Family Law

Entering or ending a relationship can be difficult, particularly when experiencing emotions that can affect your ability to make the right decision for you and your family. Our specialist team will support you by providing tailored options to reach resolution and allow you to move forward positively and with assurance.

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Our experience

Our team cover every aspect of family law, from helping you to plan and protect at the start of a relationship, to reaching a resolution at the end. We’ll take the time to understand your needs, and explain your options to reach a positive outcome for you and your family.

Where we can, we try and avoid stressful and costly court proceedings. Many members of our team are trained mediators and experts in using alternative dispute resolution. However, if it comes down to court, we’ll represent you and support you every step of the way.

Our clients

We help people from all walks of life, and have specialist knowledge of business and industry in our respective localities. These include farming families, and those working in healthcare, the armed forces and the technology sector. As a full-service law firm, we often work with other specialist teams to meet the individual needs of our clients.

We are also recommended to clients based overseas and all over the country. Our expert lawyers are adept at working with foreign counterparts and other professionals such as accountants and pension actuaries, to ensure our clients are fully informed about their situation .

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What is the Advocacy Hub

The Advocacy Hub is a service led by our solicitor advocates within the Family team. A solicitor advocate is a solicitor who has higher rights of audience, allowing them to represent you at all levels of court, including the Court of Appeal.

With the Advocacy Hub, you recieve consistent, expert representation tailored to your needs, ensuring the best possible advocacy throughout your case.

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Introducing Unified in Separation

When you and your partner decide that your relationship has come to an end, and you’re ready to formalise arrangements concerning your children or assets, it is possible to find a more amicable process to achieve this than going to court.

Our approach offers you a bespoke route to resolution, with minimal stress and anguish, which enables you to move forward and rebuild your future positively.

 

 

Alternatives to court

Legal updates and thought leadership

Charlotte Thornton Smith and Rebecca Leask
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11 August 2025 1 minute read

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Hear what our clients say about us

Thank you to both yourself and James for all your support – it really is so appreciated and I am very grateful to have had you both willing to help me! 

Client testimonial Family law

Want to say a really big thank you to James and Kim for all your help and support through what has been a super stressful time.

Client testimonial Family law

From the bottom of my heart thank you for your help, support and professionalism. You, and your team have been fantastic! It was great to meet you as a solicitor who has a really a good heart and excellent head for the job. I hope I do not need to contact you again in the future but if I do I will.

Client testimonial Family law

I instructed Laura half way through my divorce proceedings and I knew from the outset that I was in excellent hands. Laura is compassionate, diligent, professional and always understanding my concerns whilst advising me through the whole process. I would highly recommend Laura and I am so grateful for all her hard work and help. Laura is a credit to HCR Law.

Client testimonial Divorce advice

Laura and her talented team have been with me from start to finish on my divorce and her pragmatic family focussed approach has been invaluable. Laura is deeply experienced, knowledgeable and capable and was able to front-run and handle difficult matters for me. With Laura’s support I always felt like I had someone in my corner who wanted the best for me and my family and I will be forever thankful.

Client testimonial Divorce advice

I was so impressed with HCR Law and could not have asked for better representation over the course of my divorce. Anita provided clarity and reassurance in meetings and emails, she was also so professional and assertive in the family court. HCR succeeded in getting me the outcome I wanted.

Client testimonial Divorce Proceedings

Thank you so much for all of your help and hard work in my divorce, I’m so grateful every day.

Client testimonial Family Law

You’ve substantially eased a very difficult period in my life and can’t thank you enough for your consistent professionalism, expertise and kindness.

Client testimonial Family Law

It feels like no words could ever truly express the depth of my gratitude for all the support, containment and guidance you have given me over the last 3 and a half years.

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Big thank you James and Kelly for all your help, support and a fantastic result in court.

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Thank you and your team for helping me … you’ve been brilliant!

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I still can’t believe it’s finally over. Thank you so much for all you have done, can’t thank you enough. I am sleeping much better at night.

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