Aoife advises clients in relation to a wide range of family law issues, both contentious and non-contentious, which may arise during cohabitation, in contemplation of marriage and on divorce or dissolution.
This includes nuptial agreements, financial remedy proceedings and private law children matters.
Aoife was part of the team recently instructed pro bono on behalf of the Family Law Bar Association on a successful application to intervene in the Court of Appeal matter of Re M (a child) CA-2025-000120 before Lord Justice Peter Jackson, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Snowden. The case concerned the role of intermediaries for vulnerable parties in family law proceedings.
Aoife read History and English in Dublin before qualifying as a solicitor.
Qualified July 2021, joined Payne Hicks Beach in October 2021.
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2025: Instructed pro bono on behalf of the Family Law Bar Association on a successful application to intervene in the Court of Appeal matter of Re M (a child) CA-2025-000120 before Lord Justice Peter Jackson, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Snowden. The case concerned the role of intermediaries for vulnerable parties in family law proceedings.
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On 6 April 2022 the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 came into force and No Fault divorc...
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How Can Mediation Simplify the Divorce and Separation Process?
February 11, 2025
Mediation, whether that be mediation involving a married couple contemplating a divorce or a cohabit...
Read more
