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The 11 Best Divorce Solicitors & Family Lawyers in Chatham & Nearby

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Emma Newman

Stowe Family Law
Chatham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

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4.4 score

2174 reviews

Legal 500

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As a Managing Partner at a nationally recognised Family Law firm, Emma Newman has dedicated her 25-year career to the niche. She is among the most sought-after divorce solicitors, with an excellent track record in all family and matrimonial law. She takes instructions from married couples, parents, those in...

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Deborah Nicholson

Stephens & Sons
Chatham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

3.4 score

34 reviews

With 30 years of specialism in Family Law, Deborah Nicholson is a highly experienced solicitor dedicated to helping families resolve difficulties as amicably and constructively as possible. An accredited specialist with Resolution and a member of The Law Society Family Law Panel, she is also trained in collaborative law...

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Hatton law were amazing Great with useful suggestions Very helpful team

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Juliet Adelman

Atkins Hope Solicitors
Chatham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

4.5 score

68 reviews

Consultant Solicitor Juliet Adelman is an experienced Family Law specialist with more than 20 years of experience advising and representing clients through relationship breakdown and children disputes. Formerly Managing Director and Head of the Matrimonial and Children Department at a respected law firm, she continues to support clients in...

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Helpful with a re-assuring attitude Very happy with the service that Atkins has given me for my family situation Everyone I came into contact with were extremely helpful and informative

Patrick Lawrence

Patrick Lawrence Partnership
Chatham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

4.2 score

20 reviews

With more than 40 years of experience, Patrick Lawrence is a highly respected Family Law solicitor with a long-standing reputation for providing practical and effective legal advice. Having worked exclusively in matrimonial law throughout much of his career, he advises clients on a wide range of matters arising from...

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They provided my family with high quality of work, would highly recommend Excellent service, recommend them to anyone who needs help

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Peter Donaghey

Davis Simmonds & Donaghey
Gillingham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

4.4 score

121 reviews

A well-known Family Law specialist with 22 years of experience, Peter Donaghey advises and represents clients across a broad range of family disputes, with a particular focus on Children Act proceedings. As a long-standing member of The Law Society's Children Law Accreditation Scheme, he has extensive expertise in complex...

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Professional, consistently excellent and genuinely client‑focused Extremely professional, would recommend them He really helped with my case

Bridget Barford

National Legal Service
Gillingham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

Specialising in Family Law since 2013, Bridget Barford is an experienced solicitor with a strong background across a range of legal disciplines, bringing a well-rounded perspective to her work. She advises on all aspects of family matters, including care proceedings, divorce, financial disputes, domestic abuse and urgent applications involving...

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Sandra Tadhunter

Bassets Solicitors
Rochester

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

4.1 score

75 reviews

Committed divorce solicitor Sandra Tadhunter has been practising law for 27 years. She takes instructions in numerous complex aspects, including divorce, private law children matters, care proceedings and financial and property settlements following the breakdown of a relationship. She is an accredited member of The Law Society’s Family Law...

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Fantastic solicitors, very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly staff They provide a great service and they are always very helpful Every time professional and prompt service, lovely friendly atmosphere

Megan Bennie

Furley Page
Chatham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

3.0 score

12 reviews

Megan Bennie is an experienced Associate Solicitor at an established legal firm, advising on the full spectrum of Family Law matters with a clear and detail-focused approach. She supports clients through divorce, separation, civil partnership issues, financial settlements, and arrangements for children, including relocation cases. Megan also has experience...

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Through prompt negotiations, my case was settled Worked hard on my case, and was so thoroughly prepared I cannot recommend Megan Bennie highly enough

Giles Dobson

Martin Tolhurst
Gillingham

Serving Clients in Chatham

This family law solicitor is able to advise and represent clients in the Chatham area.

