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The key members of the Team are Joan Price (Partner), Beverley Morris (Partner), Vivienne Middleton (Associate), Caroline Dresden (Associate) and Melanie Tubbs (Solicitor). Paralegals and assistants provide support, but personal service from key individuals is paramount.
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Joan Price
Partner
Joan qualified as a solicitor in 1977. She has extensive experience in dealing with all aspects of financial disputes arising from relationship breakdown, specialising in high net-worth cases, and regularly acts for clients with very substantial assets.
Chambers UK 2011
Joan Price specialises in high net worth ancillary relief. She is praised for her conciliatory approach and her "ability to know instinctively when to settle a case."
Joan held the position of Chair of Resolution, having chaired the Resolution annual conference when it was first held at The Belfry in Birmingham and was previously a council member of Birmingham’s Law Society for a number of years.
Joan also sits as a Deputy District Judge on the Midlands circuit.
Leisure time is spent riding her horse, Humbug!
Reported cases:
Dixon v Marchant [2008] EWCA Civ 11
Morris v Morris & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 257
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Beverley Morris
Partner
Commended by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for her direct approach and for working “tirelessly” for clients, Beverley is committed to financial cases particularly those involving complex finances, private limited companies, offshore assets and trusts.
Legal 500 says: "Divorce and Family Law Practice’s Beverley Morris ‘knows what she is talking about’. The firm remains a leading light in advising on maintenance pending suit in divorce proceedings, legal costs in Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 cases, and Barder events. Ancillary relief proceedings are another area of focus, often involving offshore investments and jurisdictional issues."
Chambers UK 2011
Beverley Morris is a determined litigator: "She is family law all the way through - she eats, sleeps and drinks it."
Beverley is a fully trained collaborative lawyer.
Beverley has experience in foreign jurisdictions having issued proceedings in Jersey, Spain, Nigeria and New Jersey, USA.
Beverley represents the interests of the mother in the reported decisions MT v T and Moses Taiga v Taiga and has strenuously pursued maintenance pending suit (in divorce proceedings) and maintenance to include legal fees (in Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 proceedings). These cases represent the leading authorities on these points of law.
As committee member and treasurer of West Midlands region of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association) she takes responsibility for organising lectures and in 2008 organised and took part in the 25th Anniversary Resolution celebration, namely a family law debate chaired by Mr. Justice McFarlane in which Beverley spoke on the subject of spousal maintenence.
A dedicated sports player who still represents her county (veterans category) at tennis and has recently taken up golf.
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Vivienne Middleton
Associate SolicitorVivienne is a valued member of the team having worked in the legal profession for 11 years. She specialises in all aspects of family law, including finance and children, and has featured in several articles in the Birmingham and local media. She is a strong advocate of early intervention in resolving disputes concerning children and advance planning in terms of cohabitation and prenuptial agreements. She is a tough negotiator and effective advocate, having conducted cases to the Court of Appeal level. She is highly professional and conducts her caseload with determination and integrity.
Vivienne’s client’s say of her:
“I wanted to say thank you for all the hard work you put into our case. I know you put your heart and soul in and have a big workload. I will always appreciate it…A wonderful result and I know best for the girls… it is lives and hearts you are influencing by bringing these outcomes”.
“She was excellent and explained the whole procedure in detail. We feel very positive about the result”.
“You’re a very good solicitor and I will recommend you in the future”.
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Caroline Dresden
Associate SolicitorCaroline is experienced in all aspects of financial disputes and specialises in high net-worth cases, regularly acting for clients with very substantial assets. Having originally qualified into the family firm in London in 1990, Caroline then set up her own firm before moving to live and work in Birmingham, with her family, in 2003. As a Partner at Benussi & Co she had an impact in the legal community immediately, and was seen as a “breath of fresh air”.
Caroline is also a fully trained collaborative lawyer.
Chambers UK has commented “she is widely admired for her pragmatic and straightforward approach” and in 2010 commented she "fights hard for her clients, but is able to see the bigger picture so you can always trust her advice." She is an associate with an extremely good reputation for ancillary relief. Caroline has an interest in pensions on divorce and enjoys the details of resolving the financial disclosure and presenting the case in a way which maximises the client’s position. She aims to provide effective, proportionate advice, helping clients to focus on the real issues. Caroline finds the majority of her work is referrals from previous clients, who having experienced the whole process, can appreciate the importance of empathetic, firm advice. She also receives referrals from other solicitors and barristers, who obviously want the best for their contacts.
Caroline serves as a committee member of the West Midlands region of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association). This is a group of family lawyers who aim to resolve family breakdown in a conciliatory way. Resolution promotes training and networking, and its own code of conduct, all of which ultimately benefits the client too.
Caroline is on the Fundraising committee for Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice and involved with several community organisations but otherwise has little spare time, as a wife and mother of two boys!
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Melanie TubbsSolicitor
Melanie qualified in 2008 after studying Law at the University of Bristol, the Legal Practice Course in Birmingham and training for two years at a local firm of solicitors. She joined the team in July 2009 and has benefited greatly from working closely with Beverley, Joan and Vivienne. She is now building up her own caseload and deals with divorce, ancillary relief and children cases.
In her spare time Melanie plays the violin with the Solihull Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Chamber Orchestra. She enjoys networking, reading and keeping fit.
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