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Family Matters
Our team prides itself on offering clients a highly personalized experience, tailored specifically to the individual needs of each client. We take satisfaction from the careful and close relationships we form with our clients and this is a unique feature of our service.The dedication we have to our clients as well as our professionalism and care are what make us stand out from others in our field.
Our Solicitors
Natalie Friday
Director
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As the Director of London Family Solicitor Natalie is a Resolution accredited family law specialist specialising in financial remedies in divorce and parental child abduction. Resolution specialists are members who have submitted themselves to a rigorous assessment to demonstrate the highest levels of knowledge, practical application of the law and best practice. Natalie is a member of the London Regional group of Resolution (formerly known as the Solicitors Family Law Association) and also sits on the High Court User’s Group.
For over fifteen years Natalie’s work has comprised a broad range of family matters, often involving private law children and wardship proceedings in the High Court and with a complex or international element. Natalie has been instructed by the Central Authority for England and Wales in a number of important international child abduction cases, being a panel member. She also specialises in cases involving financial provision for children and all aspects of financial provision arising out of relationship breakdown or cohabitation, such as maintenance pending suit and ToLATA applications.
Natalie has been ranked in the Legal 500
Natalie speaks fluent Italian and German.
Austin Chessell
Senior Family Consultant
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Austin Chessell is a specialist family solicitor. He is also an accredited family and child mediator and PPC.
He joined London Family Solicitor in 2019.
Since qualifying as a solicitor Austin attended a Family Mediation Course in Family Mediation. He focuses mainly on divorce, financial and children matters as well as being a qualified family mediator.
Austin takes a pragmatic approach to his cases and his aim is to resolve matters without having to destroy the family.
Austin is a former Trustee of Families Need Fathers, a UK based Charitable Organization.
Austin is also a member of a Sunday league football team and sits on the committee as manager. Austin also enjoys doing 10km runs.
Flavia Cretu
Trainee Solicitor
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Flavia is a Trainee Solicitor at London Family Solicitor. She is a graduate in Law (Upper Second-Class Honours) from the University of Leicester and has completed the LPC/LLM combined course (Distinction) at the University of Law.
Flavia assists all lawyers on the team with case preparation and research on all types of family law matters.
Flavia speaks fluent Romanian and intermediate French and German.
Kaja Viknes
Associate
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Kaja represents a broad spectrum of clients on a range of family law matters including divorce, financial settlements (from modest assets to high-net-worth cases), disputes involving children and injunctions.
Kaja is a member of Resolution and is committed to resolving matters constructively and in a non-confrontational way to achieve the best and cost-effective outcome for all clients, where possible. Although she takes a very pragmatic approach, she will not shy away from litigation when required.
Kaja provides excellent client care and guides her clients through the legal process with ease and reassurance.
Kaja is a fluent Tamil speaker.
Shama Mughal
Trainee Solicitor
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Shama Mughal is a Trainee Solicitor at London Family Solicitor. Shama has successfully acquired an upper 2:1 for her LLB. Shama assists with various family law cases and is able to support on Non-Molestation, Occupation Orders, Divorce and Financial Remedy Proceedings and Private Child Arrangements matters in addition to other areas. She has worked for multiple different organisations from government departments, local authorities to large corporate firms. Shama has experience in litigation, employment and also corporate and commercial law. She worked as a paralegal for KPMG LLP dealing with trader surveillance and financial crime.
In her spare time, shama enjoys travelling, keeping fit with kick boxing, swimming and running. Shama is fluent in Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi basic Swahili and is currently learning French and Arabic.
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