About

I've dedicated my professional life to helping clients, students and fellow family law professionals avoid the family court; all in the hope that doing so will minimise the emotional damage of parental separation on children. I'm an accredited mediator, collaborative practitioner and pioneer of the Solicitor Neutral process.

I lecture and teach students at Sussex University and Brighton University on non-court processes including the CLOCK legal companion scheme. I instigated a series of videos with students that touched on equality, diversity and the experience of students during lockdown, working with students to challenge the status quo and lack of diversity - Frank Conversations about the law for which I was nominated for the Family Law Awards, Community Interaction Award.

I am appointed to The Law Society Family Law Committee. I sit on Resolution’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee (having just stepped down as its co-chair) and on its DR Committee. I am a member of the Family Solutions Group legal committee. I also chair East Sussex Resolution.

I live with my wife (and 3 dogs) in the Sussex countryside.

“You made the whole thing less onerous.”

Collaborative client, two children, Hove

“Dear Jo, many thanks for all the help, advice and support through the divorce. You made a very stressful time a lot easier.”

Collaborative client with one child, North Brighton

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