Our People
Corbett Le Quesne was established in November 2017 by Advocates Barbara Corbett and Nicholas Le Quesne. In addition to being experienced Jersey lawyers both Barbara and Nick are qualified English solicitors, able to advise and represent clients in both jurisdictions.
Barbara Corbett
Senior Partner
Biography
Barbara Corbett is a Jersey Advocate and English Solicitor with over 20 years’ experience as a family lawyer. She is the Senior Partner at Corbett Le Quesne. Barbara is a collaborative lawyer, mediator, family arbitrator, international family lawyer and a specialist children’s lawyer.
Barbara has expertise in all areas of family law and is committed to helping clients resolve problems in a positive and conciliatory manner wherever possible. In addition to her considerable experience dealing with divorce and financial settlements Barbara also advises clients on the preparation of pre-nuptial and other relationship agreements. Many of Barbara’s cases have an international element, she frequently advises foreign lawyers on Jersey law especially in respect of cross jurisdictional pre-nuptial agreements and cases involving trusts and business assets in Jersey. Barbara is also well-known for her significant children law practice. She represents both adults and children in private and public law cases and has expertise in international relocation cases, financial applications by and on behalf of children, child abduction, surrogacy and adoption in addition to the more usual applications in respect of who children live with and have contact with, including grandparents and wider family members.
In addition to being recognised as being one of the leading family lawyers in Jersey, Barbara is also at the forefront of developing family law in Jersey, particularly the separate representation of children and divorce reform. Barbara is also closely involved in exploring changes in the law relating to surrogacy in her role as a Jersey Law Commissioner. Barbara has had articles published in Family Law, International Family Law, the Jersey and Guernsey Law Review. She has also contributed chapters on Jersey law to Family Law Jurisdictional Comparisons (Thomson Reuters) and International Relocation of Children (Practical Law).
Barbara is married with five grown up children.
Nicholas Le Quesne
Partner
Biography
Nicholas Le Quesne is a Jersey Advocate, a qualified collaborative lawyer and an experienced English solicitor. He is one of the founding partners of Corbett Le Quesne having established the firm with Advocate Barbara Corbett in November 2017.
Nicholas advises on all areas of family law, specialising in complex matrimonial finance work and has a particular interest in pre and postnuptial agreements. He also has experience in children matters, including cases involving intractable contact and parental alienation.
Nicholas works with a wide range of clients, both domestic and international. He builds strong relationships with his clients by listening to them and offering them pragmatic, solution focused advice. He aims to work together with clients to reach a negotiated settlement out of the court arena wherever possible. When proceedings (whether in court or arbitration) are necessary, he is used to litigating to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients.
Nicholas has been published in the Jersey and Guernsey Law Review and is a former winner of the Law Society of Jersey Prize for the Jersey Advocacy constitutional law examination. He is also a member of the committee of the Jersey Family Law Association.
Simon Lofthouse
Head of Private Client
Biography
Simon qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2012 and has been practising in Jersey since 2016.
Simon joined Corbett Le Quesne as Head of Private Client in March 2021. He specialises in Wills and Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
Always on hand in times of grief or illness, Simon compassionately guides clients through the potentially complex legal issues that need to be dealt with when a loved one or friend dies or loses capacity. Simon has a down to earth approach and strives to provide clients with peace of mind through clear advice and pragmatic solutions.
Simon is one of only a few advisers in Jersey to hold the STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates. He received the highest mark ever awarded to anyone in any STEP qualification anywhere in the world and was therefore also given a STEP Worldwide Excellence Award and a special CLT International Exceptional Performance Award. His interest, expertise and knowledge have led him to being featured on Radio 4 in a report focusing on EU Succession and the complexity of private international law when dealing with the succession of assets situate in the EU by a non-resident.
He is a member of the Capacity and Succession Committee for the Jersey Law Society and is President of the Jersey International Lawyers Association.
Simon is married with two daughters and is a member of Rotary in his spare time.
