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

11 Family Law Solicitors & Divorce Lawyers Near You

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Samantha Markham

Ellisons
Suffolk

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

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4.4 score

133 reviews

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Starting her career as a Legal Secretary in 2005, Samantha Markham has been a qualified Legal Executive for over 12 years and represents clients from all walks of life. She expertly handles a varied caseload, specialising in divorce and civil partnership dissolution, separation, children matters, and the drafting of...

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Timothy Owers

Jackamans
Felixstowe

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

4.1 score

17 reviews

Partner Timothy Owers has 35 years of Family Law knowledge, expertise, and experience helping clients navigate the legal complexities that can arise following the breakdown of a relationship. Head of the Family Law Department and a Partner since 1995, he advises on a broad range of family and matrimonial...

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Excellent, friendly, and efficient, everything you’d want from this service ty Great advice and always here to help

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Elaine Webb

Kerseys
Felixstowe

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

4.8 score

36 reviews

With a career that spans 30 years, Elaine Webb has a strong reputation for offering calm and sensible advice to clients. As a Partner at a highly respected firm, she offers representation utilising her wealth of knowledge and experience in several matrimonial disputes, including divorce, separation and cases relating...

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Sue Wardropper

Barker Gotelee
Martlesham Heath

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

4.7 score

59 reviews

Known for her empathy and praised by clients for her “quick and fast involvement and every support”, Sue Wardropper is a Senior Associate Solicitor and Head of the Family Department at a respected law firm. With 30 years of experience and expertise, she takes instructions in numerous disputes, including...

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Professional, sympathetic and provided sound advice on the way forward Friendly, helpful service Made it all very easy and straightforward

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Tina Inniss

Ashtons Legal
Ipswich

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

3.9 score

134 reviews

Legal Executive Tina Inniss has worked at the same firm since 1990 and became a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2000. Her vast experience in Family Law provides her with the expertise and knowledge to take instructions in various matters, including divorce, separation, financial disputes, domestic...

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Fabulous Always trying to find a solution This case was handled with care and attention, and was resolved quickly

Katie Beaven

Birketts
Ipswich

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

4.4 score

67 reviews

Katie Beaven is a highly regarded divorce solicitor, featuring in the The Legal 500 (2026) as a ‘Leading Partner’. Known for her fantastic client service and strategy development, she provides a well-rounded advice and representation in all Family Law matters, including divorce, financial remedies, separation advice/deeds, dissolution of civil...

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My experience of their advice so far entirely positive Birketts were incredibly professional A very good law practice

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Francesca Easter

Ellisons
Suffolk

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

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4.4 score

133 reviews

Partner at a well-respected law firm, Francesca Easter takes instructions in various Family Law matters. Her expertise and experience are highly respected, especially in complex children act cases, high-net-worth financial remedy matters, family and rural affairs and nuptial agreements; some of her cases include an international element. For 15...

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Very helpful and friendly Excellent service and communication Lovely, caring and friendly service

Denise Head

Bates Wells & Braithwaite
Ipswich

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

4.1 score

47 reviews

With 30 years of experience, Managing Partner Denise Head advises clients through the complex legal and emotional challenges associated with relationship breakdown. Her practice covers divorce, separation, financial provision, business and inherited assets, cohabitation, civil partnerships, nuptial agreements and living together arrangements. Trained in collaborative law and a member...

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Solicitors are courteous Brilliant, confident, clear advice and information, extremely helpful Absolutely incredible service

Georgina Rayment

Prettys Solicitors
Ipswich

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

3.7 score

23 reviews

Georgina Rayment is a highly efficient and experienced family lawyer who has been repeatedly recognised as a ‘Star Associate’ in Chambers & Partners and named as a ‘Leading Partner’ in The Legal 500 (2026 edition). Having practised family law for over 20 years, she has the knowledge to support...

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Extremely professional and helpful Very supportive Highly recommended

Vanessa Gillbanks

Richard Nelson
Bergholt

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

3.7 score

11 reviews

With 36 years of experience in Family Law, Vanessa Gillbanks is a highly respected practitioner who has devoted her career exclusively to this area. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives since 1996, she advises on a wide spectrum of matters, including divorce, separation, financial and children...

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I would recommend them to anyone in need of legal advice Staff are so nice and they are extremely professional and knowledgeable I totally recommend Richard Nelson LLP

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David Wilson

David Wilson Solicitors
Ipswich

Serving Clients in Felixstowe

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

With 27 years of experience, David Wilson is the Founder of a niche Family Law firm and a highly regarded specialist in relationship breakdown matters. He advises on a full spectrum of issues, including divorce, separation, and financial disputes, providing clear and practical guidance to clients. David is particularly...

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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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