Beth Sheridan

Specialisms

Beth is highly experienced in all areas of family law with specific focus on financial and property disputes arising from divorce and child arrangements. Her experience in financial family law cases spans straightforward disputes about the family home to more complex cases involving large pensions, businesses, and multiple properties. She has acted for parents, grandparents’ rights, and other family members in cases regarding child arrangements and also been involved in matters concerning a child’s religion, medical treatment, change of name and cases where a guardian has been appointed for the child. She also has experience in cohabitation law disputes, domestic abuse cases and drafting family law agreements.

Beth is a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Accreditation Scheme.

Training & employment experience

Beth joined a local law firm as an office junior after her A-Levels intending to take a year out but quickly became interested in a career in the law.  She spent five years studying at night school whilst working full-time to obtain her Legal Executive qualifications and was admitted as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2000.  During her studies she was awarded the Joseph Jackson Memorial Prize in 1996 by CILEX for the most outstanding family law examination paper.  She has worked in Family Law since 1995; the last 24 years at an established North Nottinghamshire law firm before joining Stowe in 2020.

Approach

Beth has a straight-talking and pragmatic approach to her cases, helping her clients to move forward with their lives in a pro-active yet sensitive manner.

Notable cases

Beth represented the non-biological parent in a same-sex child dispute which reached the High Court where her client was awarded significant contact and Parental Responsibility.

Outside of work

Outside of work, Beth is a swimming coach and assists at her daughters’ swimming club based in Nottingham city.  She enjoys music and comedy gigs and spending time with her family and friends.