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Family legal services

Our family services include free legal advice around separation, divorce, children and family finances.

We deliver free family legal advice if you cannot afford a solicitor.

Our Family Legal Service offers advisory appointments to individuals across England and Wales online and over the phone, or in person appointments in central London.

What we can help you with:

  • Divorce
  • Child contact or other child issues
  • Financial matters arising out of divorce
  • Property matters arising out of divorce
  • Domestic abuse

We can advise you on:

  • Appropriate steps to take before making an application to the court.
  • What form to file at court and whether a witness statement is required.
  • If you are already party to proceedings, we can advise you on what happens next or what to expect from your next hearing.
  • All procedural aspects to your case.
  • For domestic abuse advice, please contact our sub-team FLOWS for urgent advice.

What we can’t help with:

  • Appealing a decision made in the family court
  • Assessing the likelihood of success with your application
  • Conducting legal aid assessments
  • Filling in court forms
  • Writing witness statements

We may be able to assist you with your witness statement if you are applying to the family court for protection from domestic abuse – please visit our CourtNav site.

Contact us:

To book an appointment please complete our online form. We will assess your case and let you know if we are able to help you.

If we are unable to help you, we will provide information about other organisations who may be able to.

Public child law

If social services are currently involved with your family and they have either removed the children from your care or are planning to, you may be able to get the help of a duty solicitor. They attend our offices or help remotely in emergency cases where social services have started proceedings in court to remove the children from your care.

Legal Aid

In some cases, if you are on a low income, you may be eligible for legal aid which means that you may have to pay a limited amount of money or none at all. We are only able to take on a small number of complex legal aid cases based in London.

 

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