Ellena joined JMW in February 2020 as a paralegal and qualified as a Solicitor in September 2023.
Ellena has experience in a wide variety of Family Law matters including:
- Divorce and separation;
- Financial settlements on divorce; including experience of settlements involving pensions and business assets;
- Arrangements for children including child arrangement orders, specific issue applications and prohibited steps orders including cases involving domestic abuse allegations;
- Non-molestation and occupation orders including applications on an urgent and without notice basis;
- Pre-nuptial agreements
Ellena seeks to cut through issues to get to the heart of a client’s case whilst remaining alive to the emotional impact Family Law Proceedings have on the individual and the family as a whole.
Ellena is a member of Resolution and a committee member of Manchester Young Resolution which are organisations committed to adopting a constructive approach to family law issues.