Jones Myers has been selected as a finalist in two categories of the prestigious nationwide Modern Law Private Client Awards 2025.

Our niche family law is shortlisted in the Private Client Team and Outstanding Client Care categories – the latter which we won in the Modern Law Private Client 2024 awards.

In the Private Client accolade, judges examined how we operate efficiently, demonstrate genuine and outstanding client care, innovate in challenging situations, and collaborate and utilise team skills. They also assessed how Jones Myers positively contributes to our sector and develops future generations.

In the Outstanding Client Care category for family law firms with over 26 employees, we highlighted how client care lies at the heart of our practice, how we innovate to improve and maintain client care, embrace digital technologies, and meet customer expectations.

Nicki Mitchell, Jones Myers Partner, said: “It is fantastic that we have been selected as among the best family lawyers in the country in two categories of the awards. The shortlistings are testimony to our long-standing reputation for excellence and the commitment of our talented team who always go the extra mile – and more – for our valued clients.”   

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on July 2^nd at The Rum Warehouse in Liverpool.  

The awards news coincides with a raft of new appointments which further enhance our firm’s reputation as a leader in our field. 

They include our new Partner Sarah Barr-Young, a named Legal 500 ‘Key’ Lawyer and Chambers ‘Notable Practitioner’, who heads our Financial Remedies Department in Harrogate.  

Sarah is highly experienced in areas including complex, high net worth financial disputes, property portfolios, pensions on divorce and resolving disputes out of court through negotiation.  

Jones Myers has also doubled the size of our York city centre team and further expanded its extensive expertise with team members including solicitors Brittany Codling and Katie Jennings.  

With headquarters in Leeds, our firm, which has its own in-house counsel, has retained our top tier rankings in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK guides for over three decades.

Jones Myers is also ranked in the top five per cent of UK law practices which deliver family law services by Review Solicitors, an independent legal review site. Outperforming its peers nationwide, clients award the practice a consistent ‘Excellent’ rating. 

For queries on any aspect of family law, call Jones Myers at Leeds 0113 246 0055, Harrogate 01423 276104, or York 01904 202550. Visit www.jonesmyers.co.uk, email info@jonesmyers.co.uk or tweet @helpwithdivorce Jones Myers blog is ranked 5^th in the UK’s Best 25 family law blogs and websites to follow in 2025

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As we continue to expand, our niche family law firm is seeking more top-class family lawyers who are committed to making a difference.    

Our award-winning practice is recruiting a family lawyer with 1-2 years PQE for family law case work – with a particular emphasis on financial remedies.

Our Financial Remedies Department is headed by Jones Myers director Richard Peaker who is described as ‘phenomenal’ by Chambers legal guide.  

Specialising in high-net-worth cases, our team is regularly instructed in multi- jurisdictional proceedings and cases involving complex corporate and often off-shore trust structures.

Partner Kate Banerjee, consistently praised as a ‘leading child law expert’ heads our regionally, nationally and internationally renowned Children Team.

At the forefront of advising clients on international child abduction, the Department deals with issues including adoption, child arrangements, care proceedings, internal and external relocation and Court of Protection work.

Achieving joint top rankings in legal guides for over two decades, Jones Myers was recently crowned Family Law Firm of the year North in the Family Law awards.

Judges applauded our firm as a ‘Northern powerhouse’. They also singled out our skills in Mediation,  Collaborative Law and Arbitration  which avoid going to court.  

Our York office is headed by partner Nicki Mitchell, a mediator and collaborative family lawyer who specialises in the financial aspects of relationship breakdown.  

More of our lawyers are named as leading individuals in leading law guides year-on-year compared to any other family law specialist in Leeds and Yorkshire.

They include our in-house counsel, Andrew Fox, who is acknowledged for his unparalleled advocacy skills.

Said Andrew: “We are immensely proud of our reputation as an esteemed family law specialist whose dedicated lawyers share our ethos and commitment to excellence.   

“With more exciting growth plans in the pipeline, this latest role, based at our Leeds office, comes at a key period in the firm’s development.” 

For more information, email andrew.fox@jonesmyers.co.uk and elizabeth.bell@jonesmyers.co.uk in the first instance with 500 words outlining what you would bring to the role.

For advice on divorce or family law related issues, call us at Leeds on 0113 246 0055, Harrogate on 01423 276104, or York on 01904 202550. Visit jm2023.jonesmyers.co.uk, email info@jonesmyers.co.uk or tweet @helpwithdivorce

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