Caroline advises on all areas of family law including pre- and post-nuptial agreements, divorce, financial claims relating to relationship breakdown, cohabitation and civil partnerships. She also deals with issues associated with children law, ranging from residence and contact, to leave to remove and surrogacy.
Expertise
- Divorce and separation
- Financial settlements upon relationship breakdown
- International divorce and jurisdiction races
- Financial claims on behalf of children of unmarried parents
- Non-molestation and occupation orders
- Freezing orders
- Contact and residence arrangements in relation to children
- Leave to remove
- Variation of previous settlements and agreements
- Pre- and post-nuptial settlements
Experience
- Obtained a highly favourable award within complicated financial proceedings where the other spouse had sought to place a series of valuable international assets beyond the reach of the London family courts
- Successfully obtained a series of costs orders against a father within highly contested children proceedings, orders which subsequently required enforcement against his English-based assets
- Successfully defended lengthy proceedings brought by a mother to permanently remove the children from this jurisdiction to Russia
- Obtained shared care arrangements for fathers on the breakdown of their relationships with their children’s mothers
- Negotiated international agreements at the end of two civil partnerships
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised in the Legal 500 2020 for Private Client: Family
The “fantastic” Caroline Kelly is “not afraid to fight”, according to sources, who add: “She is extraordinary in her energy and work ethic.” She practises across all areas of private family law, including both financial and children work. Chambers and Partners 2018
Career
Caroline qualified as a solicitor in 2009. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2018, she worked at the following firms:
- Mishcon de Reya
- Finers Stephens Innocent