Claire Jones
Claire has been a qualified solicitor for 25 years, specialising in family law for the majority of that time.
She was trained in a firm in Batley, and after that has spent all her many years working in Wakefield! She has established herself with a firm reputation as "the" Family Law solicitor in Wakefield.
Claire is divorced herself with 3 children, so firmly believes she has "got the T-shirt"!
She is a member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association), and is on the Law Society Specialist Family Panel.
Clare Thornton
Clare joined the practice in September 2004. Prior to that she had spent many years working as a family law solicitor in private practice in Wakefield and Castleford.
Clare took her degree at Sheffield University achieving a 2:1 BA(Hons) in Law. She qualified as a solicitor in 1995, and has specialised in family law ever since.
Clare is divorced, remarried and has 3 children and another on the way in July 2008, so fully understands from a personal point of view the traumas of relationship breakdown!
Clare is an accredited specialist for Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association). She is also a fully trained collaborative lawyer and this area of her practice is expanding rapidly, such that she is the most experienced collaborative lawyer in the Wakefield area.
Elizabeth Fyfe
Eliazabeth joined the firm in November 2004 as a trainee solicitor and qualified as a solicitor in April 2008.
Elizabeth graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in May 2004 with a First Class law degree. She went on to win two prizes at Nottingham Law School relating to Family Law. She has proven to be a great asset to the firm and specialises in all aspects of Family Law.
Eliazabeth also deals with the preparation of Wills.