Jacqueline Fitzgerald

Partner

Jacqueline is a Partner and head of our specialist Family Law Team. She deals with all aspects of family law including divorce, the rights of unmarried cohabiters, including same-sex couples as well Residence, Contact, Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Orders in relation to children – including children of unmarried parents. Her primary area of expertise relates to complex financial disputes including cases involving company and business matters and Trusts. She advises clients on protection of wealth issues in the form of pre-nuptial agreements.

She has been involved in many cases with an international aspect including those where the issue of habitual residence, domicile and the appropriate international forum arises. Jacqueline has also participated in a local multi-agency group and EC funded project working to improve the provision of services to sufferers of domestic abuse.

Prior to joining GRM Jacqueline was a Partner at Lee & Pembertons. She is a Member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association) and is a trained Mediator. She has been quoted in both the English and Scottish Press on Family Law issues.  She is a School Governor having sat as Vice Chair of a Governing Body in the past.

e: j.fitzgerald@grm.co.uk

Lesley Pendlebury Cox

Consultant

Lesley is a Litigation Consultant and was, until November 2008, head of our specialist Family Law team. She is a member of the Law Society's Specialist Family Panel and a Family Specialist accredited by Resolution. She acts in many cross border disputes particularly those with a German connection, whilst retaining a substantial domestic client base.

Her litigation experience has taken her before the highest appellate courts including the House of Lords. Her international expertise includes jurisdiction disputes, intellectual property litigation and work for German shipping companies, banks and insurance companies and she is a member of the British German Jurists Association.

Before qualifying as a solicitor Lesley engaged in social research, notably at the London School of Economics and the Tavistock Institute. Before becoming a partner at GRM in 1992 she spent several years as a commercial litigator before accepting a partnership with Mawby Barrie & Scott, a niche Anglo-German practice.

e: l.pendleburycox@grm.co.uk