Aisling Collins

Aisling has a formidable reputation as a family lawyer and mediator having honed her skills over the past 27 years. She is an excellent communicator and her ability to listen to clients and tailor practical advice in a bespoke way to meet their needs sets her apart from other lawyers. She has a genuine interest in clients and empathy for their individual needs. She is approachable and reliable. She advises clients with complex legal disputes and difficult personal circumstances providing incisive and reliable advice in all areas of family dispute. She specialises in financial disputes.

Aisling assists clients in her capacity as a Solicitor, Collaborative Lawyer, FMC Accredited Mediator and Hybrid Mediator. Aisling has trained with Resolution to offer ‘Resolution Together’ and her day to day practise includes work of all these types providing advice to both clients on financial and children issues successfully enabling them to reach sound and informed agreements.

Aisling focusses on the individual needs of each client and works with them to establishing a close and effective working relationship. Aisling empowers her clients to achieve a resolution of their case through the most suitable legal process for their individual circumstances in line with their aspirations both for themselves and their family. She has a natural empathy and considers the goals of her clients at every turn ensuring that they are supported and able to progress their case using the legal process which will deliver the required outcome for them. She promotes where suitable, the benefits of Dispute Resolution and ensures clients have at the outset of their legal journey, advice as to the most suitable process for them to achieve their goals.

Aisling uses her extensive experience and legal knowledge and expertise to advise in practical terms as to the realistic outcome. She confidently assists clients in understanding issues arising from more complex issues such as business valuations, pension sharing and future needs. Her clients are informed and empowered to manage their proceedings to a successful outcome.  She is regularly able to use technical detail to her advantage and in cases where there is litigation, achieve discrete costs orders through well managed litigation practice.

Aisling is committed to the development of positive relationships between family lawyers and other professionals working within Family Law in the North West London area. She was a founding member of the North West London Collaborative practice group, Now Family Dispute Solutions.

Aisling has practised in North West London throughout her career and has a strong connection with the community served by the firm which reaches into Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Hillingdon as well as into Central London. She has a large and well connected network of non-legal professional contacts including Accountancy, Financial and Therapeutic, which enables her to procure assistance and advice for clients to complement the legal advice that she provides.

Qualifications

• BA Law & American Studies University of Sussex
• LLM European and Human Rights Law
• Accredited Family Mediator (Resolution and FMC)
• Collaborative Lawyer