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Rebecca trained at Charles Russell LLP where she received comprehensive, hands-on training in all aspects private family law including divorce, financial issues following separation and divorce, child contact and residence issues and pre and post nuptial agreements.

Rebecca is fluent in Italian and proficient in French. She has worked on a number of matters with an international focus and had a high UK-Italian caseload during her training contract. Rebecca has also assisted with complex cross-border jurisdiction disputes and is a member of the British Italian Law Association.

Rebecca is a member of Resolution.
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Bryn Williams is a consultant clinical psychologist and a director of WIPC, an independent psychological consultancy. After working in the NHS and for the States of Jersey he joined with other independent colleagues to offer assessment and therapy services, teaching and consultation as well as expert witness work in public and private law. Bryn has an interest in the interface between child abuse and children with developmental disorders and disability. He is also works with children who have been exposed to emotional harm as a result of family breakdown and divorce. He has a practice based in Oxfordshire and Jersey, as well as providing consultancy in the United Arab Emirates. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Lucy and his children,Beatrice, Nat, Jess and Ashley. 
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