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About

Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP is a niche family practice established in 2018 by  partners, Emily Boardman, Ruth Hawkins and Irena Osborne.

We offer legal advice, representation,  mediation by mediators who are also practising solicitors, and other forms of family dispute resolution.

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Emily Boardman

Founding Partner

Ruth Hawkins

Founding Partner

Irena Osborne

Founding Partner

Helen Bishop

Helen Bishop

Head of Matrimonial Team

Carrie Rudge

Consultant solicitor

Seona Myerscough

Consultant solicitor

Amanda Stopps

Consultant solicitor

Ruth Sharon

Consultant solicitor

Simone Brown 

Consultant solicitor

Kerri-Anne Matthews

Senior paralegal

Debra Newman

PA and Billing Assistant

Sophie Hibbert

Legal Administration Assistant

Sarah Morgan

Consultant Case Worker

Anna Regan

Receptionist/office administrator

Pre-nuptial & cohabitation agreements

"Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne are always consistent, and the quality throughout the team is great"

Legal 500
Mediation

We have a solutions based, flexible approach to helping you resolve your issues on separation. Our experienced team of accredited mediators here to help.

Domestic Abuse

"I think clients would want to know that they are treated as individuals, that the firm is empathetic and understanding. They went out of their way to support and help me"

Legal 500

Amanda Stopps

Consultant solicitor

EXT: 505
Mobile: 07985 720718

Areas of Law

Amanda Stopps is a consultant solicitor having qualified in 2002. She studied law at the University of Glamorgan and then went on to the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice to obtain her professional qualifications. She completed her legal training at a high street practice in Henley on Thames before moving to practice exclusively in family law at a firm in Banbury. Amanda joined BH&O in 2020.

Amanda is a core member of the Matrimonial Team and has received praise from clients for the way that she advises them in a clear and accessible way. As a member of Resolution, Amanda is bound by their Code of Practice and is committed to forms of Non-Court Dispute Resolution, ensuring that she seeks to resolve matters between separating individuals in a way that minimises conflict.

Amanda has experience in matters that deal with divorce, finances and children. She particularly specialises in financial cases: aiming to ensure fair settlements in the division of property, pensions and savings. With regards to children, Amanda helps separating couples to navigate arrangements. She has completed the What About Henry training course on child development and employs a child-centred approach to any private children act matters.

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