

Personal

Lydia enjoys a variety of sports including skiing, netball and horse riding, and can often be found running various routes around London. Lydia has previously worked in production and theatre as well as performing at the RSC and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.