Amelia Alston

Amelia joined Dawson Cornwell as an associate solicitor in 2023 working alongside Simon Bruce and Sarah Jane Lenihan in our Matrimonial Department. Prior to this, she worked in a boutique family law practice in London having trained and qualified as a solicitor in 2021 at a top tier regional law firm.

Amelia read History of Art at the University of Bristol and graduated with a Distinction in her dissertation on commercial architecture during the Weimar Republic. She completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course with a Distinction at the University of Law, whilst working as a paralegal in a highly regarded international London law firm. She also holds a postgraduate degree from the University of Manchester in Medical Law and Ethics, which she completed part-time during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amelia is a member of Resolution and YRes, which promotes a constructive approach to family issues that considers the needs of the whole family.