Elissa Da Costa-Waldman

Called to the Bar in 1990

Specialist in Family Finance

Ancillary Relief, including

• High Net Worth Ancillary Relief
• Cohabitation Claims under Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
• Living Together and Separation Agreements
• Civil Partnership Law
• Gender Recognition cases
• Collaborative Law

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Godfrey Freeman

Godfrey Freeman is the senior lawyer in the family group at Morecrofts LLP in Liverpool, one of the largest such groups in the North of England. He was recently National Chair of Resolution and still plays an active part on several of its committees. More...

Karen Kabweru-Namulemu

Called to the Bar in 2001

Karen studied Law at the University of East Anglia and went on to complete the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law before being called to the Bar in 2001. In 2005 Karen obtained a Masters in Law from Kings College London covering Child Law, International Rights of the Child, Youth Justice and Race, Ethnicity Crime and Criminal Justice. More...

David Truex

“David Truex is obviously extremely switched on, fights his client’s corner well [and] what he does, he does better than anyone else.”
Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession

David is an expert in complex family cross-border litigation, often involving disputes over jurisdiction and forum shopping. He fights to secure the best jurisdiction for his client. Most of his litigation is conducted in the London family courts although he is frequently instructed to advise other lawyers in England and overseas on international issues. He has been involved in several of the most significant reported cases defining the limits of English family law jurisdiction. More...

Mark Kosmin-Barr

Mark qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and joined Freemans in January 2012 where he specialises in Family Law, including divorce, separation, cohabitation, marital and living together agreements, financial disputes and private law children’s cases including international child abduction and relocation as well as inheritance disputes. Mark is a member of Resolution and is a Resolution accredited specialist family lawyer, with particular specialism in child abduction and cohabitation. He is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel and the UK Central Authority’s International Child Abduction solicitor panel.

Mark trained and spent the first 3 years post qualification at a West End London solicitors’ firm. In 2000 he joined a North London solicitors’ firm where he became a partner in 2002. Mark trained as a collaborative lawyer in 2005. He is an active member of the collaborative law movement and is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

Denise Lester

Denise Lester is a Solicitor, Partner and family law specialist at the Central London Firm of Moss Beachley Mullem & Coleman. She practices in most aspects of Family Law. She is the Chair of the Law Society’s Children Law Sub- Committee. She also is a member of The Law Society’s Family and Access to Justice Committee and she is the current President of The West London Law Society. More...

Michael Horton

Mike Horton’s practice is wide ranging but mainly focussed on ancillary relief and family property. Mike features in Legal Experts, and in the 2009 Legal 500, Mike was recommended for ‘having an excellent reassuring client manner that instils confidence’. More...