There can be times in all of our family lives when we need help from legal experts. There can be times in all of our family lives when we’re faced with complex and overwhelming situations- like divorce or making difficult decisions about children and finances. In these moments, having the right support matters most.
Our family law solicitors can support you with any issue you face, from making a pre- or post-nuptial agreement through to dealing with your finances after a divorce.
Call us on +44 (0)370 1500 100 or contact us online for a confidential chat about your case.
What Can We Help With?
Our family lawyers can help in a range of situations, including:
Unmarried Couples
- Living together – there’s no such thing as a “common law marriage”. If you’re unmarried and living together or planning to do so, we can draft a cohabitation agreement to protect you if your relationship breaks down.
- Prenuptial agreements – if you’re planning to get married but want to agree beforehand how your property and financial assets would be split if you were to divorce.
- New relationships – we can help you protect your children’s inheritance.
Relationship Breakdown
- Divorce and civil partnership dissolution – we’ll guide you through the legal process, while protecting your interests to achieve a fair financial settlement.
- Separation – if you’re separated but aren’t ready or don’t want to divorce, we can help draft a separation agreement.
- Counselling - Offering exceptional legal expertise is only one part of our role. Our expert counsellor can help you with practical, affordable, and professional emotional support.
Children
- Adoption or surrogacy – we’ll help you negotiate the legal process of securing legal parenthood, as well as other legal issues around adoption and surrogacy.
- Child arrangements following divorce – we can negotiate arrangements such as the time children spend with each parent, where they go to school and what child maintenance should be paid. We can also assist step-parents and grandparents to secure contact with a child.
- Child abduction or relocation – if your former partner has taken your child, we could help you get them back. If you or your former partner wants to move to another country with your children, we can assist.
Many of these issues can be extra complicated for people in later life - read about how our Planning For Later Life Relationships Package can help if you're an older person starting a new relationship
Who Can We Help?
Our family law solicitors have particular expertise supporting:
- High net worth individuals
- Individuals who are in the public eye, such as professional sportspeople or media personalities
- Business owners, or people who have business interests
- People who have internationally held assets, or where a partner lives or works overseas.
We have a proven track record in complex cases. You can rely on us to get you a fair outcome, while being sensitive to your privacy and the need to keep things as amicable as possible.
Why Choose Our Family Lawyers?
Our Family Law team is based across England, operating out of a nationwide network of offices.
We’ve helped thousands of clients negotiate family law issues. So we understand what you’re going through and can guide you through the process, giving you advice you can trust.
It's because of this that independent legal guides Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 recognise us as having one of the UK's leading family law teams.
Whatever your legal needs, our family lawyers will support you and fight to protect your best interests. Our team includes expert negotiators, able to help you to find an agreement that suits everyone, keeping disputes out of court where possible.
If your case does have to go to court, we will be by your side every step of the way. We have experience of taking cases all the way to the Supreme Court if needed, so you can trust that we have the expertise needed to get the best outcome for you.
No situation is exactly the same. We’ll take the time to understand your case and tailor our service to your specific needs, while also providing a clear cost breakdown, step by step.
Legal 500 is the UK's leading independent survey into lawyers and law firms. They praise our family law team for having "...real strength in depth with a large team and a number of very qualified and capable lawyers. The client care is excellent. The lawyers provide realistic and accurate quotes and keep you updated throughout the matter." - Legal 500, 2023.
Chambers & Partners, the leading source of independent legal market intelligence for over 30 years, says that our family law team has "…strength in depth and talent at every level." - Chambers & Partners, 2023.
Mediation Support Service – 30-Minute Consultation
Family mediation can be a less confrontational and more cost-effective way to resolve a dispute. We offer a 30-minute consultation with one of our solicitors to discuss your situation and if mediation is right for you.
If you decide to go ahead with mediation, you can benefit from our cost effective mediation support service. This service will give you the advice, support and tools to get the best possible outcome – particularly if you’re representing yourself.
Call us on 0370 1500 100 or contact us online to book your 30-minute consultation today.
Contact Us
For a consultation with one of our family law solicitors, call us on 0370 1500 100, or contact us online and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
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