John Osborne

Partner

Divorce & Family Law

t: 01539 751979 m: 07880 528132 e: john.osborne@harrison-drury.com

John is head of the Family department at HD.

After qualifying as a solicitor in 1995 in Kent and then moving to the South Lakes in 2006, John joined Harrison Drury in 2016.

He specialises in advising on all matters relating to relationship breakdown and family disputes. He is particularly experienced at dealing with complex financial and child-related cases, including pensions, foreign property, companies and trusts, IVF cases, complex child arrangements cases and same-sex couple disputes.

The Legal 500 Directory refers to John as a “skilled negotiator” and has previously commented that he “excels at complex financial remedy cases”, praising the collegiate spirit of his team.

John is a renowned Collaborative Lawyer and has been quoted in the national press about his practice. He continues to enjoy using the process to achieve amicable, well-thought-out settlements for his clients, avoiding court and saving stress and expense.

He is highly regarded as an engaging speaker at events when presenting on family law topics, and regularly presents at schools to assist with the challenges they face in relation to children’s proceedings and parental responsibility.

He has also found some time to lead the office band “Harrison Frury”, who have played a number of shows for charity. He also led the band to victory in both the Manchester and London “Law Rocks” competitions, raising funds for various charities in the process.

Reported case: B v B and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 599 (Fam)

Outside of work you can find me…

John’s main hobby outside of work is writing songs. He has had many songs broadcast on BBC Radio and has released an album and several singles through Spotify and Apple Music with his bands Northern Sky and Sunset Flight.

He also enjoys walking in the Lakeland fells and skiing (at a very steady pace).

Awards and Rankings

John Osborne excels at complex financial remedy cases

I cannot recommend John and his team enough.

I dealt almost exclusively with John Osborne who was great; he handled all situations that we encountered calmly and always saw a clear way through. I cannot recommend him and his team enough.

John Osborne is a skilled negotiator and excellent with company accounts.

Legal 500

John always gave honest advice but listened to what I wanted as well.

Legal 500

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