We offer expert advice on the legal and financial implications of a relationship breakdown and assistance to you to find a lasting solution for you and your family:

• Divorce and dissolution
• Separation
• Domestic violence/harassment
• Separation agreements
• Injunctions (to prevent assets being removed or dissipated)
• Financial issues (ancillary relief)

We aim to help you to ensure that the needs of any children are a priority and that whatever decisions are made are in their best interests:

• Residence and contact
• Child support and other financial provision for children
• Same sex parenting
• Parental responsibility agreements and gamete donor agreements

With two in five marriages ending in divorce and the figures likely to be much the same for civil partnerships more and more people are considering entering into an agreement to protect and preserve pre-acquired assets. This forward planning can potentially reduce the emotional and financial impact of separation.

• Cohabitation contracts/living together agreements
• Property/ownership disputes
• Inheritance Act and contested probate claims
• Trust deeds
• Advice on civil partnership registration