Melanie Bridgen > Nelsons Solicitors Limited (Part of Lawfront) > Derby, England > Lawyer Profile
Nelsons Solicitors Limited (Part of Lawfront) Offices
STERNE HOUSE
LODGE LANE
DERBY
DE1 3WD
England
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Melanie Bridgen
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Partner & Solicitor. Melanie acts in complex family law cases including divorce, child arrangements orders, international relocation, child abduction, domestic abuse, parental alienation, care proceedings, adoption placement breakdown, deprivation of liberty and habitual residence jurisdiction.
Career
Previously Prtner at Smith Partnership; partner Nelsons 2013.
Memberships
- Children Panel Accredited specialist
- Law Society Family Law Panel (Advanced) – Accredited Specialist in both Children Law Private and Advice in and Conduct of Ancillary Relief Proceedings
- Resolution Accredited Specialist (Domestic Violence)
- Member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association)
- Member of Derby & District Law Society Family Committee
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame)Melanie Bridgen 
– Nelsons Solicitors Limited (Part of Lawfront)
Operating out of Derby, Nottingham and Leicester, Nelsons Solicitors Limited (Part of Lawfront)‘s full-service offering spans disputes relating to children, financial claims and family issues involving international elements. In Nottingham, Emma Davies heads up the family department, and specialises in high-value divorce matters and financial remedy claims. In Derby, Melanie Bridgen is a key contact for divorce cases, children proceedings and domestic abuse claims, and notably works on matters that have cross-border elements. Praised by clients as ‘very supportive and helpful’, Gayle Rowley leads the family team in Leicester. Gareth Protheroe heads up the care team and specialises in complex emotional abuse and parental alienation cases, often acting before the High Court and the Family Court.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms