Specialist family law solicitors

Experienced, compassionate family and divorce lawyers

Our specialist family law solicitors will help you protect what matters to you and secure the future for yourself and your loved ones.

Whatever your family structure, planning ahead will help to protect you and your family in the long run. However if you don’t have arrangements in place and your marriage, civil partnership or relationship has broken down, we can advise and support you through this difficult time with patience and compassion.

Our family and divorce solicitors understand the sensitivities and complexities that can arise when children, business interests, personal wealth and even pets are involved and we regularly advise wealthy individuals, business owners, farming families and sports professionals with complicated circumstances to navigate.

Please get in touch online to contact our expert family law team.

How our family and divorce lawyers can help you

Whatever your situation, our specialist family law solicitors will work with you to resolve difficult issues wherever possible using any one of a range of out of court options. We’ll also take great care to manage your costs and make the process as simple and straightforward for you at a sensitive and emotional time.

Are you married or soon to be?

Whether you’re already married or getting married soon, our specialist family law solicitors can help you set up a pre- or post-nuptial agreement. This sensible step protects your pre-marital assets, including your business interests, and can hugely simplify negotiations if you were to separate or divorce in the future.

Are you trying for a child or co-parenting?

There are many ways to start, grow or raise a family. While the law has evolved to support a more diverse spectrum of families, it must be navigated carefully to ensure parental rights sit and remain with the intended people.

Our family law solicitors understand the highly sensitive issues that can arise when trying for a child through fertility treatment or surrogacy, adopting or fostering a child or sharing parental responsibility with someone you’re not in a relationship with.

Are you living with your partner?

If you’re unmarried and living with your partner, we can advise you on setting up a cohabitation agreement. This states what your financial arrangement is and how your property and other assets would be divided if you split up in the future.

We can also advise you on protecting your interests when separating from your partner, as your legal rights are very different to those of a married couple.

Are you getting divorced?

Our divorce specialists can advise you at any stage of your divorce and support you through this challenging time, using robust negotiation to protect your assets and other interests when needed.

We have particular expertise in the highly sensitive areas that can make the process difficult and complex, such as custody of your children and agreeing financial arrangements.

If you live, were married or have assets overseas, we can also help you navigate the international divorce process in your, and your family’s, best interests.

Are you separating?

If you are separating but are not yet ready to divorce, we can help you reach a fair and carefully considered separation agreement, including settling financial terms and arrangements for children.

If you’re unmarried and separating from your partner, we can help you to formally agree how jointly owned assets and liabilities should be divided between you and, if you have children, how you will co-parent in their best interests going forward.

Are you a business owner?

We understand that protecting your business is key, particularly for a family business or farming family. We can advise on how to safeguard your business against marriage breakdown.

We also have the knowledge and experience to help you navigate the additional practical and legal challenges of divorce involving business interests, providing both sensitive and commercial advice.

Why choose our family lawyers?

• Member of Resolution – we fully subscribe to Resolution’s Code of Practice, which sets out the principles of a non-confrontational approach to family law matters.
• Highly rated specialists – we are acclaimed as leaders in the field of family law in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
• Focussed on collaboration – whenever it is appropriate, our trained collaborative lawyers and mediators will work with you, your partner and your solicitors to reach a settlement out of court.
• Breadth of expertise and experience – as a firm we have combined expertise across a broad range of family and family business matters including tax, Wills, trusts, wealth management, and company and property structures.
• Cross-border knowledge – if you live, were married or have assets overseas, we can help you navigate the divorce process in your, and your children’s, best interests.
• Cost competitive – our rates are extremely competitive and our tight control on time and cost ensures the desired outcome is achieved in the most cost-effective way.