Madeline qualified as a solicitor in August 2024, having trained at Clarke Willmott after completing her law degree at the University of Exeter. During her training she spent over a year in the firm’s specialist Agricultural Disputes team. This experience continues to inform her practice, particularly when advising farming families and clients with business interests.
Madeline advises on a range of family law matters, with a particular focus on financial issues arising from divorce and separation. She has experience in cases involving partnerships, international elements, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also advises on private children matters, including cases involving allegations of domestic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour, and police involvement.
Madeline takes an empathetic approach and is able to grasp complex issues swiftly. Madeline is a member of Resolution and is committed to helping clients resolve disputes constructively and with as little conflict as possible.
Madeline works predominantly with clients across the South West, but regularly acts for individuals throughout the country and internationally
How Madeline can help you
- Child maintenance and custody
- Co-parenting agreements
- Cohabitation
- Divorce and business
- Divorce
- Divorce financial settlements
- Family mediation
- International divorce and family law
- Intervenors and third party claims
- Pre-Nuptial agreements for business owners
- Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial agreements
- Separation
- Helping to keep your divorces out of court
Experience
- Acting in complex financial remedy proceedings involving a family farming partnership and parallel TOLATA claims, working collaboratively across the firm to achieve a negotiated settlement and protect family assets.
- Advised on the negotiation and drafting of a pre‑nuptial agreement to protect international assets and family business interests in excess of £10 million.
- Advised a disabled client through a negotiated financial settlement, securing 80% of the equity in the former family home and enabling them to purchase suitable long‑term accommodation meeting care and accessibility needs.
- Advised in complex children proceedings involving allegations of domestic abuse, safeguarding concerns and concurrent criminal proceedings.
Articles by Madeline
After years on the farm, what happens on divorce? A practical example
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Different homes, different rules: parenting styles and the limits of the law
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Reflections on Baroness Hale’s Interview on the Latest Episode of Leading podcast
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A substantial lack of knowledge around the law of divorce and separation
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