Family

Advising on arrangements for children, including living arrangements, time with parents, relocation, safeguarding and financial provision.

Supporting clients with cross-border family matters involving jurisdiction, international assets, relocation and overseas connections.

Advising families on issues involving capacity, deputyship, vulnerable individuals and long-term decision-making.

Guiding clients through divorce, dissolution and separation, alongside the practical and financial decisions that follow.

Advising on the treatment and protection of businesses, trusts, agricultural assets and inherited wealth during relationship breakdown.

Supporting clients in reaching financial settlements involving income, property, pensions, businesses, trusts and other assets..

Helping clients resolve family matters constructively through mediation, collaborative law and other alternatives to court proceedings.

Advising on pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, civil partnership and cohabitation agreements to provide clarity and certainty for the future.

Resolving disputes involving trusts, estates, inheritance, succession and family wealth, including complex asset ownership issues..

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.