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Exeter Solicitors

21/22 Southernhay East,
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1QQ

Tel:01392 285000
Fax:01392 285001
DX: 8311 EXETER

Cullompton Solicitors

Chudleigh House
38 High Street, Cullompton,
Devon
EX15 1AE

Tel:01884 33818
Fax: 01884 32356
DX:49600 CULLOMPTON

Newton Abbot Solicitors

12 St. Pauls Road
Newton Abbot
Devon TQ12 2HP

Tel: 01626 330127
Fax: 01626 322 860
DX:59108 NEWTON ABBOT

Family Department Profiles

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Darren Cleverdon is Head of the Family Department and a Partner at QualitySolicitors Dunn & Baker. He has been a Resolution Accredited Specialist for many years and this reflects his commitment to maintaining high expertise in all aspects of divorce and separation cases. He has particularly high skills in dealing with domestic abuse and cohabitation matters through this qualification.

In addition Darren’s vast experience in conducting cases against a background where court is a last resort by utilising the Collaborative Law process and Mediation brings an added dimension and depth to the service that he is able to provide to his clients. Darren has been a Resolution trained Collaborative Lawyer for many years now and as an Accredited Mediator he has been able to extend his skills and enhance his conciliatory approach to assisting couples in what can sometimes be a very tangled, difficult and emotionally challenging situation.

Where it is unfortunately not possible or appropriate to resolve any conflict or dispute utilising collaborative law or mediation then Darren has wide experience of personally representing clients at all levels of the court system and at round the table meetings.

Darren has gained a well-deserved reputation for his practical and effective approach to resolving complex financial and property cases. He commonly handles high value financial cases many of which involve inherited wealth, foreign elements and where necessary the emergency freezing of assets to avoid prejudice to his clients.

He is also a Law Society Accredited Children’s Panel member and this reflects his experience and knowledge of all aspects of children law. Darren handles care proceedings involving Local Authorities as well as complex children cases having foreign jurisdiction issues and child abduction situations.

When not working he spends much of his time walking his Jack Russell terriers, socialising with friends and making home improvements.

Caroline-Salvatore

Caroline Salvatore is a Partner at Dunn & Baker and has been involved both in family law and criminal law for some 20 years. Caroline takes some pride in the positive entries about her in the national directory of the legal profession "Chambers 2006" and "Chambers 2007" as a recommended Exeter solicitor.


She is both a member of Resolution and the Law Society Family Panel. Caroline's equal experience in the fields of both family law and criminal law, gives her a unique ability to identify and solve problems from both sides of the fence.

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Tim Weatherhogg is a Chartered Legal Executive who has been with this firm since 1991.  He is therefore well known with both clients and colleagues in the Exeter area in dealing with this area of work.  Tim handles all aspects of family work including divorce and separation, domestic disputes, children matters, finances and co-habitation. 

 

Tim’s main specialism is working with parents regarding all aspects of their children, and has expert knowledge in dealing with parents involved with Children's Services including assisting and attending at meetings and dealing with Court issues. He also assists parents with Mental Health issues as well as parents who have difficulties concerning drug and alcohol misuse, non-accidental injuries and abusive relationships.  He has also assisted parents in the Court of Appeal.

 

Tim is a Resolution Accredited Specialist (Private Law Children and Domestic Abuse). He is also a member of the Law Society's Family Law Accreditation Scheme.

 

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Fin O'Leary is a Solicitor who changed careers in her early 30's having worked first as a general nurse and then later, specialising in psychiatry.

 

It is sometimes reflected upon that Fin's experience in the latter field has assisted her in her work that she now does in the family team focusing on all aspects and matters associated with divorce and separation as she strives to maintain an objective but empathetic stance. Fin is a Resolution Accredited Specialist and member of the Children's Panel.

Emma-Booth

Emma Booth is an Associate Solicitor in the family department and joined Dunn & Baker in 2005. She is a member of Resolution and approaches all cases enthusiastically, but thoughtfully and relies heavily on the ethos of Resolution; using an approach to family law that is sensitive, constructive, cost-effective and most likely to result in an agreement.


This is particularly appropriate in modern times, where for a variety of reasons, clients are cost focused when dealing with matters arising from separation, or planning for the future of their family. Emma is able to offer a selection of fixed fee schemes for privately paying clients in relation to divorce, financial settlements, pre-nuptial agreements and similar issues. Please contact her for more details.

Emma deals with all aspects of family law with a focus on divorce and associated issues for both privately paying and publicly funded clients. She is also an Accredited Specialist (Resolution assessed specialist family lawyer) with particular specialisms in Cohabitation and Domestic Abuse.
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Emily Angell is a recently qualified solicitor and joined QualitySolicitors Dunn & Baker in March 2012. She trained with a Law Firm in Cornwall and throughout her training Emily chose to specialise in family work, as a result of which she has gained much valuable experience.   

 

 

Liz Knight

 

Liz Knight is the teams Paralegal who assists primarily on children cases and attends child protection and child in need meetings as required. She frequently attends court assisting barristers.

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

 

 
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