Family

“All three Leeds Day family practitioners are accredited collaborative law or mediation specialists.” (Legal 500).

Our Focus

We understand that separation is often a time of conflict and heartache. If you have decided to separate, you probably have all sorts of questions and worries about what the future holds and how to manage both the practicalities and the emotional impact of the relationship ending. We never lose sight of the real issues that are important to you and we work closely with you to achieve swift, practical and, wherever possible, amicable solutions. We take a sensitive and objective approach to divorce. We see it as our role to guide you through the legal system to use our expertise in dealing with difficult situations to make them as straightforward for you as possible.

Our expertise

Our team includes members of the Law Society Family Law Panel and we are the only firm in Cambridgeshire outside the cities of Cambridge and Peterborough where all our family lawyers are accredited members of Resolution. We can help and advise you on all aspects of family law including:

Collaborative family law
Family mediation
Divorce/Dissolution and separation (including financial implications such as property, pensions and maintenance)
Domestic violence and emergency injunctions
Children matters including residence and contact, parental responsibility, adoption and changes of name
Pre and post nuptial agreements
Non married couples rights and claims and living together agreements

We subscribe to the Resolution Code of Practice which encourages settlement of disputes by negotiation wherever possible although, where appropriate, we will take effective legal proceedings to protect your interests.

We have specialist knowledge of business and pension issues that may be involved and we can call upon assistance from our other teams on commercial matters, trust issues and investments.

If you have a family problem you can always discuss it with us. No matter how small or large, we will be able to help. To find out more, contact Simon Thomas on 01480 454301 or send us an email to family@leedsday.co.uk.