Category: Divorce and Family Law
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Family Issues? Instruct Lawson West’s Family Solicitors
Don’t be afraid to take the first steps to resolve your family or relationship concern.
Facing a change to your relationship can be a bewildering and worrying time. What is the future going to look like for you? What is the future going to look like for your children?
At Lawson West, we offer family and couples advice and guidance, whether that be a one-off initial advice, or acting for you through the resolution journey of all issues you may have.
About Lawson West Solicitors – Leicester and Market Harborough
- Lawson West’s Family Department has 3 fully qualified solicitors, all of whom have a significant number of years’ experience acting for clients who are going through a relationship breakdown. We’re kind, caring people, sensitive to your situation and we’re non-judgmental.
- You will only receive advice and support from a trained and qualified solicitor, and we are supported by a number of colleagues in the team. Our solicitors will always take a cost-effective and conciliatory approach on your behalf, but we are robust and unwavering, when needed.
Meet the Divorce & Family Team
Fiona Wilson – Fiona is a solicitor and the Head of the Family Department; Fiona has some 30 years of practicing family matters.
Craig McKnight – Craig is a solicitor and has over 28 years’ experience as a family solicitor.
Ian Giddings – Ian is a solicitor and has acted in family matters for over 22 years.
Members of our Solicitor Team sign-up to the Code of Practice of Resolution.org.uk, a UK community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive and low-conflict way.
How Does Lawson West Solicitors Help People?
- Our family solicitors are there for the good times in your life; you may need advice on a Cohabitation Agreement (living together) or a Pre-Nuptial Agreement (agreement before marriage) and we can go on to draft those for you.
- We are also there for when a relationship comes to an end. We’re experienced about the end of relationships, what to expect, and the different emotional stages individuals go through during divorce and separation. We’re also qualified to discuss the financial aspects of separation, including the impact on property, tax, pensions, business interests, together with children matters.
We Offer a FREE Initial Conversation with a Lawson West Family Solicitor
- Our solicitors are able to speak to you on the telephone to provide an initial, FREE no obligation discussion. We can then invite you to a meeting, when detailed instructions can be taken and provide you with more detailed tailored advice.
How to Make an Appointment to Discuss Your Situation with a Solicitor
- Appointments can be via Teams or Face to Face at either our Leicester or Market Harborough offices.
- First Meeting with a Solicitor – for us to be able to provide bespoke and tailored advice, our initial meetings usually take about one hour. This gives us time to get to know you and your background and focus on what is important to you. We understand that this can be a daunting time for you and we will follow the meeting with a letter setting-out your instructions and our advice.
- How to Contact Our Solicitors – you can complete our Contact Form here, or you can call us on 0116 212 1000.
We’re here to help.
Can your spouse claim against your assets?
There is a common misconception that once you are divorced your financial claims against each other are concluded. This is not the case.
Even if your spouse has remarried, which restricts them from being able to make claims on various assets, they may still be able to claim part of your pension as this is specifically excluded from being claimed under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
The only thing that stops your spouse being able to make a claim against any of your assets is a Financial Remedy Order which closes the door to them being able to make claims in the future.
A good example of this is the case of Wyatt-v-Vince. The parties had been divorced for more than 20 years but they never obtained a Financial Order. Despite the time that had passed the wife was still allowed to bring a financial claim against her husband’s assets. The difference being that when they separated, they had very few assets, but Dale Vince had since set up his own renewable electricity company which was worth in the region of £50million.
So even if you have a simple agreement with your spouse whereby you each keep what you have, you should still get a Financial Remedy Order that records this agreement to close the door on any claims in the future.
We Offer a FREE Initial Conversation with a Lawson West Family Solicitor
Our solicitors are able to speak to you on the telephone to provide an initial, FREE no obligation discussion. We can then invite you to a meeting, when detailed instructions can be taken and provide you with more detailed tailored advice.
How to Make an Appointment to Discuss Your Situation with a Solicitor
You can complete our Contact Form here, or you can call us on 0116 212 1000.
We’re here to help.
