Family break-ups range from being unpleasant to down right horrible. The finances have to be sorted out, the children's futures need to be dealt with and there are dozens of other issues, big and small that have to be resolved and all at a time when you feel you are being shredded emotionally.
We can't cure the emotional hurt, but we can help you minimise the stress of the practical process of relationship break-up. In order to achieve a result which is as good as it can be for you and your children, you need high-quality legal advice. At Batchelors, we place a very high emphasis on being practical as well as understanding and trying to keep negotiations going on as amicable a basis as possible...but if it comes to a fight, we're the right people to have in your corner.
New Enquiries
The Family Department are currently offering a free 30 minute consultation for new enquiries. To set up an appointment, please contact either Richard Hill or Eunice Newman on 0800 9752168.
Please call our free phone number 0800 9752168
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- Resolution
Resolution’s 5000 members are family lawyers committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. Our members follow a Code of Practice that promotes a non-confrontational approach to family problems. Our members encourage solutions that consider the needs of the whole family - and in particular the best interests of children. - Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers. Every Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital services for local communities. - Relate
Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website. - National Family Mediation
NFM is a network of local not-for-profit Family Mediation Services in England and Wales which offers help to couples, married or unmarried, who are in the process of separation and divorce. We are committed to providing high quality mediation to everyone who needs it in all communities. - Child Support Agency
The Child Support Agency (CSA) is part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Our role is to make sure that parents who live apart from their children contribute financially to their upkeep by paying child maintenance. You can find out more about the Government plans for a new organisation and a new approach to child maintenance in our section about the future of the CSA. In the meantime we will continue to help parents who live apart to sort out arrangements for child maintenance. - South East London Family Mediation Bureau
When couples divorce or separate permanently, arrangements often have to be made about children, joint finances and property. Mediation is a way of arriving at these agreements. The Family Mediation Bureau also offers specialised counselling services for parents and children. - One Parent Families
One Parent Families provide a helpline with free information to lone parents on issues icluding benefits, tax, legal rights, family law and contact issues, CSA and returning to work. Theyare able to connect lone parents with other organisations and local groups. - Families Need Fathers
Families Need Fathers is a regsitered charity providing information and support on shared parenting issues arising from family breakdown to divorced and separated parents, irrespective of gender or marital status. Support is provided through a national helpline, a website, a network of volunteers, and regular group meetings held in a vartiey of locations. - Parentline Plus
Parentline Plus is a national charity offering help and information for parents and families through a range of services including a free 24 hour confidential helpline, Parents Together workshops and groups
