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.
Professional Membership
Law Society of England & Wales
Family Mediation Council
Member of Family Dispute Solutions Group
Resolution
Qualifications
BA Law & American Studies University of Sussex
LLM European and Human Rights Law
Accredited Family Mediator (Resolution and FMC)
Collaborative Lawyer
Mediation – Aisling is regularly instructed as a Mediator assisting her clients through a structured and guided process to constructively discuss the financial issues arising on separation and empowering clients to reach lasting and robust agreements themselves. Aisling has successfully mediated disputes relating to financial settlements including complex circumstances involving multiple properties, business interest and pensions. “Aisling is without doubt an expert in her field, above all else she is humane, compassionate, fair and an absolutely trustworthy advisor. I trust her professional expertise and judgement completely.”
Collaborative Law – Aisling is often instructed as a Collaborative Lawyer successfully resolving numerous cases using this process over the years. These include cases of all values and complexity both those relating to money or children. She regularly uses this approach to assist the negotiation of prenuptial agreements and post nuptial agreements.“Aisling Collins has been most professional, efficient and understanding, offering excellent advice.”
Resolution Together – One of the first to train in this process Aisling will help both parties, acting for both as their lawyer where appropriate and when she has consulted with both clients as to suitability. This results in a cost effective and constructive outcome. “I’ve really appreciated your sensitive and knowledgeable input Aisling. This was reassuring to us both. I feel it would have been far harder had this process been done separately rather than using Resolution Together.”
Contested Financial Disputes – Aisling is always acting for clients in contested financial disputes. She successfully represents all parties to the correct outcome giving robust and accurate advice as to likely outcome and pursuing this with vigour for her clients. She is incisive and practical at all times and pursues costs orders for clients when litigation is conducted unreasonably by others. Aisling has acted successfully in cases where specialist applications to set aside transactions were necessary due to one party trying to put assets beyond the reach of the court. She has also acted for a business owner successfully limiting the reach of the other party to the value of assets at the time of separation only and where there was a significant increase in the value of a business and property since separation. “Aisling gave clear, concise and informative advice and always kept my best interests at the forefront of her recommendations.”
“Aisling and her team have provided a fantastic service in relation to all my family matters over the past 8 years. They have dealt with my divorce, a prenup relating to my remarriage, my will and my fathers estate in an extremely professional, efficient and courteous manner.”
“Aisling Collins has been most professional, efficient and understanding, offering excellent advice.”
“Aisling is without a doubt an expert in her field, but above all else she is humane, compassionate, fair, and an absolutely trustworthy representative and advisor. I trust her professional expertise and judgement completely.”
“Aisling advice has been wise and insightful.”
