Sue is a Consultant in the Family department with many years’ experience of dealing with all aspects of relationship breakdown. Sue also specialises in mediation and collaborative law.

Sue has been a Family lawyer for nearly 40 years. She was a Partner in Tennant & Knight from 1989 to 2013 when Tennant & Knight merged with Coole Bevis LLP and as such has personal experience of running a business as well as Family Law.

Over the years Sue’s legal practice has evolved to specialise in financial cases to include high net value, businesses and pensions. Sue brings many skills to her work, including her background as a mediator, a collaborative law practitioner, keen advocate of round table meetings and court and arbitration work.

Sue prides herself on offering her clients a practical, pragmatic and efficient route through the difficulties they face and is keen to ensure that clients receive a clear understanding of the options and costs to enable them to move forward with confidence.

Sue’s clients come from personal and professional referrals from a wide range of backgrounds. Sue recognises that every family situation is different and prides herself on the strength of her relationship with her clients.

Sue provides advice and representation in wide areas of family law including:

• Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnerships
• Contested Financial Remedy
• Consent Orders
• Round Table Meetings
• Separation Agreements
• Pre-Nuptial Agreements
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law

Accreditations and achievements 

• Listed as a Leading lawyer by Wiselaw
• Ranked as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 for four years, achieving the status of Hall of Fame from 2023, at that point being the only Family Lawyer in Kent, Surrey & Sussex to do so.
• Band 1 ranked Lawyer for Family Brighton and surrounds in Chambers & Partners 2024
• Listed as a Leading Lawyer by Wise Law
• Member of Resolution
• Member of the Sussex Family Solutions group
• Member of the Law Society Children Panel in the past and has also worked as a Peer Reviewer in conjunction with the Legal Services Commission