About Jacqueline Major
Jacqueline is a Partner and Head of the Family Law team. As well as being an experienced Family Law solicitor, she is a trained mediator, and a member of Resolution; a community of family law professionals who aim to resolve issues in a collaborative, constructive manner.
She is recommended by Spear’s 500 and Legal 500 UK 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 legal directories.
Jacqueline is also listed as a Leading Lawyer by Wiselaw.
Jacqueline qualified in 1996 and has many years experience in all areas of Family Law. Her main areas of practice are:
- Pre-marital agreements (prenuptial and pre-civil partnership)
- Cohabitation agreements and disputes arising from the breakdown of cohabitation
- Divorce
- Finances – all aspects especially mid-high net worth, off shore assets, trusts, and companies
- Variation of previous financial orders
- Children – contact and residence disputes
- Schedule 1 applications – provision for children by unmarried parents
- Enforcement of financial orders
- Contentious Probate – Inheritance Act claims, trusts disputes.
Jacqueline has trained as a collaborative lawyer, and always tries to resolve disputes constructively. Even if litigation is necessary she will continue to offer pragmatic advice on settlement – she has only had four cases go to final trial in fourteen years of practice.
"Jacqueline Major is in the top tier of family law solicitors. If I was getting divorced, I would want her on my team! She knows all the tricks and has the knack of knowing when to stand firm and when to negotiate. Clients love and respect her judgment and she is a fearsome opponent." - Legal 500, 2024
"Jacqueline is brilliant and she really knows her job. Her work cannot be done without a deep involvement and understanding from the client’s side. I always felt that she had my best interest at heart and that I could trust her." - Legal 500, 2024
Client Comments
- “I would like to thank Jacqueline Major and her team for their exemplary work in my matter over a 2 year period. Jacqueline’s knowledge, experience and professionalism are simply outstanding and the results were incredible. She will always look out for your best interests and provide the best advice. Her compassion and understanding in what was a traumatic time will never be forgotten. I cannot thank Jacqueline and her team enough.”
- “I would like to say I appreciate everything you achieved on my behalf. I liked the way you went through everything in detail, clearly outlining my options and the likely outcomes. I found you were responsive, realistic, patient and very kind. Knowing you was there made the process feel less stressful for me. If I find I ever need your services in the future I know I will be in safe hands.”
- “Jacqueline, thanks to you I have my life back, no more worrying or stressing and can finally move forwards. It’s all thanks to you and your outstanding and amazing efforts and support.
I really can’t thank you enough and what you have achieved for me has meant the world to me. I’m so grateful.”
"My thanks and sincere gratitude to Jacqueline for all her support, advice and legal guidance over the course of this past 18 months. If I ever find myself in a position to require legal advice or presentation I will not hesitate to contact the firm. I am also genuinely pleased to recommend Jacqueline Major to any friends or associates requiring legal support in similar matters."
Memberships & Appointments
- Law Society
- Resolution
- South East Solutions Collaborative Law Group
- Member of Lincoln’s Inn
“I am and always will be very grateful to you [Jacqueline] for the diligent, caring way you dealt with this case and your kindness in doing so as quickly and cost effectively as possible. I will not hesitate in continuing to recommend you.”
Career
- Partner at Hodge Jones & Allen
- Senior Associate at Winckworth Sherwood
- Assistant solicitor at Finers Stephens Innocent
- Qualified as a barrister
- Qualified as a solicitor
“Jacqueline thank you for everything, you are a star – not only as one of the finest legal minds this country has ever produced – but also as one of the greatest humanitarians!”