Nicole Lawton

Consultant Solicitor - Family Law

Nicole prides herself on giving a professional and personable approach, whilst being efficient and effective. Nicole will tailor her service to the individual needs of each particular client. With her many years experience of the court arena and legal practice in and around East Sussex she has developed professional relationships with experts, barristers and solicitors.

Nicole says the favourite part of her job is "the variety of clients and cases within the changing world of matrimonial, civil partnership and family law".

Outside of work Nicole enjoys Pilates, Painting, Interiors, Walking and Running.

Career

After qualifying in 1996 Nicole worked within a Legal 500 firm for 3 years before moving to a multi office practice in Brighton. Nicole soon became a Partner and Head of the Family Law Department.

Qualifications, professional memberships and accreditations

Solicitor
Accredited to the Law Society's Advanced Family Law Panel from 2003 to May 2024
Accredited to the Law Society's Children Panel as an Adult Advocate since 2003 and thereafter also as a Child Advocate
A collaborative lawyer for 10 years until Nicole became a consultant in November 2022.

Specialisms

Mr Jerome Soucek provided us an exemplary professional service. He was very courteous, knowledgeable and very approachable.
Thank you Andrew. I am beyond delighted!! Breathing a huge sigh of relief. Whopping thanks
We are all very grateful for the tremendous amount of work that you have done and the total attention to detail that you have shown. You are a pleasure to do business with
A very friendly efficient service with tireless attention to detail throughout, excellent.
Thank you for giving such excellent service and for steering us through the legal situation with which we were confronted. Andrew Flagg was professional, yet approachable. Explained the intricacies of the law in clear terms and was endlessly patient with our questions. Thank you Andrew, you have been brilliant!
I would recommend Stephen Rimmer to anyone who required solicitor help. Jack Prosser was such a great help to us as we tried to buy a property. Jack always gave great detail which we could understand and was very quick at replying to any queries we had. In the future, I will certainly be using Stephen Rimmer/Jack Prosser again.
We have just completed on our house sale and purchase with Jack, he has been totally amazing and gone over and above to get our house sale through. I would highly recommend him and will definitely be using him for future conveyancing needs. Thank you so much.
Jack has been invaluable in making sure our sale/purchase went through, demonstrating endless patience and professionalism. We wouldn’t use anyone else in the future!
She was well informed and did her homework on the case before seeing me. She was on site and didn’t fill my brain with jargon.
Fantastic service, very supportive and reassuring.
Most professional, considerate, empathetic and competent. Thank you very much!
A repeated but well meant ‘Thank you’, I appreciated your sensitive and supportive manner in handling my defence.
…charming, encouraging and very professional.
…shown immense kindness and confidence. Throughout the court case it was clear what an incredibly bright and gifted advocate you are. Thanks to you I am still employed in the job I love, I owe you a huge debt.
Thank you for your calming influence and advice as well as your expertise. Thank you very much indeed for all you have done.
Thank you again for your excellent representation, we can’t thank you enough!
You have been informative, very helpful and spot on!
Jay is a fantastic Lawyer, he definitely loves what he does and he’s very skilful and awesome.
Thank you so much for saving my life! You treated this case like your baby right from the first day and you supported me all through the way. Those memories of the 2 weeks of trial would stay with me till I die, I kept wondering what would happen to my children if I lost this case, but you kept me strong with your words and your dedication to your job is outstanding. I am forever indebted to you Jay, I owe you so much!
Jay was exceptional throughout. In the most difficult circumstances, I could not have asked for a more experienced, competent or reassuring team on my side.