Family solicitors handle divorce and dissolution, financial settlements, child arrangements, prenuptial agreements and domestic abuse protection.
This page lists every family law firm in the LegalChoice directory. Each is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and displays its SRA number, so you can check any firm on the official register before instructing. Send one free enquiry describing your situation — divorce, child arrangements, a financial settlement — and it reaches every family law firm covering your county at once, with no repeat phone calls. Compare the firms below, read their profiles, and contact the ones you want to talk to.
Found 1 solicitor handling Family Law.
The Family Law Practice Limited is a law firm practising primarily in family law & divorce and wills, probate & estate planning, providing services covering specialist family law and A trusted firm. The firm handles both straightforward and complex cases with a practical, client-focused approach.
Queen Square
Bristol City · Bristol · BS1 4NH
SRA no. 569020
Common questions
Useful answers before you choose a solicitor.
An uncontested divorce in England and Wales typically takes between six and twelve months from application to final order. The timetable is driven less by the divorce itself than by sorting out financial arrangements, which can run longer if pensions, property or business assets are disputed.
Usually not. Most parents reach an agreement through negotiation or mediation, and a solicitor can formalise it in a consent order. Court applications are the fallback where agreement is impossible or where a child's safety is at risk. Courts increasingly expect parents to have attempted mediation first.
There is no fixed formula. The court weighs needs, the welfare of any children, the length of the marriage, contributions and available resources, aiming for a fair outcome rather than an automatic 50/50 split. A solicitor will map your assets, pensions and income and negotiate from that evidence.
Legal aid still exists for family cases involving domestic abuse or the protection of children, subject to evidence and means tests. It is not generally available for ordinary divorce or private children disputes, so most people fund those privately or use mediation to keep costs down.