Sue Brookes

Principal Associate

What can I do for you

Sue is an experienced family lawyer and an accredited family mediator. She is committed to helping her clients to resolve the financial and practical implications of separation and divorce, as painlessly as possible.

Sue specialises in assisting cohabiting couples, as well as clients who are going through divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.

Sue also regularly advises clients on wealth protection, including both cohabitation and nuptial agreements. Sue works with both national and international clients, including business owners and professionals.

What do others say

"Sue is my go-to solicitor. She has a very strong analytical mind, coupled with determination to do the right things for the client. She backs that up with common sense and commercialism too." (Chambers and Partners, 2025)

"Sue was a joy to work with. She is very proactive and efficient, won't wait to be nudged and will be constantly asking questions." (Chambers and Partners, 2025)

"Sue has been fantastic. I highly recommend her." (Chambers and Partners, 2025)

"Sue Brookes and team are exceptional and very much valued." (Client)

"I can't fault the service to date. The output has been strong and guidance well thought out." (Client)

Sue is also recommended as a key lawyer in the team and an "unmarried families and cohabitation expert" in Legal 500 2025.

Supporting your ambitions

Sue helps clients to resolve matters with a clear and practical approach. She approaches every case sensitively and she can work in whatever way will be best for the individual client and their family. This may require expert legal advice or clients may benefit from mediation. As a solicitor, Sue can offer a collaborative approach or be more robust and litigate when needed.

The more complex the case, the more creative the solution needs to be. Sue has years of experience in high value and complex cases, involving property disputes, pensions, businesses, trusts or child arrangements. She can draw upon her experience to help clients to find the best solution in every case.

What else should you know?

Sue is on a personal crusade to debunk the widely held belief in the "common law marriage" because of how vulnerable the myth often leaves people in practice.

What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Insights from Sue

21 Feb 2022

Mediation and domestic abuse

06 Oct 2021

If anything happens to me, what would happen to my children?