Family Law

If you have a relationship issue, our family lawyers will give you clear direction and solutions from the very start.

We know that whatever your circumstances are, you want your situation handled with the utmost sensitivity, discretion and expertise.

Members of the specialist Family Team at Cityfield Law Firm practice in all areas of family law and are widely recognized for their skill, commitment and professionalism. In public law children proceedings, our Members act for parents, children, guardians, CAFCASS, the Official Solicitor and Local Authorities at every level, including the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Members of the Family Team are often instructed on the basis of their cutting edge expertise in relation to non-accidental injuries and sudden infant death syndrome, and they continue to lecture and publish in this area. Our Members also undertake Court of Protection cases on a regular basis.

Our practitioners adopt a realistic and effective approach to private law children cases, and as a consequence, parents benefit from early advice, which often assists in obtaining an effective and satisfactory resolution of proceedings. As a consequence, our Members are widely sought after in cases of implacable hostilityï, surrogacy and assisted conception. Chambers enjoys an expanding practice in international private law disputes and receives instructions in applications for leave to remove, inherent jurisdiction proceedings and international child abduction. Chambers continues to develop its practice in relation to applications for Forced Marriage Prevention Orders; and the dual criminal and family law expertise of a number of Members of the Family Team is often relied upon by instructing solicitors.