Zoe Fleetwood

Spear’s Review

Zoe Fleetwood joined the family team at Mills & Reeve in 2020 to head up its national children law practice.

Having dealt with cases that involve everything from child abduction to wardship, domestic violence, forced marriage, special guardianship, and domestic and international adoption, Fleetwood has considerable expertise in child matters. In 2016, she gained media attention for her successful representation of a terminally ill 14-year-old girl who wished to be cryogenically preserved. 

‘I’m not just a family solicitor, but also a strategist and human rights adviser,’ she has said of her practice. Indeed, peers have highlighted Fleetwood’s ‘clarity of thought’ and her ‘highly supportive and engaging manner’.

Notable cases

• S v S (Relocation) [2017] EWHC 2345 (Fam)
• Re JS (Disposal of Body) [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam)
• F (A child) (International Relocation Cases) [2015] EWCA Civ 882