Finances
Rebecca is regularly instructed on all financial aspects of family law and relationship breakdown with cases including divorce, separation, cohabitation, variation and enforcement of financial orders, disputes over school fees and international issues. She advises clients both in Court proceedings and those in negotiations and mediation – often providing “behind the scenes” advice to those seeking to negotiate settlement directly. Rebecca regularly instructs forensic accountants to investigate complex financial affairs and provide independent business valuations to assist swift settlement.
Children
Rebecca also specialises in difficult child law cases and is regularly instructed where children have additional needs. Her case load often involves issues of parental alienation, coercive control, narcissism and allegations of psychological and physical abuse, and where parents cannot agree on issues such as:
- Contact and residence
- Internal and international relocation
- Child maintenance and Schedule 1 cases
- Education, religion and medical treatment
- Change of name
Due to the complexities of her cases, Rebecca frequently represents clients in proceedings involving multiple parties, fact-finding hearings and appeals. She works closely with barristers and KCs both in Birmingham and London and regularly instructs experts to provide blood, alcohol, drug and hair strand test reports, psychiatric assessments and independent social work reports.
She offers clients the benefit of her first class litigation background, yet is also a keen to move families forward using swift and cost-effective alternatives to the traditional Court route and all forms of NCDR eg arbitration, private FDRs, neutral evaluation and round table meetings.
Approach
Having been divorced with teenage children herself (and now happily navigating life as part of a blended family), Rebecca understands the difficulties faced by clients during family breakdown. She builds relationships with clients quickly, offering robust legal and practical advice in a cost-effective, constructive and compassionate way.
She is praised by clients for her responsiveness, hands on and down to earth approach. Her clients range from stay at home parents to professionals, business owners and high net worth individuals.
Training & employment
Rebecca studied Law at the University of Hull and obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law (Chester). Rebecca led the opening of the firm’s office in Birmingham in 2018, having practised law since 2002. She originally trained and qualified as a commercial litigation solicitor with an international law firm. With a first-class grounding in business law, Court proceedings and alternative dispute resolution, Rebecca later re-trained as a family solicitor at a Top 40 national law firm. Rebecca is also Managing Partner at Stowe’s other West Midlands offices in Solihull, Leamington Spa and Lichfield. Rebecca is a recommended family solicitor in the Legal 500.
Rebecca is ranked as Band 4 in the Chambers and Partners 2025 guide.
Outside of work
Outside of work, Rebecca enjoys spending time with her family, the great outdoors and loves to travel.
Legal 500 recognition
Rebecca is recognised as a recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 UK, 2026.
“Rebecca Calden-Storr attracts consistently high-quality work and offers in return excellent and high quality advice and service.” – Legal 500, 2026
“The team is led well by Rebecca Calden-Storr who has extensive experience in both high net worth financial remedy and complex children matters. She is solutions-focused and her client care is excellent.” – Legal 500, 2026
Rebecca Calden-Storr and Claire Cleary are first class family lawyers and provide exemplary service to their clients. – Legal 500, 2026
Chambers and Partners
Rebecca has been promoted to Band 3 in the Chambers and Partners UK 2026 Guide.
Rachel is ranked as Band 3 by Chambers & Partners in Family and Matrimonial matters.
Chambers says: “Rebecca has always been brilliant in client management. Working with her feels like you are a team.”
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Rebecca Calden-Storr
4 min read
18 Sep 2024
