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Top Divorce Solicitors

Vardags divorce team consists of specialist lawyers that bring together unrivalled legal expertise with keen commercial understanding. Each of our lawyers is outstanding: hand-picked from top universities and Magic Circle firms. At all levels, our lawyers are at the cutting edge and work hard to produce life-changing, law-changing results.

Our expert lawyers offer our clients an unrivalled service to ensure the very best outcome in the individual circumstances.

OUR TEAM

Ayesha Vardag

Founder & President
Ayesha Vardag Founder & President Divorce & Family
AYESHA VARDAG - BRITAINS TOP DIVORCE LAWYER.
The Telegraph
“Britain's top divorce lawyer” Ayesha Vardag rose to fame for winning the landmark Supreme Court case of Radmacher v Granatino in 2010, changing the law to...

Stephen Bence

Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Bence Vardags CEO
DR STEPHEN BENCE IS A FINANCIAL GENIUS.
Lewis Marks KC
As Chief Executive Officer, Dr Stephen Bence is responsible for driving Vardags’ growth. In 2015, Vardags was the only law firm to feature on The Sunday Times Virgin...

Emma Gill

Managing Partner
Emma Gill Regional Vardags Managing Partner Manchester Divorce & Family
EMMA GILL IS QUITE SIMPLY THE BEST MATRIMONIAL LAWYER IN THE NORTH.
Legal 500
“Quite simply the best matrimonial lawyer in the North” (Legal 500), Managing Partner Emma Gill is one of the few family lawyers outside London to be...

David Lister

Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
David Lister
BRILLIANT WITH A REAL SPARK WHICH CLIENTS LOVE
Legal 500
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession (Lawyer of the Week in 'The Times’ October 2024),...

Simon McKirgan

Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
Simon McKirgan Senior Partner Divorce Lawyer Vardags
[SIMON MCKIRGAN IS] IMMENSELY SKILLED AND WORKS FORMIDABLY HARD.
Legal 500
A top international divorce Solicitor, and one of the best in the country A senior partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, the “immensely...

Robert Hines

Partner - Divorce & Family
Robert Hines
ROB IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD LAWYER. HE HAS A HUGE BRAIN AND THUS WITH A MORE TECHNICAL CASE HE IS...
Legal 500
Robert Hines is a Partner at Vardags, advising on all aspects of family law particularly cases involving contentious or strategic planning elements. Robert has...

Gareth Curtis

Partner - Divorce & Family
Gareth Curtis Vardags Partner Divorce & Family
GARETH CURTIS HAS AN EXCELLENT CLIENT MANNER COMBINED WITH AN INCISIVE INTELLIGENCE. HE IS...
Legal 500
Gareth Curtis is a Partner at Vardags, advising on the full spectrum of family law issues, with particular experience in financial remedy cases as well as financial...

Lucy Bolton

Partner - Divorce & Family
Lucy Williams  Vardags Partner Divorce & Family
LUCY WILLIAMS IS LOVED BY CLIENTS AND COUNSEL
Legal 500
Lucy Bolton (Née Williams) is a Partner at the Manchester office and Head of the Manchester Children team. She advises on all issues arising from the breakdown of...

Annemarie Bradley

Partner - Divorce & Family
Annemarie Bradley Vardags Senior Partner Divorce & Family
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANNEMARIE BRADLEY. I FOUND MYSELF IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION DURING MY...
D Heathcote
Annemarie is a Partner in the Vardags Manchester office and has extensive experience in cases with complex financial settlements, cohabitation issues as well as private...

Nicola Jones

Partner - Divorce & Family
Nicola Jones
I FEEL SAFER AND NOT ALONE, KNOWING THAT I HAVE NICOLAS SUPPORT - SECURING HER TO ACT FOR ME...
Client (Legal 500)
Nicola is a Partner at Vardags specialising in family law. Nicola has specialised in family law exclusively over the last 13 years, dealing with a mixed case load of...

