Amanda is a Partner in the family law team at Stephensons. She joined Stephensons in 1992 and has specialised in family law ever since. Separation and family disputes can bring a variety of situations which require careful management, advice and support and as a specialist family lawyer experience has shown that all situations are different and require a number of skills. Amanda's main areas of work are the more complex privately funded situations of asset division and arrangements for children and include both approaches of negotiation and litigation.
Within her children work she became specialised in advising parents, wider family members and has also represented children themselves when the court and social services became concerned about their immediate welfare.
Amanda sees her role as solicitor as one of advising, supporting and enabling her clients to move successfully from their present situation onto the next stage in their lives. She finds that team work with her clients, and using skills to promote discussion goes a long way to help achieve something that is fair, is reasonable and equally as important, is cost effective.
Amanda is a good listener. The starting point for her is to understand clearly what it is that her clients want her to do for them and what it is that they really want to achieve. The importance of a good working relationship is to understand the objectives and to formulate a plan to move forward.
She is also a straight talker. It is important to have respect and understanding of a client's aims and objectives but it is also equally important to be realistic about the prospects of success.
When there are children at the very heart of the family, it is vitally important to make sure that they are least affected by the situation they are in. Not many want a court process and Amanda recommends the most appropriate way to resolve the situation in the way that her clients want.
Amanda is proud to be part of the family team which is one of the biggest teams of family specialists in the country. We are recognised in the Legal 500 and the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession for our privately funded family work, in representing clients in the division of their assets. "This team really has its finger on the pulse" (The Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession) and for our specialist work for and involving children.
Amanda regularly comments on topical family law issues in the media and has appeared in the Daily Mail (Online), The Guardian (Online) and on BBC Radio Manchester.
"Would definitely use this firm again ! Amanda Rimmer was an excellent solicitor... patient, fair, and helped me understand the process of divorce at a very emotional time. All staff were friendly and professional."
"Divorce lawyer to be recommended - Not a great time for anyone but I would recommend Mandy Rimmer for handling divorces and financial settlements, a clear, sympathetic and level headed approach with good eye for detail in the preparations."
Amanda is a member of Resolution. We believe that family issues should be dealt with in a constructive and non-confrontation way. Amanda is accredited by Resolution as a specialist family lawyer.
Amanda is regularly instructed in cases with multi-million pound assets.
Amanda is a partner in the family, children and divorce law department at Stephensons and has become an expert in this area of law having worked in this department since joining Stephensons in 1992.
She specialises in complex cases involving asset division and arrangements for children and regularly deals with separation and divorce cases in which there are multi-million pound assets. She also advises parents, wider family members and represents children themselves when the courts and social services are concerned for their welfare.