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Our partnership with IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) to host a pioneering art installation highlighting domestic abuse against women is raising awareness and boosting fundraising.

The ‘In Her Shoes’ display – featuring 100 pair of shoes to symbolically represent the 100 plus women killed every year in the UK by their current or ex-partners – has been viewed by hundreds of people across Yorkshire. (more…)

Jones Myers is partnering with IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) to host a powerful and emotional art installation highlighting domestic abuse against women.
Marking the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the display, ‘In Her Shoes’ features 100 pair of shoes which symbolically represent the 100 plus women who are killed every year in the UK by their current or ex-partners. (more…)

 

Our highly experienced team at Jones Myers has opened a new office at Windsor House, Cornwall Road in Harrogate as we mark our 25-year anniversary.

The milestone for our specialist family law firm, which operates out of Leeds and London, is to accommodate an increase in instructions from our clients in North Yorkshire.

The move has been widely featured across print and broadcast media including The Yorkshire Post, The BusinessDesk, BusinessLink, Bdaily, the Harrogate Advertiser and Stray FM.

2017 has been a formative year for our practice, which was founded in Leeds by Peter Jones – one of the country’s leading family lawyers and a former national chairman of Resolution.

We are consistently ranked in a joint Top Tier position by the Legal 500 and Chambers guides for Leeds, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

Chambers 2018 describes us as, “A very strong firm – not just in finance but also in children cases.” It adds, “Expertise in dealing with financial remedy nuptial cases adds depth to their practice.”

The latest edition of the highly respected Legal 500 guide describes Jones Myers as “a family practice that is one of the best in the area” and attracts praise for our “sensible, expert, conciliatory advice that does what it says on the tin.”

Our clients are based regionally, nationally and internationally, and we have earned an enviable reputation working exclusively in divorce, separation, complex financial disputes, children issues and contested wills and estates.

Our team of experts, which include a Deputy District Judge, an experienced mediator, a family law arbitrator and our own in-house barrister, jointly combine 250 years of legal experience.

Our move to Harrogate follows the recent expansion of our highly respected children’s department who are regarded as leading experts in issues of residence, contact, relocation, child protection and international child abduction.

Peter Jones said: “The services we provide at our Harrogate office complement those at our Leeds and London locations. We are proud to be recognised as lawyers who look for solutions to problems and are acknowledged for supporting families and children. We advise and guide where possible on options which can avoid conflict and unnecessary costs.

“A big ‘thank you’ to our valued and talented team in what is a momentous year for the firm.”

For more information about any aspect of divorce or family law, call Jones Myers at our Leeds office on 0113 246 0055, our Harrogate office on 01423 276104, visit www.jonesmyers.co.uk, email info@jonesmyers.co.uk or tweet us @helpwithdivorce

Jones Myers is supporting a star-studded charity benefit event on Father’s Day which is boosting awareness for an inspirational charity.

Headlined by showbiz legends Cannon and Ball, the vibrant evening of family entertainment at Harrogate Theatre is a fundraiser for Shine  which provides specialist support for individuals and families who face the challenges of spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

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Congratulations to our family law specialist, Norman Taylor, who beat the 12-hour target in the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge – raising more than £1,500 to date for children’s charity, PhysCap.

Norman and a six-strong group, which included his wife Monique and their daughter Ella, conquered the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in just under 11 hours and 50 minutes. (more…)

Our family law specialist, Norman Taylor, is repeating his Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on September 10th – this time to raise funds for Yorkshire based children’s charity, PhysCap which improves the quality of life for children suffering from severe physical and mental disabilities. (more…)

Our senior associate Sarah Dickinson braved extremes of temperature, thousands of steps and a debilitating chest infection – all to raise an incredible £6,210 for the Alzheimer’s Society by completing a trek on the Great Wall of China. (more…)

Our senior associate Sarah Dickinson is embarking on a brief of a different kind in a bid to raise £4,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society by trekking on the Great Wall of China.

This is the first time that Sarah, an insulin-dependent diabetic whose late father suffered with Alzheimer’s, has embarked on such a venture.

The family lawyer will join a 40-strong group in a six-day challenge to trek more than 110km of the Great Wall from Huangyaguan Valley in the Yanshan Mountains and progress towards Juyongguan. (more…)

This year’s Dragon Boat Challenge to boost funds for Martin House Children’s Hospice went swimmingly for our Jones Myers LLP team who put their best paddle forward for the second consecutive year.

The 2012 Purple Pirates comprising Sarah Dickinson, Andrew Fox, Richard Peaker, Anthony Parrish, Katie Radford and Emma Weatherill enjoyed a swashbuckling afternoon at Roundhay Park lake to support Martin House Children’s Hospice, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Almost 40 teams of 10 paddlers threw themselves into the occasion – and are on target to jointly raise £30,000 for the charity which needs to raise £4.9million every year to continue its fantastic work. There was a great buzz from those taking part and from their families and friends who turned out in force to cheer them on. The Purple Pirates finished a respectable 22nd out of 37 teams. (more…)

Last week’s get together for the north of England’s collaborative law community proved to be an inspiring occasion. It was truly exciting to be in an atmosphere buzzing with fresh ideas about how we can spread the message that collaborative law should be the way forward for so many more couples who want to separate. (more…)