Kirsty Griffin

Senior Family Solicitor

Kirsty, a highly experienced family law solicitor, brings a wealth of expertise to her clients since 2004. Prior to her qualification as a solicitor, Kirsty’s tenure as a fellow qualification with CILEX in family law honed her skills. Her comprehensive understanding encompasses all aspects of family matters, specialising in divorce, separation, matrimonial finances, and child-related disputes. 

 
Notable achievements include successfully securing the return of a child abducted by their mother and representing clients in high net-worth financial matters to favorable outcomes. Kirsty’s unwavering commitment and compassion set her apart. 

 

She believes that her pragmatic and considerate approach enables her to provide informed guidance to clients navigating this challenging terrain. Kirsty recognises the emotional complexities that intertwine with family law and strives to offer comprehensive support, encompassing legal, practical, and emotional aspects. 

Her dedication to ensuring the well-being of her clients shines through in her unwavering presence and empathetic understanding, guiding them toward a positive and dignified resolution.

Kirsty has extensive experience in all family matters and can assist with all aspects of divorce and separation. She has a wide understanding of matrimonial finances and disputes regarding children. Kirsty has dealt with several simple and complex high net worth financial remedy cases as well as has successfully represented clients with the complex children matter.

Kirsty is a committed and passionate solicitor, always there for her clients and believes her pragmatic and considered approach helps to advise clients on their best way forward. Kirsty fully understands that family law can be embroiled with difficult emotions but she will always try her best to support her clients throughout this difficult time providing  legal , practical and emotional support.

Kirsty also expertise with High Net Worth Divorce & Ultra High Net Worth Divorces which includes:

  • Securing the right jurisdiction
  • Establishing needs
  • Inherited wealth and assets
  • Ensuring full disclosure of assets
  • High-value property sales
  • Unravelling complex financial and ownership structures
  • Suspected non-disclosure, including the freezing of assets where appropriate
  • Establishing matrimonial and non-matrimonial wealth
  • Protecting dynastic or other non-matrimonial wealth
  • Child custody and support arrangements
  • Further financial provision following a divorce in another jurisdiction

Kirsty deals with all aspects of relationship breakdown involving:

  • Separation
  • Divorce
  • High Net Worth Financial Settlements
  • Negotiation of consent orders
  • Cohabitation Agreements
  • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
  • Child Arrangements Orders
  • Injunctive relief
  • The international lifestyle of many High Net Worth individuals
  • Issues around dynastic wealth
  • The complexity of assets, including onshore and offshore trusts and structures
  • Issues around the non-disclosure of assets
  • Prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, including subsequent changes to the status
  • The definition of needs