What can I do for you

Alison is a highly experienced family mediator, financial and children arbitrator, and lawyer, passionate about sorting things out without attending court if possible, and used to handling complex, conflictual situations. She focuses on the bigger picture and the best interests of children. She helps clients to agree parenting plans, and with issues about businesses, trusts, pensions and international assets.

What do others say

Others have said Alison is "absolutely fabulous and mediates some very tricky situations with high profile individuals. She brings her formidable legal brain and people skills to mediation and helps clients achieve good outcomes”,  "I can thoroughly recommend Alison…. The outcome was as good as I had hoped for….I always felt in safe hands even when the going was tough."

Supporting your ambitions

One of Alison's cases involved mediating with a divorcing couple, their legal representatives and others to resolve a complex financial international family dispute in a one day mediation in London. This meant the family had a quick, certain and private outcome to a tricky situation, rather than months or years in court. 

In another case, Alison met with the teenage children of an unmarried couple, to hear their views about their parents separating. She then helped their parents (who could not communicate directly) to agree a parenting plan.
She also works with couples to put in place pre- and post-nups.

What else should you know?

Alison is qualified to meet with children in mediation and to supervise other mediators. She is co-chair of Pro-Manchester's Equality & Diversity Committee and sits on the Resolution National Committee. She is the partner responsible for Wellbeing at Mills & Reeve. 

She spends her spare time with family/friends, outside if possible, cycling, walking the dogs, running and skiing.

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”