Lucy Mignot has recently been made a Partner at law firm Blanchards Bailey LLP.
Lucy (pictured), who first joined the Blanchards Bailey litigation department in 2002, took seven years off work to raise her three children and has now been back with the firm for eight years after returning to law. The busy mum of three splits her time between Blanchards Bailey’s head office in Blandford and its Poundbury base and works closely with the private client team.
She specialises in advising on trust and probate disputes, Inheritance Act claims and contentious Court of Protection matters, overseeing three junior fee earners in the litigation and disputes department.
The Legal 500, the independent guide to legal firms and solicitors in the UK, has singled out Lucy as being recommended in the Commercial Litigation team.
Lucy is described as being ‘approachable and compassionate’, with the contentious trusts and probate team having ‘an in-depth knowledge in their field and taking time to discuss matters and agree on direction collaboratively’.
Lucy is also an unpaid director of expanding Poundbury-based Wessex Multi-Academy Trust, which has five schools— Thomas Hardye, Dorchester Middle, St Osmund’s Middle, Damers First and Bere Regis School.
Speaking of her promotion, Lucy said: 'I am honoured, and extremely pleased, to have been promoted into this new role and I thank the firm for believing in me.'
Blanchards Bailey Managing Partner Paul Dunlop said: 'Lucy completely deserves this promotion. She is a thoroughly professional and empathetic lawyer whose expertise in contentious probate enables us to offer this specialist service—a rarity among most law firms.'
