| 11. Mears Hobbs & Durrant - Lowestoft, Beccles, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston
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The breakdown of a family relationship is the most traumatic events anyone can face in their personal life. The support of a sympathetic solicitor who will approach the many difficulties which follow from the breakdown is essential in allowing you to protect your rights and rebuild a stable future.
We can help with all types of family problems including:
Divorce
Problems over Children
Inheritance Disputes
Unmarried Couples
Financial Injunctions
Domestic Violence
We have particular experience in moderate and high value financial cases. Our family department is supervised by a member of the Law Society?s Family Law Panel.
We appreciate that the needs of all clients are different and aim to tailor our advice and way of working to your needs. |
| http://www.mearshobbsanddurrant.co.uk/ |
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| 12. Norton Peskett Solicitors
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You will try to begin in establishing what your priorities are particularly regarding arrangements for the children, your housing and your finance. It is advisable to have considered these matters with your Legal Advisor before embarking on the divorce. If possible it is also helpful to try and agree with your spouse on these matters as far as possible. We would be happy to advise you about agreements that you may have reached informally with your spouse encouraging you to find the solutions by negotiation and agreement. Most of these matters can be resolved by agreement and in the majority of cases it is possible to resolve the issues without resorting to a contested Court Hearing.
Our Legal Advisors are members of the Solicitors Family Law Association and subscribe to the code of practice dedicated to helping people with marriage problems to resolve them if possible by mediation or negotiation rather than the very expensive and lengthy Court Proceedings.
Our approach to clients is friendly and efficient. The client will be made to feel welcome but also confident that his or her legal affairs will be dealt with in a businesslike and competent manner. The practice has a large private-client base developed by the Partners over many years, in addition the firm has a well respected Criminal Law Practice. However, in recent years the Commercial and Litigation aspects of the practice have been developed, together with Family Law to give a broader based and more balanced approach to the way in which legal services are provided to the Community. |
| http://www.nortonpeskett.co.uk/ |
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| 13. Prettys Solicitors
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At Prettys our family law team are specialists and members of the Solicitors Family Law Association which promotes a non-confrontational approach to resolving legal matters in a practical way. We can offer collaborative law trained services, designed to avoid lengthy court litigation. There are, however, a small percentage of cases where resource to the court is the only option and our years of experience in litigation ensure a firm and considered approach if negotiation fails.
The decision to bring a relationship to an end is an extremely difficult one. Whilst the concept of the family unit may have changed considerably over recent years, the needs of individuals whose relationships break down remain the same. The breakdown of a relationship gives rise to a variety of legal problems as well as being very distressing to those involved.
If two people choose to cohabit, rather than marry, a judge does not have the same powers to divide income, capital, property and pension. However, either party could argue an interest or right by contribution to an asset that is owned by the other, such as a house. Property and other assets may also have been bought in joint names during the relationship.
A cohabitation agreement can set out what each party intends to happen if the relationship ends, both to assets that existed before the relationship started and any accumulated during its course. Such an agreement legally binds the parties involved and is a step we would recommend to anyone considering cohabitation.
With careful planning, taxation can be minimised as ownership of a business passes between members of a family.
For example, business assets can often be gifted or passed on death free of inheritance tax. At present, a 100% deduction in value is allowed for tax purposes in respect of shares owned in most unquoted trading companies and partnership interests. The exceptions are where the business wholly or mainly deals in investments or property. |
| http://www.prettys.co.uk/ |
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| 14. Whatley Lane BDH Solicitors
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| Whatley Lane BDH, a highly respected firm comprising a number of specialist lawyers. Based in Newmarket, East Anglia. Practice includes: Divorce, Separation, Child Care, Living Together. |
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| 15. Riddell Croft & Co
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Riddell Croft & Co. is a refreshingly different niche law practice, specialising in Family Law. We believe in modern management combined with technology to give our clients a service second to none and a quality of advice usually associated with the larger firms but at a lower cost. Our clients are not limited to our immediate area but are drawn from throughout the East Anglian region and beyond.
Unlike many firms, we are also committed to providing Legal Aid services for Court work.
We pride ourselves in the ease with which our clients can contact us. Not only are personal appointments welcomed but e-mail is encouraged and our opening hours are six days a week, so those who find it difficult to reach their lawyers during their working day can make appointments for Saturdays. We are normally open from 8.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. every day and although we cannot promise, quite often there will be somebody manning the telephones on a Sunday.
Our principle areas of expertise are as follows:
Divorce and Judicial Separation
Financial Orders (both agreed and contested)
Children's Orders (i.e. residence or contact as well as childcare issues)
Inheritance Act applications
From April 2002, a much simpler version of the Child Support Agency formula comes into effect whereby, put simply and subject to various exceptions too numerous to go into here, the parent with whom the children live receives 15% of the other parent's net income for one child, 20% for two, and 25% for three or more. The system will start with all new cases from that date, although older cases will begin to be re-assessed under the new rules in due course, some have said as early as July 2002.
The role of the courts, which up until now have retained some jurisdiction in assessing child maintenance, will be further restricted and, in essence, the courts will only have a role in the following circumstances:
In the case of step-parents.
Where parents are resident outside the UK.
Where children are not in full-time education.
Where the parents, although separated in the sense that they lead separate lives, remain under the same roof (usually for financial reasons).
For education, cost of disability, and top-up maintenance where incomes are very high.
The courts also retain jurisdiction if both parties agree that they should do so.
The new Child Support Agency rules have been generally welcomed as providing certainty and an easier method of calculation which is transparent to both parents and, in turn, this should mean that assessments and the other work of the Child Support Agency, particularly as to enforcement, should be that much quicker. The courts, who up until 1991 determined child maintenance, will find their role further decreased although not excluded altogether.
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| 16. Sprake and Kingsley - Solicitors to the Waveney Valley since 1790
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For more than six generations, Sprake & Kingsley Solicitors have been helping the people and businesses of the Waveney Valley - and beyond, further into Suffolk and Norfolk - with their legal affairs. The firm has remained true to its original values and simple aims - to provide sound legal advice, at a reasonable price, in a country practice which has its roots firmly in the local community. We look forward to providing you, your family and your business associates with the very highest standards of service... for many years to come.
Our services cover divorce, separation agreements and issues relating to children. |
| http://www.sprakekingsley.co.uk/ |
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