Caroline Watson has over twenty years’ experience in family law to include divorce, separation, cohabitation, pre and post nuptial agreements and children matters. Ranked by the legal directories and a top recommended lawyer in Spear’s 500 Caroline is described by her peers as meticulous in her case presentation and technically excellent. You can be confident of the very best outcome for you and your family with Caroline by your side.

How do you live the firm’s purpose through your work?

I live our purpose by making sure clients never feel judged – so they have the confidence to share with me everything that matters to them – and I can then help them navigate the best pathway forward to enable them to achieve their goals.

Reasons clients choose to work with Caroline:

  • Excellent litigator as well as adept at supporting clients to use alternatives to court.
  • Commercial understanding of business structures and complex financial arrangements, including forensic accountant reports, hidden assets, tax and cases involving third party interests.
  • International expertise and experience in cases involving inherited wealth, assets acquired pre-and post-relationship and pensions.
  • Straight-talking and pragmatic approach.
  • Dedication and commitment to helping clients move on with dignity, respect and confidence.

Caroline is also a trained collaborative lawyer enabling her clients to meet directly to work through their separation as well as being a member of Resolution (a national organisation promoting an amicable and conciliatory approach in family law cases).

What others say

“Caroline Watson is well prepared and thorough.  She gives pragmatic advice and doesn’t give clients unrealistic expectations”
Chambers UK

“Caroline Watson is an excellent family lawyer who has a fantastic eye for detail. Clients feel very safe with Caroline. I have had her as an opponent and been impressed. She also works collaboratively”.
Legal 500

“Going through a divorce is a very emotional experience and a time when I just wanted to walk away as quickly as I could even if it meant taking a lot less than I was entitled to. Caroline remained very focused on the practical and legal elements ensuring that we remained focused on moving things forward and explained the broader implications of some decisions for my and my family’s future”.
Legal 500

“She is excellent, very efficient and always very dependable.” 
Chambers UK

“Fantastic service, very professional offering amazing support and very knowledgeable.”
Legal 500

“Without a doubt she impressed me. She has meticulous case preparation and gives realistic and robust advice to clients at appropriate times.”
Chambers UK

“Caroline was a pillar of support sorting out facts from emotions which I really needed at the time”.
Legal 500

For more information or to discuss your case, contact Watson Morris today.