4.7 score

98 reviews

Known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the niche, Giles Dobson has worked within Family Law for more than 20 years. He is a Partner at a well-respected law firm, and deals with all matters pertaining to family and matrimonial law, including divorce, separation, cohabitee disputes and children issues. As...

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Excellent service all round, friendly, understanding, very efficient and fast Very friendly and helpful staff, Kept informed step by step Would not hesitate to recommend Giles

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Family Law Glossary

Advocacy

Advocacy is the act of the solicitor (or more typically, a barrister) putting their client's case to the court. This may happen if a case cannot be resolved via negotiation between the clients’ solicitors (e.g. a divorcing couple cannot come to an agreement on how their finances should be divided), and so the case may then have to go to court in order for a judge to enforce a solution.
CAFCASS

CAFCASS is an acronym for ‘Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service’. It is a public body that exists to consider the best interests of the children involved in family law cases. The officers at CAFCASS offer advice to family courts on what they think is in the best interests of the children involved as a result of their enquiries into a family setting. In some cases they are asked to produce a report for the court with recommendations that include who the children should live with, and what time they should spend with the other parent.
Child Arrangements Order

A child arrangements order is a court order that defines who is responsible for the care of a child, including who they live with and how often the child will have contact the parents. This type of order can be necessary if the parents cannot agree on how to share the care of their child/ren.
Collaborative Lawyer

A collaborative lawyer is trained to represent their client through a collaborative divorce process or family dispute. The clients on both sides sign up to to the collaborative divorce process which can involve them and their lawyers attending four-way meetings in order to negotiate and reach a formal agreement that avoids the need for any court hearings.
Consultant Solicitor/Lawyer

A consultant solicitor provides services on a self-employed basis or as a contractor, but typically does so under the umbrella of a law firm. The client will be represented by a consultant solicitor in the same way as they would if the solicitor was an employee of the firm, but once the client pays the firm for the consultant solicitor’s services, the firm will typically pay the consultant solicitor’s business (e.g. a Limited Company) a percentage of those fees, rather than pay a salary. In most cases, the differences between a salaried solicitor and a consultant solicitor relate to how the consultant solicitor is employed and paid. There is little to no noticeable difference for the client.
Prohibited Steps Order

A prohibited steps order is a court order usually applies to a parent and prevents them from conducting certain activities with their child/ren who are under 16 years old (such as preventing the parent from removing the child from school, or them taking the child abroad, or changing their surname). It also prevents the parent from exercising their parental responsibility.
Resolution

Resolution is an industry body with a membership made up primarily of family lawyers. As members, the lawyers agree to conduct their work in line with Resolution’s Code of Conduct which is based on taking a “non-confrontational approach to family law issues”. This means that the lawyer actively tries to reduce conflict between the parties and encourages families to put the best interests of any children first.
Specific Issue Order

A Specific Issue Order is a court order that sets out how a specific question or issue regarding a child should be addressed by the parents. This could be a specific issue that the parents cannot agree on, such as which school the child should attend, or if certain medical treatment should or shouldn’t be administered. If the parents cannot agree, the court can enforce an answer via a Specific Issue Order.
TOLATA (Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act)

TOLATA relates to disputes between two individuals who have lived together and now disagree on a matter relating to their cohabitation. Most commonly, this relates to disputes over who owns the property, what the split of ownership is, or who should remain in the property.
The Legal 500

The Legal 500 is a directory of solicitors and firms, broken down by geographic region and legal discipline. Solicitors are ranked in The Legal 500 based on their merit and experience, using publicly available information and information supplied by the firm. Annually, The Legal 500 issues awards to individual law firms and solicitors such as ‘Leading Individual’, ‘Recommended Lawyer’, ‘Rising Star’ and ‘Leading Firm’. It is worth noting that the ‘500’ in the name does not refer to the number of firms/solicitors that are ranked, which is actually a significantly larger number. Nonetheless, it is still a highly regarded award in the legal profession.

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The 11 Best Divorce Solicitors & Family Lawyers in Chatham & Nearby