Shevonne Weir

Shevonne studied a law degree at Swansea University and graduated in 2012. Subsequently she graduated from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 2014, before deciding to commence the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the University of Law. Shevonne graduated from her LPC course in 2018.

Shevonne gained experience working in the field of family law for 4 and a half years at London firms listed within the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. During this time she had conduct of matters that were reported and are now utilised as legal precedence:

• Medway Council v Root [2019] EWHC 669 (Fam)
• Root v Medway Council (Application to Purge Contempt) [2019] EWHC 1640 (Fam)

Shevonne commenced her training contract with Sternberg Reed, a Legal 500 listed firm, in 2019 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2021. She remained with the firm as a family law solicitor, until joining Pinney Talfourd in April 2022.

She is a solicitor within the Family Department at Pinney Talfourd. And engages in other roles within the firm, such as the charity committee and the staff society.

EXPERTISE

Shevonne’s expertise covers:

• Domestic Abuse
• Divorce
• Cohabitation Agreements
• Civil Partnership Dissolution
• Children Act (application for parents)
• Children Act (application for grandparents)
• Separation Agreements
• Prenuptial / Pre-Civil Agreements
• Postnuptial / Post-Civil Agreements
• Mediation
• Fixed Fee Family Services
• Finances Post Divorce

Shevonne has significant experience advising both applicants and respondents in respect of injunction applications and seeks to achieve the best result for the client whether this be a substantive order or pursuing a speedy conclusion to proceedings by way of an alternative agreement. This was aided by working in the legal department of a domestic abuse charity between 2015- 2016.

Her practice area covers child arrangement orders (order concerning who a child will live with, who a child will spend time with, orders concerning specific issues such as which school a child will attend or whether a child should have a passport, orders to prohibit actions by the other parent such as removal from the country and similarly applications to remove a child from the Jurisdiction to live in other countries.

When order have been granted by the family court, Shevonne is confident in assisting clients in seeking enforcement of those orders.

She also has experience advising on divorce and financial relief proceedings, Shevonne takes an empathetic yet practical and equitable approach to advising and addressing separation and the split of assets.

She has acted for client in respect of transfer of tenancy applications too.

Shevonne also advises clients on the split of assets belonging to unmarried couples.

BADGES & AWARDS

Shevonne is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Children Law – Private as well as Complex Lower Income Financial Remedies. Shevonne is a member of Resolution and a committee member of Yres.