Elizabeth Bettes

Elizabeth Bettes

Elizabeth is a Partner and Head of the Family Law Department at Hewetts. She is a member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors’ Family Law Association) and therefore adopts the Family Law Protocol which promotes a conciliatory approach to issues arising from relationship breakdowns.

Elizabeth has been practicing family law since 1996 and has considerable experience in all family matters including divorce, finances, property, separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements, children, CSA advice, co-habitees and domestic violence.

Elizabeth is a trained collaborative lawyer and offers collaborative law as an alternative approach to resolving disputes in family matters. Elizabeth is an advocate of mediation and negotiation in an attempt to settle matters out of court if at all possible.

Email: e.bettes@hewetts.co.uk

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Hewetts News

03/02/2012: Ruling on Sale and Rent-Back Transactions

The Court of Appeal has ruled that mortgage lenders take priority over the occupiers in sale and rent-back transactions, despite having great sympathy to the vendors, who had acted in good faith. Read +

03/01/2012: Unregulated Will Writer Jailed

In a recent case at the Reading Crown Court an unregulated will writer was jailed for fraud. Read +

14/11/2011: Couples’ Dispute over Children

The Court considers an application for residence in a dispute between two couples. Read +

04/10/2011: New National Minimum Wage

On 1 October 2011 the National Minimum Wage was increased. Read +

16/09/2011: Telephone and broadband rollover contracts to be banned

Ofcom has confirmed that rollover contracts on telephone and broadband lines will be banned from December 2011 Read +

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