Hi all,

Somewhat depressingly I need to get some legal advice re the divorce I’m currently going through. Does anyone have a solicitor they can recommend in the Woking / Guildford area (who knows about financial settlements)?

Thanks in advance – at the moment i’m stuck with just looking on the law society website as I can’t find anyone I know with a recommendation…

http://www.kww.co.uk/family-law.aspx
Not recommended on personal experience but because my cousin who is bright and hard working is a partner.

Sorry to hear you need one.

Why is divorce so expensive?
Because it is worth it.

Sorry that you need a solicitor.

Try TWM on Woodbridge Road, Guildford and they will be able to help you out. I haven’t used them but I know a few people that work there and they seem a good crowd. Bonus is the Drummond is next door and they do some great ales!

Best of luck.

I used Sarah Lambert at Bowles and Co in Epsom, the ex-wife used Samantha Jago at RHW in Guildford

If you can agree a settlement without too much involvement with the lawyers you will save a lot of money. These two firms are part of a “mediation” group which try to avoid too much court time etc (we failed in that 🙁 )

Good luck.

Sorry you are in this situation. Take care.

Sorry to hear you’re in this situation, it’s not pleasant whatever the reasons.

I can’t help with a recommendation, and you may not be able to do this but we used a mediator and I got legal advice purely on a consultancy basis. I paid for 3 hours of advice in total. They tried to charge me for case reviews etc. but I referred them to my original letter to them that stated I would consult them when only I needed them, they backed down in the end.

Good Luck.

Thanks for the kind words guys – hoping we can resolve the financial stuff between ourselves but feel I need some professional advice as the situation is complicated (isn’t it always!).

Any of the lunchtime crew got any suggestions?

We both used the same Solicitor having agreed between ourselves a way forward. Very cheap as only needed for the ‘paperwork’.

Must have worked well enough as even +17 years later we still are on (distance) speaking terms and she never got the CSA involved in regards to maintenance of our two sons – plus I never felt I’d been stiff-ed financially.

I can recommend http://www.kimfinnis.co.uk/

Not in your area so can’t recommend a suitable solicitor.

The more you can agree yourself the better, obviously. In my case I didn’t need the solicitor too much after the first freebie 1 hour consultation.

Ironically, my best mate got royally screwed over by his ex-wifes solicitor so he recommended them, and he was right! My ex used a ‘family friend’ who diddled her pretty well so she got done over twice, which was a shame. 😆

Don’t know if times have changed but solitor got me an agreement that my ex wouldn’t go after pensions etc. after the divorce, I wasn’t aware things like that could happen, so I suppose that’s where they earn their cash.

And really, don’t get the solicitors involved fighting over that favourite teapot, otherwise it does become a very expensive bit of china. You’ll have to walk away from a couple of things but it’s probably for the best.

Good luck fella. Never a good period in your life. Not much to say apart from the old ‘keep your chin up’ kind of stuff, does get better as time passes and the memories fade a bit.

Yeah, I figure the only people who get rich in these things are the solicitors so amicable is the way forward. At the same time I don’t want to get diddled and there are limits to what one can learn from the net!