Lucy Barr

Partner

What can I do for you

Lucy is a specialist family solicitor with over 20 years of experience, she is a partner based in our Birmingham office. She advises and represents clients on complex family law matters, including divorce and financial remedies, asset protection, pre and post nuptial agreements, Children Act disputes, cohabitation issues and international jurisdictional matters.

Supporting your ambitions

Lucy, is tactical, solutions-focused and strategic. She considers the needs of her clients carefully, to ensure that she can provide the best and most appropriate advice, noting that this is not always what the client wishes to hear, but delivering that advice sensitively.

She places their best interests at the heart of that advice to ensure she achieves the best possible outcome for the client, knowing that every client, and every situation is different and so one size definitely does not fit all. Therefore the method of resolution, whether that is utilising the one of the many Non Court Dispute Resolution options available. or a court focused approach, for each client is different.

What do others say

"Lucy Barr is a highly respected and formidable practitioner. Lucy is known for her exceptional handling of complex financial settlements and her ability to negotiate robustly while maintaining a strategic, solutions-focused approach. Her meticulous attention to detail and commercial awareness make her a trusted adviser in high-net-worth cases" - Legal 500

What else should you know

Lucy loves keeping fit and the great outdoors, she runs, to ensure she can keep up with her young family, and enjoys skiing.

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Family and children law
  • Children
  • Divorce and separation
  • Unmarried couples
  • Wealth protection
  • Private wealth
  • Family solicitors in Birmingham