Our Approach

The Griffith Smith Farrington Webb LLP family team prides itself on offering a fully inclusive and comprehensive service of the highest quality founded on the depth and breadth of our team’s considerable experience. Sensible pragmatic advice, intimate knowledge of the law, and sound judgement result in the department’s high levels of successful outcome and client satisfaction.

Whether dealing with simple or complex financial issues or disputes relating to children within the family or involving the Local Authority, our approach is to seek a speedy and cost effective resolution. If court proceedings are necessary (or have already been issued) we have the experience and in-depth knowledge to ensure the litigation is dealt with and prepared thoroughly and effectively.

We pride ourselves in treating each client as an individual recognising the sensitivity of family breakdown and the need to deal with matters discreetly and sensitively.

Our Areas of Expertise

• Care proceedings and Local Authority intervention in children matters
• Civil partnership
• Cohabitation, pre-nuptial, and pre-cips contracts
• Collaborative family law
• Disputes involving children
• Disputes between unmarried partners about children and money or property
• Divorce
• Domestic violence, injunctions and emergency remedies
• Financial and property issues following divorce and relationship breakdown
• Pension implications of divorce
• Separation Agreements

Our Approach to Funding

The family team offer a fully inclusive service for privately paying and publicly funded (formerly known as Legal Aid) clients.

We will be entirely straight with you in relation to our hourly charge out rates, disbursements, and will provide you with written estimates of costs which will be updated regularly. We understand the importance of clarity at the outset of a case in relation to issues of funding.

We pride ourselves in the high quality service that we provide to publicly funded clients particularly those involved in Care Proceedings.

For more information please contact a member of our Family Law team 01273 324041 or by email