Family/Matrimonial

About

Provided by Slater Heelis

The team is respected by peers for providing legally and commercially sound advice, sensible case management, and empathetic client care. It is well known for its strong financial work across the North West and further afield, with a strong foothold in the South East for its competitive edge, ability, and expertise in complex financial matters.

The team offers a full range of family law services, including:

• Matrimonial finance
• Wealth protection with pre and post-marital agreements
• Schedule 1 of the Children Act (financial)
• Children disputes
• Property disputes between unmarried couples
• Inheritance Act disputes
• International family law
• International Child Abduction
• Fertility Treatment and IVF
• Islamic & Jewish Divorce
• High Net Worth Divorce

The team frequently acts for clients in multiple jurisdictions, evidencing the firm’s wide-reaching reputation. Key clients include sports and media personalities, business owners with complex company structures, and CEOs. Clients also benefit from Mark Heptinstall’s significant judicial experience as a recorder and deputy district judge. 

The team is an active partner of the LGBT Foundation, providing pro-bono advice through the Foundation’s Legal Clinic and Resolution’s family legal clinic in Manchester.

All qualified fee earners are members of Resolution, and all senior fee earners are ADR trained.