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 Criminal and related Family Law matters. He has dealt with cases (ranging from assault, domestic violence, sexual offences, and fraud) from after the police station until trial in the magistrates court.

As an advocate, Alexander has appeared before numerous courts and recently before the Social Security Tribunal where he successfully defended a case brought by the DWP against a client where the overpayment reclaim amounted to over £38,000.

Currently Alex focuses his practice upon assisting clients who are involved in complex care and family related proceeidngs but he is also able to accept instructions on a private and non-legal aid basis.

Interests

In his spare time Alexander enjoys spending time with family and friends, hill walking, running and playing 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 regularly assists on complex family law cases and provides key support to the team.