Antonia Kirby
Senior Solicitor
Antonia is a Senior Solicitor in our family team having joined in March 2024. Antonia studied law at the University of Cardiff and qualified as a solicitor in 2015, joining the Law Society’s Specialist Family Panel in 2016.
Any relationship breakdown is a highly stressful life event and Antonia will spend time listening and focussing on her client’s individual needs with particular importance given to the needs of any children of the family.
Antonia is determined and proactive, providing clear, strategic and cost-effective advice with compassion. She prides herself in being approachable and understanding and provides clear practical advice to help clients stay grounded and resolve cases as swiftly and amicably as possible.
With a wealth of experience in all aspects of family law, Antonia provides advice on:
- Divorce and separation
- Cohabiting and unmarried couples
- Child arrangements and disputes
- Adoption/Special Guardianship
- Asset division
- Domestic abuse
- Pre and Post nuptial agreements
- Separation and Cohabitation Agreements
Providing clear and constructive advice, Antonia excels in finding creative solutions in all aspects of family law whether that be by negotiating a settlement outside of the court process or robustly litigating within it.
Outside of work Antonia enjoys cooking, singing/performing, learning languages and spending time with her children and her friends.
Antonia's Accreditations
What our clients say about Antonia
I cannot thank Antonia enough for the amazing impact she has had on my life and the life of my family. Throughout the renegotiating of a court order process Antonia has been such an amazing support, a brilliant expert and a level head. Antonia is a credit to her profession but more importantly an awesome human being, who showed me care and compassion and led us to the best possible outcome (given the circumstances we were faced with). Thank you, thank you, thank you.
A. Green
Antonia previously helped me gain a child arrangement order. The work and reassurance she provided was brilliant. Antonia communicated with me on a regular basis keeping me up to date with every little bit of progress. So when I needed assistance again regarding the arrangements order, my first call was to Antonia. I knew I could rely on her brilliant work to get my problem resolved. From the second I got in touch with Antonia, she worked proactively to get the situation resolved. I cant thank Antonia enough for her assistance.
Matthew Hall
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Our Family Law Team has expanded | Senior Solicitor Antonia Kirby joins the team.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
We are delighted to welcome Senior Solicitor Antonia Kirby to our established Family Law Team here at Moore and Tibbits.