Partners
John Cornwell
Senior Partner
"A senior lawyer with senior cases"
Chambers & Partners
2007-2008 Edition
John was admitted in 1969 and was one of the founding partners of Dawson Cornwell in 1972.
John advises on all areas of family breakdown including complex financial arrangements. He is an acknowledged expert in the area of pensions on divorce. He also maintains a trust and probate practice.
John is an innovator for change in family law. He was the founder and first national chairman of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association). This is the leading organisation representing family lawyers in England and Wales with nearly 5,000 members. John was also instrumental in the development of mediation in England and Wales. He was a co-founder in 1988 of the Family Mediators Association.
In 2007, John was awarded a place in The Lawyer magazine's Hall of Fame for having founded Resolution.
John has been a Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division of the High Court since 1986. He is a member of the Resolution Pension Sharing Committee and the Reunite Mediation Steering Group. He lectures and writes on family law generally and has appeared in training videos.
He is consistently named as one of the leading family lawyers in London in both Chambers and The Legal 500.
John speaks basic French.
