Career and Experience
Vivien is a Family Law Specialist joining Woollcombe Yonge on 6th August 2018.
Vivien was made Head of the Finance and Private Law Children Team in March 2024.
Vivien deals with cases involving family relationship breakdown.
She specialises in Divorce, Cohabitation and Separation issues, Financial matters and proceedings relating to Children (where the children are to live and who they spend time with). She has experience of drafting pre-nuptial, post nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.
Vivien also specialises in matters involving domestic violence and has worked with clients via the Plymouth Domestic Abuse Service legal clinic.
Vivien is a member of Resolution. She aims to resolve matters in a constructive and non-confrontational manner. She is a committee member of Devon Resolution and was formerly Chair of Yres, Devon
Meet the Rest of the Team
![Will Giles Will Giles](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Will-November-2022-scaled-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Will Giles
Partner, Solicitor and Head of Family Law, Family law department
![Vivien Bell Vivien Bell](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/vivien-bell-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Vivien Bell
Associate
, Family law department
![Nichola Williams Nichola Williams](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nichola-Williams2-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Nichola Williams
Assistant Solicitor, Family law department
![Cathy Barton Cathy Barton](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo-purple-332x332-c-default.png)
Cathy Barton
Solicitor, Family law department
![Laura Middleton Laura Middleton](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Laura-Middleton-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Laura Middleton
Chartered Legal Executive, Family law department
![Matthew Knight-Miller Matthew Knight-Miller](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Matthew-Sept-2022-scaled-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Matthew Knight-Miller
Trainee solicitor, Family law department
![Tam Katibeh Tam Katibeh](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo-purple-332x332-c-default.png)
Tam Katibeh
Paralegal, Family law department
![Millie-Jo Bell Millie-Jo Bell](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo-purple-332x332-c-default.png)
Millie-Jo Bell
Para Legal, Family law department
![Tina Burkitt Tina Burkitt](https://woollcombeyonge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tina-burkitt-332x332-c-default.jpg)
Tina Burkitt
Legal Assistant in the Family Team, Family law department
Conveyancing client
"As a family we found the service provided to us was delivered with ’empathy’ and was in fact ‘outstanding’, we would most certainly recommend Woollcombe Yonge to friends.”