Caroline Cockill-Guy

Solicitor - Partner

SRA ID: 169523

I am a partner and as well as running a full caseload, I manage the office at London Road, in Northwich. I am a qualified solicitor and an accredited mediator. I have practised family law for over 20 years. I attended at the University of Birmingham and completed my LPC at the College of Law in Manchester. I did my training contract at Boote Edgar Esterkin in Manchester. I joined Butcher & Barlow LLP in 2009 and became a Partner in 2011. I have always been based at the office on London Road in Northwich. My area of practice is family law specialising in complex financial disputes on divorce. I also have considerable experience in: dealing with business and company ownership on divorce; cohabitation disputes, pre-nuptial agreements and separation agreements; acting on behalf of client’s in respect of private and public law disputes in relation to children; representing grandparents and other family members in securing arrangements for them to see children or have children live with them; representing client’s involved in paternity disputes securing their rights to see children and representing client’s over parental status regarding IVF issues; and dissolutions of civil partnerships and parental disputes in civil partnerships. I also have a broad depth of knowledge in relation to domestic abuse issues and I have been involved in some cases involving forced marriage. As an accredited mediator I meet with husband’s and wife’s, cohabitees, civil partners, same-sex spouses and wider family members including grandparents, uncles and aunts with a view to resolving family issues in a non-adversarial environment away from the courtroom. I am a member of the Law Society Family Mediation Panel and Resolution. This year I have been named as recommended lawyer in the Legal 500. I became a lawyer because of a passion for wanting to empower people to help them understand their rights and achieve fairness. This objective has remained my driving force throughout my career. I pride myself on forging good relationships with clients which frequently leads to personal recommendations and repeat instructions.