Claire was professional and efficient at all times, especially so dealing with matters of a personal nature. I would highly recommend her.
Client of Claire
Claire Howard has extensive experience in dealing with divorce, dissolution, financial proceedings, cohabitation disputes, private law children matters and domestic abuse matters.
Claire joined Rayden Solicitors in 2022 after working for legal firms in in London, Milton Keynes, Guildford, and Chichester, having specialised in Family Law since qualification.
Claire is a Law Society accredited family law panel member and a member of Resolution which ensures she provides a constructive and proactive approach tailored to each client whilst managing each case proportionately and with sensitivity. Claire advises clients in a clear and pragmatic manner ensuring that clients understand their options and feel in control of their decisions.
In addition to this, Claire is a qualified Mediator and is committed to assisting parties navigate routes to settlement where possible, often during an emotionally challenging period of their lives.
Claire is a published author having co-authored a book (A Practical Guide to Remarriage and Divorce). She has further co-authored a leading article for the Financial Remedies Journal and co-presented for Class Legal on the topic of the ‘elephant trap’ of premature remarriage, prior to financial settlement having been reached in their divorce and its impact on financial claims.
Claire has experience in running financial proceedings through Alternative Dispute Resolution/Non-Court Dispute Resolution. She has concluded a number of cases through the family law arbitration process and through private Financial Dispute Resolution hearings/Early Neutral Evaluation.
Claire has experience within financial settlement cases extending from high net worth cases to moderate financial cases in which needs balanced. Her experience includes cases involving financial misconduct and abuse, interveners/third parties, inheritance, and jurisdictional issues.
Claire is also experienced in complex children matters including those where serious allegations of harm and abuse are raised, parental alienation, relocation (both inside and outside of England and Wales) and cases dealing with removal of parental responsibility in private law proceedings. Claire regularly represents both applicants and respondents on cases with children with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN/SEND).
Claire is based in our St Albans office.
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Claire is supported by Suzanne Hymers. Email Suzanne.
Claire was professional and efficient at all times, especially so dealing with matters of a personal nature. I would highly recommend her.
Client of Claire
Thank you so so much. I really appreciate all your amazing work and I feel so happy that I have chosen you as my solicitor.
Client of Claire
Thank you so much for the strong support you’ve provided to me. From our first phone call, I knew you were on my side and on the side of reason, reasonableness and most of all, of the child. In complex family circumstances you have provided shelter and peace of mind for us through it all. I wholeheartedly recommend you as family solicitor to anyone undertaking divorce and child proceedings.
Client of Claire
Thank you to you and Rebekah for all the work you’ve put in during my matters. Your guidance, knowledge and professionalism went above and beyond anything I expected. There were times when I just wanted to give up but having you both representing me gave me hope and lifted me during some really difficult times. You’ve genuinely changed my approach in dealing with adversity.
Client of Claire
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your hard work, advice and expertise was so amazing, and I’ve now got everything that I could ever have wanted for me and my children. I will forever be grateful for what you’ve managed to do for me.
Client of Claire
I cannot thank you enough for truly being there as a strength and support over the last four and a half years. It has been quite a journey but a truly inspiring one working with you.
Client of Claire
I wanted to say thank you so much for the time spent with me in our meeting, understanding my circumstances not only on a legal but human level. It relieved an inordinate amount of stress I’ve been under just to know where I stand and your due diligence and clear competence was greatly reassuring, my only regret is not finding and instructing you sooner!
Client of Claire
Thank you for all your help and guidance. It has truly been appreciated.
Client of Claire
I would like to thank both yourself and Stuart for all your efforts over the past couple of years and the quality of your work which has been first-rate throughout the entire process.
Client of Claire
