Alison Conlon

Alison has specialised in family law for more than 35 years.

Her expertise spans all areas of family law including divorce proceedings, financial remedy proceedings within divorce, negotiating a financial settlement without the need for court proceedings, private law children matters and, historically, public law children matters.

Alison has dealt with domestic abuse cases where the obtaining of protective orders was necessary and has successfully defended such applications.

She has also conducted High Court litigation including international child abduction cases covered by the Hague Convention.

Alison also deals with financial remedy cases, including advising on matters involving the family home and investment properties, savings and bank accounts, business interests and company shares, pensions, inheritances and trust interests, debts and liabilities, spousal maintenance, and child maintenance financial claims involving unmarried couples under property law.

Alison works with accountants, pension experts, surveyors, and forensic experts where necessary to establish the value of assets and determine a fair settlement.

She also has experience in drafting cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial Agreements.

Examples of Alison’s work include:

• Regularly overseeing farming cases and armed forces cases where the pension fund is a key asset, requiring a specialist pensions report.
• Supporting a wife who had moved to the UK from overseas and, after a relatively short marriage, secured a significant lump-sum including a proportion of non-matrimonial assets.