Wollens welcome new family lawyers

Wollens are delighted to welcome experienced family lawyers Laura Sellick-Tague and Zhenja Cann, who bring added strength to our family law team.

Both Laura and Zhenja come with a wealth of experience and will be significant assets to the firm.

Laura is a specialist family lawyer and joins Wollens from a highly regarded national specialist family law firm. Laura has been solely practising family law since 2011 and specialises in financial matters connected with relationships, for both married and unmarried couples. Such matters include assisting with the negotiation or formalisation of finances during a relationship or pre-marriage, as well as assisting with the division of finances following separation.

Laura attends Court and advocate meetings as required and has excellent working relationships with both local and national barristers and other professionals. In this work Laura aims to resolve disputes as quickly as possible. She is able to adopt a constructive and practical approach where possible whilst adopting a robust approach where necessary to ensure the best interest of clients and families are met.

Zhenja trained and worked at Thrings Solicitors in Bristol, and prior to that, she worked at DAC Beachcroft in their Dispute Resolution team.

During her training, Zhenja gained experience with the Private Client and Property Litigation teams, ultimately qualifying in Family Law in 2019, where she has since been practising. She advises clients on all aspects of privately funded family work, including resolving financial matters on divorce, particularly in complex cases involving family businesses, farming partnerships, and issues of domestic abuse. She also assists clients with child arrangements, including cases involving child relocation, and has experience applying for non-molestation and occupation orders. Zhenja’s particular area of expertise is advising separating cohabiting couples on their rights in shared property, and her background in dispute resolution gives her a strong knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules required for such cases.

Zhenja will assist clients both in and out of court proceedings, striving to resolve as many cases as possible through alternative means where appropriate. This approach is in line with recent changes in the FPR and helps clients retain control over the process and costs of their cases.

Rachel Carter, Head of the Family Team at Wollens said “The Wollens family team is a large team allowing us to offer really specialist advice in all aspects of family law.  Having Zhenja and Laura join the team further adds to our ability to assist clients with any family law issues they have.  They both bring years of experience and share our passion for excellent client care.”

Contact our family team today 

Email info@wollens.co.uk 

Call one of our offices:

South Devon     01803 213251

Exeter                01392 274006

North Devon      01271 342268