Vivien Bell

Vivien is Partner and the Head of the Finance and Private Law Children Team in our Family Department.

She studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and completed her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Chester.

Vivien has always had an interest in Family Law and has specialised in this area since qualification in 2009. She holds Family Law Accreditation.

Vivien deals with cases involving family relationship breakdown and 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, seeking non-molestation orders where necessary in an expeditious manner. She supports 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 currently a committee member of Devon Resolution and was formerly Chair of Yres, Devon.

what clients say:

“WY and specifically Vivien Bell have journeyed intensely and closely with me through 4 out of 7 years of children act case with and for my 5 children.  I have never, ever had or experienced such attuned, thorough, attentive, robust, meticulous, astute and highly knowledgeable expert representation. Vivien genuinely cares about the case, the people and children involved,  its management, strategy, options and outcomes. Always striving and working extremely hard to achieve the best outcomes.“