Julie Skill PgD

Solicitor and Family Mediator

Julie has practised family law since 1989 in Chesterfield. As well as being a Resolution trained mediator Julie is a Resolution Specialist Accredited Solicitor with her specialist areas being disputes between parents regarding their children on separation and financial issues arising from marriage or cohabitation breakdown.

Having worked in the area for in excess of 20 years, much of Julie’s work comes through personal recommendation.

Julie has experience of all aspects of relationship breakdown.

Areas of interest and experience

• Drafting thorough and comprehensive pre-nuptial or cohabitation agreements to provide for the unfortunate breakdown of relationships
• Acting for the husband or the wife in the breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership to agree an acceptable solution to issues of a financial nature including lump sums, property adjustment orders, pension sharing and attachment orders as well as maintenance (both for a spouse and children)
• Advising company directors, or their spouse, on the financial settlements – which are usually complicated by the requirement for a valuation of the business or director’s shareholding and pension rights
• Divorce or relationship breakdown, where there is substantial property holdings – often including properties overseas.
• Advising on the treatment of inherited assets in divorce, particularly in farming families where a farm may be jointly owned with siblings
• Supporting clients in situations of domestic violence
• Advising parents regarding arrangements for their children including where the children should live and how much time they should spend with the other parent.
• Assisting grandparents who want to spend time with their grandchildren.
• Advising parents where either they or their former partner want to take children to live either outside or England and Wales or elsewhere

Professional memberships

Julie is a Member of Resolution and a Resolution trained Mediator and Resolution Specialist Accredited Solicitor. Resolution (www.resolution.org.uk) campaigns for the improvement of Family Law and the Family Justice system and is committed to developing and promoting the highest standards of practice.

Personal

As well as having a family Julie is Parliamentary Liaison Officer for Derby and District Law Society and spends her limited spare time cooking, going to the cinema and taking holidays at home or abroad..

Contact Julie

If you would like to discuss matters regarding family, commercial or workplace mediation, contact Julie through on email on enquiries@midlandsdove.co.uk.