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The 14 Best Divorce Solicitors & Family Lawyers in Portishead & Nearby

14 Family Law Solicitors & Divorce Lawyers Near You

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Louise Chipchase

Stowe Family Law
Somerset

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

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4.4 score

1445 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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Jennifer Chudleigh

Star Legal
Portishead

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.6 score

12 reviews

Taking a pragmatic approach to resolving issues and providing excellent care for all clients, Jennifer is an experienced family lawyer and divorce solicitor. Boasting a 20 year career, she brings a sympathetic but objective and thorough approach to her cases, providing advice on divorce, associated financial issues, often involving...

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Very professional Best legal team in the south west Feel they care and want to help

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Amy Jones

Wards Solicitors
Clevedon

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.4 score

17 reviews

An Associate Solicitor at this well established firm, Amy is a highly capable family lawyer who is passionate about achieving the best possible outcome for her clients. She provides well-rounded advice for those facing a relationship breakdown in all family matters including divorce, separation, financial issues (often involving valuable...

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Highly recommend All staff are so helpful She is great in what she does

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Katy Zikking

Harbour Family Law
Clevedon

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

5.0 score

4 reviews

A committed and passionate family law solicitor, Katy has been supporting clients for over 23 years, and founded her specialist family law firm in 2013. She is experienced in all areas of family law, particularly in relation to relationship breakdown, finances (including property disputes) and arrangements concerning children, cohabitation...

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Katy kept it all together Katy was professional, efficient and kind Concise and clear advice surrounding the issues

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Kerry Graham

Ince
Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

3.7 score

43 reviews

With a background in litigation, Kerry specialises in all areas of family law since qualifying as a solicitor over 23 years ago. Partner and Head of the Bristol Family Team, she has vast experience in all family related matters with particular expertise in high-net-worth financial disputes which often include...

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They are in your corner from the start Polite with good advice, kept me informed at all stages

David Starkey

John Hodge Solicitors
Weston-super-Mare

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.4 score

17 reviews

Advocating a non-confrontational approach to family law matters, David is a well regarded family lawyer and divorce solicitor who is highly sought after for his experience in resolving cases with constructive negotiation. Partner at this long established law firm, he deals with divorce, financial arrangements, cohabitation disputes and children...

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Would highly recommend Not hesitate in using his expertise again Advice given was sound

Tina Marshall-Kelliher

Sharp Family Law
Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

5.0 score

5 reviews

Utilising her 17 years of expertise as a solicitor, Tina prides herself on taking the time to get to know her clients, understand their family situation, and listen carefully to their objectives, before guiding them to informed choices. Tina assists families who do not want their divorce to have...

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Ian Walker

Ian Walker Family Law
Weston-super-Mare

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

3.0 score

2 reviews

Sharp, knowledgeable, and determined with technical expertise that is second-to-none, Ian demonstrates an outstanding commitment to family law and has been representing a wide range of clients in the Portishead area for over 30 years. Founder of this award-winning family law firm, his cases cover all aspects of relationship...

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Ashley Palminteri

The Family Law Practice
Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.6 score

10 reviews

Founder and Director of this specialist family law firm, Ashley has a strong track record in family law cases that spans over 25 years. Identified as a family law expert and recommended in both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, he handles a wide range of cases with...

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Highly recommend Extremely professional and knowledgeable Constantly looking out for the best interests of their clients

Jay Oberoi

Avon & Somerset Family Law
Weston-super-Mare

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

3.9 score

13 reviews

Co-founder and Partner at this niche law firm that is passionate about family law and social justice, Jay is an experienced Solicitor-Advocate specialising in children, family and domestic violence cases. With a career spanning 22 years, she undertakes both private and public law children cases representing children, parents and...

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Clear advice and guidance and got me the result that I was looking for The staff are incredibly warm and caring to deal with Listened to my views and was so professional in every single way

Helen Battrick

Battrick Clark
Redland, Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.4 score

177 reviews

Helen is an experienced family lawyer and divorce solicitor in all areas of family law and has a wide and varied skill base for dealing with the complex problems that can arise from a relationship breakdown. Co-founder of this well respected law firm, she provides advice on divorce, separation,...

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Always sound advice Complete professionalism I couldn’t recommend her more

Bessie Hanson

Brigstow Family Law
Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.5 score

8 reviews

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2008 and now a Director at the firm, Bessie specialises in family law and is committed to providing pragmatic, constructive, and individualised advice to help clients find the best way forward. She undertakes all forms of family law work with particular expertise in financial...

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I felt so reassured You will be in trusted hands Provided me with confidence

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James Myatt

Shakespeare Martineau
Central Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.3 score

22 reviews

With a 40 year career behind him, James deals with all family and matrimonial cases and has a long-running track record of success when resolving family disputes. Director and Head of the Family Department and Personal Legal Services, he specialises in complex and high value asset cases including those...

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A wide range of legal expertise I highly recommend them Whole process was very easy and clearly explained and implemented

Daniel Eames

Michelmores
Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

5.0 score

2 reviews

Widely regarded for his international law expertise and ability to achieve prompt solutions, Daniel is a highly accomplished family law specialist with a career spanning over 20 years. Partner and Head of the Family team, he is experienced in all areas of family law, with particular expertise in acting...

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Chris Miller

Barcan+Kirby
Bedminster, Bristol

Serving Clients in Portishead

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

4.5 score

102 reviews

Specialising in family law since qualifying as a solicitor in 1990, Chris offers a calm, practical and non-confrontational approach to all issues relating to relationships and family. His work involves divorce, separation, and finance and cohabitation cases often relating to joint properties, pensions, businesses and complex finances. Chris is...

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Chris was always very easy to get hold of and I never felt he was too busy to ta I would very much recommend this solicitors Great communication, very knowledgeable

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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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