Certified List 2011 - International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Elizabeth Hicks
Irwin Mitchell LLP
40 Holborn Viaduct
London EC1W 2PZ
England
Tel: + 44 20 7421 3966
Fax: + 44 20 7242 5972
elizabeth.hicks@irwinmitchell.com
www.irwinmitchell.com
Admitted as Solicitor 1995; Partner since 2001. Active member of Resolution particularly in respect of essential skills
for family lawyers. Listed as expert in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners UK. Collaborative lawyer. Substantial
experience of international cases involving trusts and offshore assets. Particular interest in complex children disputes.
Writes and lectures on all aspects of family law.
Languages Spoken: English, French, Basic Spanish
Sarah Higgins
Charles Russell LLP
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD
England
Tel: + 44 20 7203 5102
Fax: + 44 20 7203 5305
sarah.higgins@charlesrussell.co.uk
www.charlesrussell.co.uk
Qualified in 1988 and has been at Charles Russell since 1990. Joint head of the Family Department. Has practised
Family Law exclusively since qualification. Specialises in international and domestic private children work, financial
applications on relationship breakdown for married and unmarried couples, and pre-nuptial agreements. Has lectured
on various family law topics. Co-author of Family Breakdown and Trusts and a member of the Resolution Precedents
Drafting Committee.
Languages Spoken: English
David Michael Hodson
International Family Law Group
Panorama
Guildown Road
Guildford
Surrey GU2 4EY
England
Hudson House
8 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
London WC2E 7PP
England
Tel: + 44 7973 890648
Fax: + 44 20 3178 5669
dh@davidhodson.com
www.iflg.uk.com
Tel: + 44 20 3178 5668
Fax: + 44 20 3178 5669
dh@davidhodson.com
www.davidhodson.com
Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales (1978, accredited 1999). Family Mediator (1997), Family Arbitrator
(2003). Deputy District Judge at Principal Registry of Family Division, High Court, London (1995), Australian (NSW)
Solicitor, barrister and mediator (2003). Member (present or past): Solicitors Family Law Association's International
Committee; Law Society's Financial Provision Law Committee and International Committee of Family Justice Council.
Former Vice Chair, UK College of Family Mediators. Accredited Specialist Family Law Solicitor (with portfolios in
substantial assets and in international cases). Author, "Practical Guide to International Family Law" (Jordans, 2008),
Consulting Editor of "Family Law in Europe" and Author of "Divorce Reform, A Guide for Lawyers and Mediators"
and "The Business of Family Law". Lecturer and writer on family law. Practising in London and Surrey, UK and
Sydney, NSW, Australia. Specialises in finance cases for medium and "big money" and international children issues.
Undertakes cross border mediations. Co-founder and consultant with The International Family Law Group, Covent
Garden, London
Languages Spoken: English
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