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The 12 Best Divorce Solicitors & Family Lawyers in Chippenham & Nearby

12 Family Law Solicitors & Divorce Lawyers Near You

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Louise Chipchase

Stowe Family Law
Wiltshire & Somerset

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

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4.5 score

1541 reviews

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Managing Partner of this highly acclaimed family law firm, Louise is widely acknowledged as an expert family law solicitor with over two decades of experience. Offering thorough, constructive advice on a broad range of family and matrimonial matters, she represents clients on divorce, separation, cohabitation issues, and children law cases involving child arrangements, issues about schooling and relocation out of the country. Highly respected by her clients for her wealth of knowledge in financial settlements, she frequently provides assistance in high-net-worth cases, often including substantial and complex business interests, trusts and substantial pensions. Louise is also well versed in wealth protection matters, ensuring that her clients’ financial futures are secure, through well-drafted, robust pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements. A committed member of Resolution, Louise can guide clients to settlement, understanding their needs and priorities, and actively resolving issues as swiftly as possible. However, should she need to defend her clients more robustly, she offers the weight of experience and gravitas to comfortably do so. Play the law firm’s video.

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Forrester Sylvester Mackett
Chippenham

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

3.6 score

17 reviews

Aiming to resolve disputes in a constructive and non-confrontational manner, Anna is a highly respected family lawyer and divorce solicitor who works towards achieving a solution that considers the needs of the whole family and encourages amicable agreements. She has experience in divorce, separation, financial remedies, domestic violence injunctions,...

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A positive result Pleasant, polite and respectfully efficient Very well handled

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Thomas Boyce

Goughs Solicitors
Chippenham

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.3 score

35 reviews

Thomas is an extremely experienced Head of the Family department and advises a wide range of clients, both married and unmarried, on the implications of relationship breakdown. Regularly involved in complex issues, Thomas is particularly skilled in matters relating to trusts, pensions, and business structures as well as a...

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Cindy Ervine

Awdry Bailey & Douglas
Chippenham

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.8 score

12 reviews

Recognised for her professional and personal approach to her family law cases, Cindy is a family and divorce solicitor who is held in high regard by her clients and colleagues alike. With over 25 years of expertise and knowledge to bring to her role, she offers pragmatic and realistic...

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Lisa Macdonald

Taylor Law
Chippenham

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

5.0 score

6 reviews

With an excellent reputation built over 25 years, Lisa has established a strong practice exclusively in family law. She offers astute advice relating to relationship breakdown, including on divorce, separation, financial settlements, children matters and cohabitee issues, as well as accepting instructions to represent her clients in all levels...

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She comes with her big heart and empathy Lisa made it so easy and smooth Will recommend

Victoria Barnett

Sharp Family Law
Bradford on Avon

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.6 score

11 reviews

A trusted family law solicitor, Victoria specialises in resolving complex family matters involving property, finances, children, and inter-cultural issues. Her clients include professionals, business owners, and their spouses, many with young children. Victoria gives sound advice on financial settlements with a particular focus on cases involving substantial business or...

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Assisted with a family law matter, doing so with care, sensitivity & diligence I have no hesitation in recommending them Dealt with in a sensitive, reassuring, efficient & professional way

Tracey Smith

Stone King
Bath

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

3.6 score

34 reviews

Appreciated for her "calm, professional and reassuring manner", Tracey is a highly accomplished family law solicitor with a career spanning over 30 years. One of the firm's Partners, she is instructed on a range of cases, with notable expertise in matters involving significant assets, business interests, trust arrangements -...

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Found them to be very helpful & resourceful Willing to go the extra mile Top quality local law firm

Matthew Kellow

Thrings Solicitors
Bath

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.8 score

39 reviews

Trusted by clients for his honesty and transparency but also his wealth of experience in family law, Matthew is Head of the Family Team at this firm, boasting one of the largest family law teams in the South of England. He combines legal expertise with a supportive and understanding...

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Friendly and knowledgeable Highly recommend

Beverley Watkins

Watkins Solicitors
Bath

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

Founder and Managing Partner of her own specialist law firm, Beverley is recognised as one of the go-to family law experts in the Chippenham area. She is sought after for her experience and knowledge in all areas of family and matrimonial law, with a particular skill in dealing with...

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Jeremy Tier

Wansbroughs Solicitors
Devizes

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.6 score

68 reviews

A Partner and Head of Divorce and Financial Matters, Jeremy is an all-round expert in the field of family law. He has wide expertise in all matters arising from divorce and separation, and frequently represents high-net-worth military and farming clients, as well as advising on complex cohabitee disputes. Jeremy...

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Made to feel at ease Very good at what they do Very friendly, supportive, and understanding

Catherine Smith

BLB Solicitors
Swindon

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

4.2 score

58 reviews

Managing Partner and an experienced matrimonial and family law solicitor, Catherine provides high quality legal advice and representation on all aspects of relationship breakdown, with a particular interest in financial issues and the difficulties involved with the relocation of children, whether within the UK or abroad. As a member...

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Set themselves apart from other firms Would definitely use again and recommend Great service from beginning to end - really impressed

Kim Tucker

KT Family Solicitors
Royal Wootton Bassett

Serving Clients in Chippenham

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

3.9 score

15 reviews

Founder of this specialist family law firm, Kim is widely acknowledged as an expert family law solicitor with over two decades of experience. She tackles the full range of issues involving married and unmarried couples from divorce, disputes relating to children, financial settlements, injunctions and cohabitation issues to wealth...

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Outstanding support Fantastic sound advice Down to earth and gave me complete confidence

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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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