Family Solicitors

Our award-winning team of family solicitors is top tier listed in both Legal 500 and Chambers Directories and has specialists across the full range of family law and divorce work. Legal aid is available wherever possible and the family team were ranked in Category 1 – excellence in a Legal Aid Agency peer reviewed study, only 14% of firms fall into this category.

Dealing with family matters

Whatever the nature of your family law problem, we have an expert in our team to advise you and whatever process would best meet yours and your family’s needs we have the skills and experience to deliver- in other words we have all of the “tools in our toolbox.”

Our team of experienced family law solicitors includes professionals who are experts in the area of children law. Our team is able to handle private cases related to child care arrangements, adoption, removals from the jurisdiction and public law cases in care proceedings and applications for placement orders. We represent parents, grandparents and children.

In cases of relationship breakdown our expert family finance team deals with matters related to divorce, civil partnerships and cohabitation among unmarried couples, including the submission of emergency applications where necessary.

We know that personal protection can be a pressing issue in family cases and we have a team of specialists in domestic abuse work, who are able to take same day referrals for urgent family law advice and applications to the court.

Here, our Head of family law, Lucy Mead introduces the firm, her team and our approach:

Our family law solicitors

Even though selecting a family law team can be challenging, we strive to make the process as uncomplicated and stress-free as possible. You can put your faith in us to act as your family solicitor for several reasons, including the recognition we have received for our commitment to excellence. Our award-winning team demonstrates our dedication to providing outstanding legal support and achieving the best outcomes for our clients.

Our recent award successes include:

2019 Family Law Awards, regional finalists in the Family Law Firm of the Year: North category

2019 Legal 500 Award winner (North region)

2017 Northern Law Awards, regional finalists in the family category

2016 Regional Firm of the Year (North)’ at the 6th annual Family Law awards.

2015 Family Team of the Year at the Northern Law awards- the awarding judge stated that “there was one standout family team.”

Although our family team has all the characteristics and benefits of a niche family firm we offer the advantage of being able to offer a “one-stop shop” in the house to deal with linked legal services that you are likely to need, such as property or wills advice. You can trust our dedicated team to support you through every step of the process, providing you with the holistic legal assistance you need during what can often be a challenging time.

Contact

Contact Louise Law for a no obligation chat about how we can help you. She will listen to your concerns, give you information about cost and legal aid where appropriate, and put you in contact with the right family lawyer in our team for your particular situation.