Ruth attained a law degree from Oxford University and since qualifying as a Solicitor in 2001 has worked exclusively in Family Law.
Ruth has experience in all areas of family and matrimonial law including divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships and the resolution of financial matters, separation of unmarried couples, pre/post-marital and cohabitation agreements and child arrangements. Ruth has a particular interest in high conflict child arrangements cases and has represented parents, step-parents, grandparents and other relatives facing many different family situations.
Ruth offers a sympathetic and practical approach to family law problems and is keen to ensure clients are fully informed about their various options including whether to issue court proceedings or pursue alternative methods of dispute resolution. Ruth enjoys advocacy but will always advise whether instructing a barrister is appropriate.
Ruth is a member of the Family Law accreditation scheme.
Ruth has 2 school-age children and in her free time enjoys horse riding, walking and movies.
Efficient, professional and friendly. I have received excellent service from Maira & her team. Emails were always responded quickly and questions explained clearly. I would highly recommend Askews to anyone.
J L
03:38 20 May 22
Askews and their team have been a pleasure to deal with regarding the sale of my late mothers house.Excellent communication , have kept me up to date throughout the whole process and replied promptly when i have had any questions. Cannot ask for anymore.Thankyou Askews,
o
13:16 19 May 22
Pardeep from Askews has been our conveyancer for the sale of two neighbouring properties. One has now completed and the other is SSTC. He has organised new boundaries for the properties gardens with Land Registry. Throughout the whole process Pardeep has been approachable, happy to talk on the phone and explain the processes in simple easy to understand language. He has replied to emails promptly and clearly and kept us upto date with progress. Pardeep has been very proactive and efficient in dealing with other conveyncers and ensured that the sale went through smoothly. We highly recommend Pardeep and his team and feel very grateful that he is the conveyancer for our second property.
Jackie C.
11:53 19 May 22
Karen Reardan dealt with matters for me promptly and professionally in very difficult circumstances. I can not praise highly enough her knowledge and composure.
Gavin R.
13:37 13 May 22
Apostol C.
14:08 11 May 22
I engaged the services of Miss Reardan, Askews Legal LLP, to help me reach a divorce related financial agreement acceptable to the court. This included the completion of a financial order and gaining approval of that order by the court. I dealt with the court directly on other aspects of the divorce. Miss Reardan was happy to work with me in this way.All my dealings with Miss Reardan were during the pandemic which meant we never met face to face, mostly communicating by email, letters and the very occasional telephone conversation after an initial video call. This worked very well. I found the advice given by Karen to be clear and very helpful. Questions were generally answered promptly, the very few exceptions occurring when she was supporting other clients in court which is totally understandable and acceptable. The pension on divorce expert engaged by Miss Reardan to calculate an appropriate pension split was equally efficient, cooperative and clear in their communication and final report.Miss Reardan and other Askews staff have always been very polite, straight forward and supportive towards me. Payment was requested and paid monthly, with an updated estimate every month showing what the likely overall spend would be. I found this worked well with no shock at the end.I employed Askews Legal LLP services after seeing an advert saying they specialised in the financial aspects relating to divorce. Overall, I am very pleased with their services and would recommend them to others in similar circumstances to mine.
Derek S
15:39 05 May 22
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