Our Family Department comprises a professional, efficient team with a wealth of experience in dealing with all aspects of Family Law. Our overriding priority is to listen to all of the issues in your case and explore the best way of resolving your problems. This could be through negotiation or conciliation, or by application to the courts.
We always encourage parties to consider a negotiated settlement where possible, if children are involved its always best if the parents put the needs of the child first.
We can assist with contested and uncontested divorce proceedings as well as Nullity and Judicial Separation cases.
Marriage and Divorce
- Divorces (Contested and Uncontested)
- Divorce settlements / financial settlements (Who gets the House, pension, car etc)
- Pre-nuptial agreements (Agree terms of separation before marriage)
- Post-nuptial agreements (Agree terms of separation during marriage)
- Cohabitation / Living Together
- Collaborative law
- Inheritance Act claims (Not mentioned in the Will or given a share)
- Injunctions (stop something from being done)
- Mediations (on finance and children following a Divorce or Separation)
Children
- Parental Responsibility (Legally able to seek contact and residence etc)
- Disputes between unmarried couples
- Contact and Residence Orders (have contact with the child & decide on living arrangements)
- Prohibitive Steps Orders (Prevent one parent from removing the child or relocating etc)
- Issues relating to children
- Specific Issues Orders
- Adoption
- Child Abduction
Domestic Violence
- Injunctions (Non-Molestation Orders)
- Dealing with the occupancy of the family home (Occupation Orders)
- Powers of Arrest
- Enforcement
- Contacting groups offering support
- Children Private Law