LEHNA
GARDINER
LEGAL DIRECTOR AND COLLABORATIVE LAWYER
Lehna Gardiner combines her thorough knowledge of the law with an efficient and straightforward approach in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for her clients.
She has a wide experience of divorce, financial disputes and Children Act proceedings, including cases that have an international divorce aspect. Lehna has a particular interest in cases involving unmarried couples. She is an accredited Resolution Specialist Family Lawyer in Complex Financial Remedies (high income households and substantial assets) and Cohabitation.
Lehna trained and qualified as a solicitor in 2012 before joining Rayden Solicitors in October 2014.
She volunteers as an Honorary Advisor at the St Albans Citizens Advice Bureau.
Lehna is a member of Resolution.
Email Lehna.
Lehna is supported by Suzanne Hymers. Email Sue.
I want to thank you and your team for the service you provided me, in guiding me through the family court system and importantly getting the right result, in a complex case. Critical to our success was your outstanding expertise and knowledge, caring attitude and focus on managing emotions to achieve the best legal outcome.
I’d recommend Rayden’s to anyone that is in the unfortunate position to require legal advice and seeking the best result in family court disputes.
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I wanted to write you a personal thank you for everything you have done for my child and I. You have gone way over and above in supporting us through a very difficult time and I will be eternally grateful to you. You are a kind person and a credit to your profession.
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I cannot thank you enough Lehna for all you personally did and the support you gave me, especially on some of the really difficult days. Without you I doubt I would have got through it all in one piece. You went beyond the call of duty, you are an extremely professional solicitor with compassion and a wonderful heart. My thanks also to the team, especially Julian and Suzanne.
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Thank you very much for the way you dealt with my case, from your manner to your prompt, sound legal advice and recommendations of solicitors in other fields. You made a horrible time easier to manage. I will continue to recommend you without hesitation.
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I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say how impressed I was with Lehna, her advice and actions were absolutely fantastic and a credit to the company. Very impressed.
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From a personal point of view I would like to thank you enormously for all your efforts and advice.
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Thanks very much for all your advice and assistance. You have provided an excellent service.
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Thanks for everything Lehna, I really appreciate all your help and advice.
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Thank you Lehna for your commitment, excellent legal advice, attention to detail, support and kindness. This helped to build my confidence and empower me.
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Thank you so much for all your help and support over the last 2 1/2 years. You were both marvellous. I got a wonderful result which I am very happy with and now can look forward to a better future for me and the children.
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I would just like to take the opportunity to thank you again for your support during the court process. It is very reassuring having you there to answer my detailed questions and I also really appreciate your moral support as well.
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Many thanks for all the work, the persistence in handling the court and the emotional intelligence, pragmatism and sensitivity in guiding me through the process at a very difficult time for my family.
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Reported Cases:
- The Supreme Court case Re KL [2013] UKSC 75 and E v B C436/13 in the Court of Justice in the European Union
- AA v TT [2014] EWHC 3488 (Fam) She also represented the Respondent Mother in an application for enforcement of a Turkish Custody Order under the rarely used Luxembourg Convention
- SR (A Child: Habitual Residence) [2015] EWHC 742 (Fam) Jennifer represented the Respondent Mother in this case, which has since gone to the court of appeal
- Re S and T (Intercountry Adoption: USA) [2015] EWHC 1753 (Fam) Jennifer represented the Respondent Father before the President of the Family Division