Kate Donohue
Advocate
Biography
Kate Donohue is a very experienced family lawyer and was called to the Jersey Bar in January 2023. Kate is also an English Barrister but started her career in law as a solicitor, qualifying in 2009. Kate worked in the UK and became regional head of Family Law at Simson Millar. Kate qualified as an English Barrister in 2017 and is a tenant at 18 St John Street Chambers. Kate is ranked as a Leading Junior Counsel by the prestigious Legal 500.
Kate advises and acts on private and public law applications including Care proceedings, Residence, Contact, Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Orders.
Kate fell in love with Jersey on holidays to the island and moved here with her husband and two children in 2020.
Jamie-Lee Morgan
Associate Solicitor
Biography
Jamie-Lee completed her Jersey Solicitor's exams in 2022 and was sworn in as a Jersey Ecrivain in January 2023, a few days after joining Corbett Le Quesne.
Jamie-Lee has approximately 10 years in the field of family law having gained a paralegal qualification with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (which means she is able to advise on English Law family matters), a Diploma in family law and a degree in Law, all whilst working full-time.
Memberships:-
• Jersey Law Society
• Jersey Family Law Association
• Resolution
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Anna Styles
Senior Associate
Biography
Anna, an experienced family lawyer, joined Corbett Le Quesne in September 2019.
Anna advises on all areas of family law, and has a broad range of experience. Building strong client relationships is very important to Anna because she understands that relationship breakdowns can cause a lot of uncertainty and stress which affect every aspect of family life. The impact of family proceedings on parties’ mental health and on children is also something Anna is particularly aware of. Anna is practical, solution focused and conciliatory but when it is clear that matters will not be resolved by agreement she will pursue the most efficient and effective path to a resolution.
Joining Corbett Le Quesne on a part time basis, Anna is still caring for her young son when not at work.
Louise Eden
Paralegal
Biography
Louise is a Paralegal at Corbett Le Quesne, having joined in January 2020.
Louise was educated at Jersey College for Girls and is currently undertaking her English law degree locally with the Institute of Law. Her plan is to then complete further studies to become a qualified Solicitor in Jersey specialising in Private Client work.
Prior to this Louise worked in Australia for a year and spent some time travelling in Thailand and Sri Lanka before returning to Jersey where she continued her work as a Human Resources professional for various Trust and Finance companies.
Lizzie Keogh
Office Manager
Biography
Lizzie Keogh is the officer manager at Corbett Le Quesne. Lizzie has had a diverse employment background. She spent many years working in childcare, followed by work in horticulture helping to run an online garden centre and then various roles in administration.
Her interest in law came about after working as a receptionist at the Royal Court and meeting Barbara Corbett there. After a year and a half working alongside Barbara and Nick at BCR Law, she made the decision to move with them and help set up Corbett Le Quesne in November 2017.
Lizzie provides homemade cakes for the office and did once win an award for her carrot cake!
Sarah Allchin
Private Client Manager
Biography
Sarah originally trained as a nursery nurse and worked in nurseries and a local primary school before moving into law. While her children were young she became a child minder before returning to the office workplace and gained management experience in various law firms and as office manager for a billion-Euro private equity company before joining Corbett Le Quesne.
Simon Lofthouse, Head of Private Client commented “I couldn’t be happier to welcome Sarah to the group. She is a delight to work with and has already made herself invaluable. She has significant experience in probate administration and is excellent with clients.”
Katie Andrade
Junior Paralegal
Biography
Katie joined Corbett Le Quesne in January 2022 having been Corbett Le Quesne's very first Trident Student in 2018.
Katie went to Grainville School and then studied Health and Social Care at Highlands College. She worked at Lloyds pharmacy from the age of 15, becoming full time during the pandemic.
Katie was born in Jersey but her family comes from Madeira and she speaks fluent Portuguese. Katie is happy to translate for clients as and when necessary.
Katie was promoted to Junior Paralegal in December 2022.