Clare has worked for Burley Geach for more than 20 years, over which time she has developed an excellent knowledge and understanding of property work through her roles as secretary and more recently as paralegal for the commercial property department.
Clare is now keen to progress further in the field of property and put her knowledge into practice by training to qualify as a Licensed Conveyancer. Alongside this qualification, Clare has now started training to manage a residential property caseload under the close supervision of our Head of Residential Property, Rebecca Foxall.
Expertise
- All aspects of family law work
- Divorce and civil partnership dissolutions
- Financial arrangements
- Complex finances, including trusts, foreign assets and pensions
- All issues in respect of arrangements for children
- Domestic abuse and injunctions
- Cohabitation issues
Recent work
- Divorce involving several properties
Acting for a wife and securing a financial settlement that involved the transfer of a number of properties into her name.
- Divorce and complicated pensions
Acting for a husband in a divorce that involved an overseas pension fund worth in excess of £1.8 million where the fund held properties as part of the investment.
- Children proceedings and welfare concerns
Acting for a father in securing an order for his children to live with him where there were serious welfare concerns in respect of the mother.
- Pre Nuptial Agreements
The preparation of a detailed pre nuptial agreement involving four properties and overseas assets.
Accreditations
- Accredited Resolution member
- All issues Resolution qualified mediator
Personal interests
In her spare time Joanna enjoys keeping fit, good food and wine and spending time with her family.