Hayley Edwards - Senior Solicitor

Hayley Edwards is a Senior Solicitor and Director in our Family Department with over 20 years experience.

Hayley deals with all work in connection with the breakdown of a marriage or relationship, with particular expertise advising on and assisting with financial settlements.

Her experience includes:

• All aspects of family law relating to the breakdown of a marriage or relationship. This includes divorce, judicial separation, separation deeds and the dissolution of civil partnership agreements.
• Representing clients with mid-range assets, with particular expertise in dealing with high net worth clients whose cases involve complex matters such as business interests, trusts, pensions and asset tracing.
• Prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements – particularly since the case of Radmacher v Granatino (2010), when the Supreme Court decided that the court should accept prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
• Regularly advising clients on the financial implications of cohabitation, whether parties are intending to cohabit or have already separated.

Hayley is based in Harrogate and also works in our Knaresborough,  York and  Stokesley offices.

Hayley talks about some of the most frequently discussed issues relating to divorce:

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