Family & Matrimonial
Seeking advice about divorce, relationship breakdown
and family matters can difficult. Under
normal circumstances, family and relationship matters
are deeply personal - and entirely
private between you and those closest to you.
However, when things go wrong and you're seeking
legal help, you need to share your personal life with others,
discussing events and circumstances that may well make you feel
very hurt, angry and upset.
You can be sure that you'll receive
genuine understanding, empathy and support when you consult Gorvins
about divorce, relationship breakdown or other family matters
matters. Protecting your feelings and well-being will be our prime
concern, and we'll guide you gently through the procedures you may
have to consider when dealing with marriage, civil partnership or
relationship breakdown, divorce, the arrangements
for children or division of family assets.
The Gorvins family team specialises in all areas of private
matrimonial law including divorce, civil partnership dissolution,
ancillary relief and private children applications.
Over the last twelve months the team has also represented a
number of professional clients in their family disputes including
surgeons, doctors, teachers, barristers, accountants, professional
footballers and business owners.
Cases have included acting for 'high net worth' individuals in
ancillary relief cases and cases involving business interests,
property portfolios and property abroad.
Children cases have included residence and contact disputes and a
case in the High Court involving international jurisdictional
issues.
All members of our Family & Matrimonial team belong
to Resolution, which is an
organisation of specialist family lawyers committed to negotiation,
mediation and co-operation so that, wherever possible, disputes can
be resolved without going to court.
We also offer a process known as 'Collaborative
Law', which is led by you, the client, and focuses upon building a
structured settlement around your needs and the other party to your
relationship or marriage. Again, this process doesn't need to
involve the court, though it can result in a court order which is
legally binding on all participants.
If an appropriate agreement can be reached and
formalised in a court order or other formal settlement, it can be a
far less time-consuming and far less costly way of reaching an
agreeable result - and in our experience, it can considerably
reduce trauma and upset so as to make the whole business more
easily bearable and manageable.
Specifically, we can
handle:
- Divorce - when you're the 'petitioner' requesting a
divorce
- Divorce - when you're the 'respondent' being
divorced by your partner
- Dissolution of civil
partnerships
- Arrangements for the children following
relationship breakdown; such as who the children live with, what
contact they will have with the other parent and other issues which
may arise such as where they will be educated and what child
maintenance is payable
- Financial aspects of divorce/dissolution -
including distrubituion of assets and property, payment of
maintenance and pension sharing
- Cohabitation disputes; for example in relations to
property ownership following a relationship
breakdown
- Pre-nuptial agreements
- Living together agreements
Here are some frequently asked
questions:
Legal 500 says:
"The team at
Gorvins is committed to constructive negotiation as
promoted by Resolution. The firm specialises in family law
advice to Police Officers"
Our Clients say:
"I
wanted to thank you for the work you've done I know it
has been a long and arduous case. I appreciate
the way you dealt with this and also the way you have kept me
informed. I am also very grateful that you have helped to
carry me through this very difficult period as both my solicitor
and a friend, so thank you again for that."