Amie Pine

Partner - Divorce & Family
Amie Pine
WHAT AMIE PINE DOES IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB; SHE HAS PUT ME BACK IN MY KIDS LIVES.
Client (Legal 500)
Amie is a Partner at Vardags advising on a range of family law issues, particularly divorce and finance including complex financial matters where businesses assets are...

Katharine Danby

Partner - Head of Financial Forensics
Katherine Danby Vardags Partner Head of Financial Forensics
KATHARINE ACTED AS AN INVALUABLE BROKER BETWEEN ME AND MY LAWYER, HELPING TO CUT THROUGH ANY JARGON...
Client
Katharine is a Partner and Head of the Financial Forensics team based in London. She works primarily in valuation and asset tracing.

Ben Crowne

Partner - Valuations
Ben Crowne Vardags Partner Financial Forensics
THE QUALITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS AS HIGH AS I COULD HAVE HOPED FOR.
Client
Ben is a Partner in our Financial Forensics team based in London. His work primarily involves valuations and providing specialist expertise on complex financial issues.

Nicola Corrie

Senior Associate
Nicola Hale Vardags Senior Associate Divorce & Family
NIKKI CORRIE IS A TREMENDOUS TALENT. EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND PREPARED, AND HUGELY KNOWLEDGEABLE...
Legal 500
Nikki Corrie (née Hale) already has a wealth of experience as a Senior Associate, with ten years’ exclusive focus on family law. She is a...

Reece Johnson

Senior Associate
Reece Johnson Vardags Associate
THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED
Legal 500
Reece is a highly regarded Senior Associate in the firm, specialising in family and children law matters, with a particular focus on high value financial and complex...

Kate Kempster

Senior Associate
Kate Kempster Vardags Associate Family
KATE KEMPSTER IS A STANDOUT FOR HER PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO FAMILY LAW, DELIVERING EXPERT ADVICE...
Legal 500
Kate is a Senior Associate in the family department at the Manchester office and has developed a strong reputation as an active member of the team with a varied case load...

Maria Fiorito

Senior Associate - Dual Qualified (Italy)
Maria Fiorito Vardags Associate Family Law
I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE YOUR SERVICES TO ANYONE FACING A BREAKDOWN IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
Client
Top Italian divorce lawyer in london Maria is an Italian Avvocato qualified to practise law in Italy and a solicitor qualified to practice law...

Natalie Bruce

Associate
Natalie Bruce Vardags Associate Family Law
NATALIE BRUCE HAS A FANTASTIC BEDSIDE MANNER WITH CLIENTS AND IS ABLE TO SKILFULLY TACKLE THE...
Legal 500
Prior to joining Vardags, Natalie trained at a national law firm. She moved to the Manchester office of a second leading national firm upon qualification, where she...

Hannah Best

Associate
Hannah Best
HANNAH IS A WONDERFUL RISING JUNIOR STAR WHO IS INCREDIBLY WELL-LIKED AND BOUND TO GO FAR.
Legal 500
Hannah is an Associate at Vardags. Although Hannah works on all aspects of family law, she has a particular interest in complex financial disputes, trusts,...

Ellie Hagan

Associate
Ellie Hagan
ELLIE HAGAN IS AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATE. METICULOUS ON TOP OF THE PAPERS OFFERING CONTINUAL STRONG...
Legal 500
Ellie is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, including those with an international element. She advises, in...

Jemima Kearney

Associate
Jemima Kearney Graduate Trainee Solicitor
I WOULD 100% RECOMMEND VARDAGS TO A FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE.
Client
Jemima is an Associate at Vardags.

James Kinnely

Associate
James Kinnely
THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED
Legal 500
James is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, advising in particular on complex financial matters involving...

Amelia Medina

Associate*
Amelia Medina
THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED
Legal 500
Amelia is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, advising in particular on complex financial matters...

Anna Jones

Associate
Anna Jones
ANNA HAS ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO CONTACT, AVAILABLE FOR A CALL OR VISIT WHENEVER REQUIRED. ANNAS...
Legal 500
Anna is an Associate at Vardags, described as a 'first-rate solicitor with excellent skills'. (Legal 500)

Liz Barrett

Associate
Liz Barrett
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Liz joined Vardags as an Associate in the Family law department. She is prized for her eye for detail and strategy, as well as her skill of working holistically with a...

