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Professional Biography

Jenny Duggan is a family lawyer, focussed on finding an emotionally intelligent route through separation and divorce. Jenny has extensive experience in a wide range of high-value cases involving complex financial and trust structures, often with international elements. Jenny also has expertise in drafting pre and post-nuptial agreements. Jenny is ranked in Chambers as an Associate to Watch. “Jenny is brilliant,” says a family law barrister; “Jenny is the kind of person you can throw an enormous case at and she won’t buckle underneath it. She is very strategic, detailed and thorough. She is incredibly resilient and exceptionally capable.” A fellow solicitor adds that “Jenny Duggan is brilliant to work with. She’s really approachable and knowledgeable.” Jenny graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first class degree before working in the Ministry of Justice and obtaining her Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course in London.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Spring, London

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Keep calm and carry on!

What was your first job?

I worked for the Director of the Constitution at the Ministry of Justice

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

A greater move towards using arbitration as an alternative to court which is often a far swifter way to reach a resolution.