What advice do Family Lawyers provide?
Family Lawyers advise individuals on a wide range of family law matters.
This can include advice at the start of or during a relationship, for example, preparing a pre-nuptial agreement, post-nuptial agreement or cohabitation agreement.
In addition, advice can be provided at the end of your relationship, whether you have separated or thinking of separating and the issues that arise such as divorce or dissolution, and/or legal advice on the financial implications post-separation and child arrangements.
There may also be a need to seek advice on specific issues relating to children, such as a change of name, a parent may wish to relocate abroad and/or decisions regarding schooling or medical treatment.
Family Lawyers also provide advice surrounding domestic abuse and obtain orders from the Family Courts to protect individuals from people known to them.
Your Family Lawyer can also refer you and signpost you to other support or professional services including counselling, mediation, financial advisors and other local services.
How do I know if a family lawyer is good?
Consider the firm’s website
This should give you a good idea of who the lawyers are, the type of work they do and their specific areas of expertise.
Are they a member of Resolution?
Our family lawyers are all members of Resolution and as such must abide by the Resolution Code of Practice to work constructively to achieve the best outcome for individuals seeking advice and representation, particularly when dealing with children-related matters.
See what other qualifications/accreditations they may hold
Resolution members and some Law Society members will have specialist accreditations in particular areas of law and some family lawyers may be collaboratively trained, which enables you to try and reach an agreement through round-the-table meetings, which could avoid lengthy and costly court proceedings.
Ask for recommendations
A lot of our work comes from recommendations from past clients. This is always a good sign as we aim to provide the highest level of advice and representation to clients.
What you can expect from lawyers at King Street Solicitors LLP
Our Solicitors listen and empathise with our clients. We provide realistic advice on the legal processes and potential outcomes for clients on their cases and provide regular updates as to how a client’s case is progressing. We consider all forms of alternative dispute resolution to support clients in keeping their cases out of Court where possible.
We will provide regular and accurate cost information to our clients. We also assess with certain clients whether Legal Aid can be made available to them at any point during their case.
We manage client expectations in terms of the service from our firm, timescales, and costs, and give realistic advice around potential outcomes to their case.
King Street Solicitors offer initial 30 minute appointments and initial fixed fee appointments (with a follow-up advice letter) and will endeavour to offer clients same-day appointments on urgent matters as required. Get in touch to learn more.
Disclaimer: The content in this blog post is for informational purposes only and should not be seen as formal legal advice. King Street Solicitors is not responsible for any reliance on the information in this post. We do not take responsibility for the content of any external websites linked in the post. Any link to a third-party website should not be seen as an endorsement by King Street Solicitors.