Poppy Holmes

Associate

Profile

Poppy qualified as a solicitor in May 2021 specialising in all aspects of private matrimonial finance and children law. She joined Dawson Cornwell’s finance department in September 2024, and prior to this, she worked at a Tier 1, Legal 500 firm in their family department. She is recognised as a “Recommended Lawyer” by The Legal 500 2025.

With a professional but sensitive approach, Poppy advises clients on a wide range of private family law matters including: divorce, financial remedy proceedings, jurisdiction matters, complex children matters including relocation and injunctions. She has extensive experience with cases involving international assets, as well as those involving domestic abuse. Poppy has also been involved in the drafting and negotiating of pre and post nuptial agreements and recently appeared on a podcast with bridal company, Guides for Brides discussing all there is to know about pre nupts. 

Poppy has recently moved to London having previous worked in the Thames Valley and Hertfordshire where she was an active committee member for the Thames Valley Family Lawyers Society and regularly organised seminars and events for local family law professionals.

Poppy is a member of Resolution which is a community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way. 

Awards & Recognitions
  • Highly commended "Junior Lawyer of the Year 2022" at the Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Law Society Awards
Rankings

Recommended Lawyer
Poppy Holmes was named as a "Recommended Lawyer".
Legal 500 2025

Media

Poppy was a guest speaker on the Guides for Brides podcast to discuss all things pre nupts (February 2024)

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