Faith Wylde

Associate
Faith Wylde
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Faith is as an Associate at Vardags, advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of family law matters including divorce and...

Olivia Fanizza

Associate
Olivia Fanizza Assistant Solicitor
IVE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE COMPLETE PROFESSIONALISM WITH WHICH MY CASE HAS BEEN HANDLED
Client
Olivia is an Associate at Vardags. 

Harriet Chastney

Assistant Solicitor
Harriet Chastney
THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED
Legal 500
Harriet is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags.

Alice Stopford

Assistant Solicitor
Alice Stopford
MY LAWYER EMMA GILL AND HER TEAM, NIKKI CORRIE AND ALICE STOPFORD ESPECIALLY, WERE IMMENSELY...
Legal 500
Alice is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags, having joined the firm on its Graduate Training Programme.    

Poppy Jones

Assistant Solicitor
Poppy Jones Graduate Trainee Solicitor
WITH VARDAGS TEAM I FELT MYSELF VERY PROTECTED AND IN VERY GOOD HANDS.
Mrs Monica (client)
Poppy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.

Sophie Steyn

Assistant Solicitor
Sophie Steyn Solicitor
THE WORK THEY PUT INTO THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR CASES IS UNBELIEVABLE.
Chambers and Partners
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.

Claire Dowdall

Assistant Solicitor
Claire Dowdall Graduate Trainee Solicitor
THE NAME OF THE FIRM SPEAKS VOLUMES – MY EX-HUSBAND WAS NOT HAPPY I WAS USING YOU.
Client
Claire joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.

Mia Cooman

Assistant Solicitor
Mia Cooman
IF YOU WANT THE BEST, LOOK NO FURTHER
Legal 500
Mia became a graduate trainee in September 2023, having previously joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist after 10 years of experience providing managerial support...

Annabel Rand

Assistant Solicitor
Annabel Rand
YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST
Michelle Young (client)
Annabel joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Josie Campbell

Assistant Solicitor
Josie Campbell
HOPEFULLY I WILL NEVER HAVE TO USE YOU AGAIN, BUT IF I NEEDED TO I WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK I...
Client
Josie became a graduate trainee in September 2023 having previously joined Vardags in June 2020 as a Journalist and Content Creation Specialist. She qualified as a...

Alex Hughes

Assistant Solicitor
Alex Hughes
YOU WERE LOVELY, SUPPORTING AND CALMING WHEN I HAD TO GO TO COURT AND I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT...
Client
Alex joined the graduate trainee programme in September 2023 having previously worked as a finance and office assistant. She qualified as a Solicitor in September...

Ella Perry

Assistant Solicitor
Ella Perry
YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST
Michelle Young (client)
Ella joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Leah Lightfoot

Assistant Solicitor
Leah Lightfoot
YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST
Michelle Young (client)
Leah joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Maeve Mahony

Trainee Solicitor
Maeve Mahony
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Maeve joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Oliver Burgess

Trainee Solicitor
Oliver Burgess
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Oliver joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Andrew Harney

Trainee Solicitor
Andrew Harney
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Andrew joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.

Evie Cannon

Trainee Solicitor
Evie Cannon
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Evie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Danika Quick

Trainee Solicitor
Danika Quick
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Danika joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Amy Miln

Trainee Solicitor
Amy Miln
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Amy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Anna Li

Trainee Solicitor
Anna Li
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Anna joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Hania Bar

Trainee Solicitor
Hania Bar
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Hania joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Alice Hardy

Trainee Solicitor
Alice Hardy
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Alice joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Avigail Simmonds-Rosten

Trainee Solicitor
Avigail Simmonds-Rosten
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Avigail joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Kate Simmons

Paralegal
Kate Simmons
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Kate joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Sophie Charlton

Paralegal
Sophie Charlton
LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.
Mr Justice Coleridge
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
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