Sophie is a Partner at Watkins and Gunn and Head of our Family Matters team, having joined us in 2003 to bring her enviable experience in all kinds of family and childcare law matters to South Wales. She is highly regarded by clients and other lawyers for her expertise in ‘private’ family law matters, including divorce, financial arrangements on divorce and cohabitation disputes; with particular expertise in high value/complex and international cases.
Sussex House, 17 Gold Tops, NP20 4PH
Licensed for 33 years
Family Law
Sophie and team helped with a not so pleasant divorce done a great job and we got there in the end, thank you so much
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Sophie Hughes is truly an expert in family law. She combines this with an empathic common sense approach. I cannot thank her enough for the sound advice and guidance I received at what was a very difficult time.
A representative from Watkins & Gunn Limited responded to this review on 20 April, 2023
Many thanks for the lovely review. We are pleased to read the same and look forward to helping with any other legal work in the future.
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I worked closely with Sophie, head of the family department for almost 18 months on a complex familial matter involving marital and child issues which were often incredibly complex and challenging. Needless to say, throughout the whole process, Sophie was calm, reassuring and absolutely reassuring with both her advice and compassion toward the situation. Even during the most trying times, Sophie was able to use her wealth of experience and professionalism to help me and the situation; guiding and above all caring about the outcome. At times, the emotional support and direction was as valuable as the legal input - a balance that is worth its weight in gold.
A representative from Watkins & Gunn Limited responded to this review on 12 June, 2020
Many thanks for your review Lee. I am delighted that the service was good. It is particularly pleasing to note that there was additional emotional support which we feel should be welcomed and is needed in this area of law.
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Sophie is a Partner at Watkins and Gunn and Head of our Family Matters team, having joined us in 2003 to bring her enviable experience in all kinds of family and childcare law matters to South Wales. She is highly regarded by clients and other lawyers for her expertise in ‘private’ family law matters, including divorce, financial arrangements on divorce and cohabitation disputes; with particular expertise in high value/complex and international cases.
Languages Spoken: English
United Kingdom
Currently Registered
15/05/91
06/11/20
SRA-approved manager - Partner
Watkins & Gunn
?-01-10-2019
SRA-approved manager - Partner
Watkins & Gunn
?-present
Reassuring and sound advice given with care and empathy.
Sophie was able to reassure me with facts and sound advice. By the end of our first conversation I was confident I was making the right choices. Sophie was extremely professional but didn’t lack empathy, and I felt comfortable speaking to her. I would highly recommend Sophie.
Lawyer named in this review: Sophie Hughes
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Outstanding Family Service - Sophie Hughes
I worked closely with Sophie for almost 18 months on a complex familial matter involving marital and child arrangement issues which, at times, were incredibly complex and challenging. Needless to say, throughout the whole process, Sophie was calm, reassuring and absolutely fantastic with both her advice and compassion toward the situation. Even during the most trying times, Sophie was able to use her wealth of experience and professionalism to help me and the situation; guiding and above all caring about the outcome. At times, the emotional support and direction was as valuable as the legal input - a balance that is worth its weight in gold.
At no point was it ever about the ability to accrue further legal costs - in fact, it was quite often the opposite, with Sophie suggesting ways to cut down legal costs and time/effort. No matter how bad things got, Sophie was always available face to face, on the phone or via email.
Her experience shines through and from start to finish. The handling of the situation was impeccable. Sophie knew exactly when to sit tight and be patient and also when to play hard ball and push things forward. The case played out almost exactly as she predicted and thankfully, we got the outcome we had hoped for. Caring for the welfare of the children involved above all else, the client care was absolutely exceptional and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Sophie to friends and colleagues going forward.
Thank you Sophie, I cannot thank you enough.
Lawyer named in this review: Sophie Hughes
A representative from Watkins & Gunn Limited responded to this review on 01 June, 2020
What a wonderful review and a great way to start the week! Many thanks. Whilst we are a little biased the review really does recognise the talent and experience that Sophie undoubtedly has , combined with her calm and reassuring manner.
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Excellent Service
Used Watkins & Gunn for two issues recently - Clive Thomas & Sophie Hughes are so professional. Excellent service, would throughly recommend.
Lawyer named in this review: Sophie Hughes
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