Edward Cooke

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edward@ecfamilylaw.co.uk

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Edward Cooke is a specialist family lawyer, an accredited mediator and a collaborative lawyer. He is recognised as a leading practitioner in his field and has been working full-time as a family lawyer for nearly 25 years. Edward founded Edward Cooke Family Law in 2018.

Edward’s work as a family law solicitor encompasses all areas of family law, including divorce, financial issues, children work and cases involving unmarried couples and civil partners.

He has built a reputation as a leading specialist in the area. He not only has wide experience in dealing with the full range of family cases, but also regularly handles complex court cases involving substantial assets, trusts, farms and family businesses.

Edward believes firmly in the benefits of non-court resolution. He is an experienced and accredited family law mediator and collaborative lawyer and is also qualified to meet with children in the mediation process. In appropriate cases, he sensitively feeds back children’s views to their parents. By bringing their voices into the mediation process in an inclusive and professional way, he enables deadlocks to be broken in many high-conflict mediations.

Edward is also trained to conduct hybrid mediations, used very successfully in cases with complex assets or financial arrangements. Hybrid mediation is effective in cases with a barrier to parties negotiating face-to-face. Edward is one of a select group nationwide to be trained in this method and regularly undertakes high-net-worth mediations using this approach.

Regardless of whether he represents clients in court, through the collaborative process or in mediation, he always seeks to find solutions which are constructive, child-focused, and fair.

Edward and his team support clients with :

- Divorce and Separation

- Financial Issues Arising upon Divorce and Separation

- Children

- Modern Family Structures

- Surrogacy, Donor Conception and Fertility Law

- Cohabitation Disputes and Agreements

- Domestic Abuse, Injunctions and Emergency Remedies

- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements