At Douglas Wemyss Solicitors our award winning Family Law Solicitors are dedicated in ensuring that all of your legal needs are catered for.  We have a team of leading specialist family law solicitors who are highly experienced in dealing with all aspects of family law and our Head of Family Law has over 30 years experience in this field of law.  If you are looking for matrimonial, separation, divorce, cohabite disputes, international family law, pre-nuptial agreements, negotiating financial settlements, child contact and residence, child care proceedings, adoption, injunctions or any other situation relating to family law – our family solicitors can effectively deal with all of your family law needs.  We have extensive experience in advising and working with, individuals, families, partners and extended families.

You will be appointed a dedicated solicitor from our Family Law Department to ensure regularity of advice and information and also enabling you to build a personal relationship with your solicitor; this will facilitate a greater understanding of you with your solicitor who is committed to ensuring that you are provided with balanced, clear and up to date advice and information relating to the law at all times so that our family solicitors may assist you successfully.

Our solicitors fully understand that family law is an area which can be very sensitive to a client – this is why all our solicitors are compassionate and supportive of their clients needs.  We understand that sometimes during the breakdown of a relationship this can often be a difficult and stressful time; our solicitors will give you the best advice to ensure that you’re divorce and any financial settlements are sorted out smoothly.  This may sometimes involve taking into consideration inheritance, wills, assets such as savings and property and family businesses.  Our family law solicitors are highly experienced in dealing with financial proceedings alongside the divorce proceedings as they take a practical and commercial approach to family law matters.

One of the main areas of family law which needs to be dealt with efficiently and compassionately is when children are involved.  Our family solicitors are sensitive and caring in such matters and will help to secure the emotional and financial welfare of children involved including, child residency, contact, parental responsibility, financial support and sometimes education and change of name.

As family law can be stressful and difficult for all parties our solicitors may advise you to go down the route of an amicable settlement where appropriate i.e. family mediation – this can work really effectively for some families as it can eliminate the need for lengthy court proceedings and hefty legal costs.

Our solicitors have a proven track record of being innovative in the way we provide our family law services and this has been recognised to date by the Law Society of England & Wales as we have been awarded the title of ‘Leicestershire Law Firm of the Year 2011’ and for our exceptional levels of service we have been awarded ‘Excellence in Client Service 2011.’

These awards have made us ever more focused on our clients and determined on keeping the innovation going.  This is evident in our sustained accessibility and approachability and by the fact that our costs are realistic and reflective of the current market –

Call today to arrange for a FREE MEETING with a member of our team on (0116) 2999199.

Click on the link below to view our articles on:

Divorce and Assets:

http://www.d-w-s.co.uk/articles/matrimonial-finance-and-inherited-assets

Pre-nuptial Agreements:

http://www.d-w-s.co.uk/articles/pre-nuptial-agreements-Radmacher-v-Granatino

The Modern Family Solicitor:

http://www.d-w-s.co.uk/articles/role-of-the-modern-family-solicitor

Wills in Marriage and Divorce:

http://www.d-w-s.co.uk/articles/effect-wills-marriage-and-divorce

Our services include the following:

• Matrimonial
• International Family Law
• Separation
• Divorce
• Pre-Nuptial agreements
• Negotiating financial settlements
• Child contact and Residence
• Injunctions
• Adoption
• Child Care proceedings
• Family Protection
• Child Abduction
• International Divorces/Finance
• Cohabitee Disputes