Our team of family solicitors is carefully structured to ensure that you get the right level of legal and specialist support for the wide variety of legal issues that face modern families.
With our adaptable and creative approach, we ensure your family’s interests are always protected in troubled times. We know that no two families are the same and we take the time to understand the intricacies and sensitivities of the situations that you face. We tactfully attune our legal advice to your family’s needs, delivering proactive solutions that are personal, yet commercial. Our family law specialists pride themselves on approaching each case with empathy, understanding, and minimal stress to you throughout the process.
We know that family law issues are often intertwined with other business and financial concerns. By looking beyond the immediate, we ensure that your personal and professional interests are protected both now, and long into the future.
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Family law expertise
We have expertise in all types of family law. Our family lawyers can help you with:
Why choose Shakespeare Martineau?
There are plenty of reasons to choose Shakespeare Martineau as your family solicitors:
We have been recognised as the Family Law Firm of the Year – Midlands & Wales in the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2020, recognising our excellent client services and the results we have achieved on complex national and international family cases.
With expertise in all aspects of family law as well as related business and financial concerns, we can assemble a bespoke team that’s perfectly positioned to support your family with its unique requirements.
Our family law experts offer a personal service, taking the time to get to know you and understand all of the issues that your family faces.
How the family law legal process works
Not everyone is aware of how the process of engaging family law solicitors works, so we’ve provided an overview below to give you some peace of mind:
To request a free no-obligation consultation fill out our contact us form by using the 'Get Started' button below or alternatively you can call us on 0330 024 0333. Once you’ve submitted the contact form, a member of our family law team will call you back to discuss your enquiry.
You’ll then receive a free 15-minute no-obligation consultation within 24 hours via Zoom or telephone to discuss your family matter and find out more about how we can help you and your family.
Should you then decide that you wish to use our services, you’ll receive a breakdown of all our costs and a pack of on-boarding documents. We will work closely alongside you and ensure that we are here to support you, whichever family law service you need.
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Our family team can help you with a variety of services
Children - Parenting through a separation is never easy. Our team of experts are on hand to guide you through the process of making child arrangement orders, always ensuring the long-term interests of your children remain at the heart of every child custody decision.
Fertility & Surrogacy Lawyers - We are one of only a handful of law firms with specialist skills and experience to support you in growing your family. From the legal advice when using a surrogate to obtaining a parental order, our surrogate solicitors and lawyers are on hand to support at every stage of your journey.
Wills & Succession - It can be difficult to envisage a time when you’re not there to provide for your family. However, we are here to guide and support you with preparing a will so your wealth is protected for your loved ones into the future.
Mediation, Arbitration & Collaborative Law - When a relationship ends, it doesn’t mean financial issues or child arrangements have to be settled in court. Our mediation lawyers can help you reach a solution that works for you and your ex-partner, offering you more control and flexibility over the decisions being made
Pre & Post Nuptial Agreements - When you’re about to tie the knot, or happily living with your spouse, it’s difficult to imagine what would happen if you separate. We can give you piece of mind by preparing a robust pre/post nuptial agreement to protect your assets.
Residential Conveyancing - Buying a house and moving home can be a stressful process. Our specialist team will make your journey as straightforward as possible and guide you through one of the most important moments in your life.
International Families - Our international family law solicitors are experienced in dealing with cross-border relationships. We will work alongside lawyers in other countries to secure the best outcome for you and your family if a relationship breaks down.
LGBTQ+ Solicitors - As part of our ongoing commitment to increasing access to legal services for all, we have developed a focus in answer to requests from the LGBT community for advice to be provided in an approachable, empathetic and non-judgemental way by lawyers that truly understand the issues they may face particularly concerning their personal matters.
How can we help?
Our expert lawyers are ready to help you with a wide range of legal services, use the search below or call us on: 0330 024 0333