A SOLICITOR with a wealth of family law experience has become the eleventh partner of Nalders Solicitors.
Manda Toms has worked for the firm for 18 years and was a senior associate before her promotion to the new role, which begins on May 1.
She said: “I have always had devotion to my work and my clients and I’m really ready to embrace the new challenges in this part of my career. It is the start of a new chapter”.
Based in Nalders’ Lemon Street office in Truro, Manda is experienced in all areas of family law, including divorce and financial settlements, dissolution of civil partnerships and pre and post-nuptial agreements.
She added: “In professional terms, I probably have a reputation for not being too flowery, for explaining things to my clients in simple terms and not using jargon. That’s what I’ll be aiming to bring to the table.”
Manda is the go-to person for a host of other family matters including property and financial disputes between unmarried partners, obtaining court orders regarding children and representing victims of domestic abuse.
Managing Partner Dale Band says the firm is keen to attract, develop and retain local talent.
“This promotion is reward for Manda’s commitment and dedication to the firm for the past 18 years,” he said.
“Nalders is continuing to grow year on year and her promotion is a reflection on our expansion and development”.
“Manda is hard-working, driven and ambitious, with a huge amount of experience. She always wants the very best for her clients and will take forward our family department.”
After qualifying as a solicitor in 1989, Manda originally practised in Essex before joining Nalders in 2001.
Career highlights include successfully securing an order to prevent a parent from moving with child to Australia; and obtaining an emergency order to prevent the unlawful removal of a child from the UK.