Lucy Williams

Spear’s Review

Family lawyer Lucy Bolton (née Williams) is head of the children team at Vardags’ Manchester office, working with high-profile and HNW families across north-west England.

Bolton balances understanding of complex financial structures with attention to detail on personal matters involving children’s access arrangements, including international disputes, allegations of harm and family alienation. Recent cases have involved judgments measured in the tens of millions of pounds. 

Equally committed to her clients and her colleagues, Bolton is deputy training principal for Vardags, and holds responsibility for the pastoral care of all its trainee solicitors.

Adviser Profile

Partner Lucy Bolton attracts a select clientele with assets in the tens to hundreds of millions, who come to Lucy for her vast knowledge, extraordinary skill set and outstanding client care. Her recent cases incorporate the full ambit of family law matters, including jurisdiction disputes, Schedule I proceedings, as well as complex assets and structures. As Head of Manchester’s children team, Lucy has extensive experience in private children matters and leads on cases involving serious allegations of harm and jurisdiction issues. Having developed Vardags’ new training programme, Lucy now leads the programme as Training Principal, developing individuals from the top universities into industry-leading solicitors.