Help - Can anyone refer a good divorce solicitor

[GeeMan]

Hi. My soon to be Ex wife has filed for divorce (i will give the full story in another post). Can anyone refer me to a proven solicitor around Essex, Havering in the UK? Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.

[Fatcat1980]

Yes. Kathryn Loadman at Pinney Talfourd in Brentwood comes highly recommended by two friends of mine. Obviously I can't disclose their names, but I'm sure she'll ask. I haven't used her myself but my friend saw her just a week ago and was very impressed. Good luck.

[GeeMan]

(08-17-2018, 12:34 PM)Fatcat1980 Wrote: Yes.  Kathryn Loadman at Pinney Talfourd in Brentwood comes highly recommended by two friends of mine.  Obviously I can't disclose their names, but I'm sure she'll ask.  I haven't used her myself but my friend saw her just a week ago and was very impressed.  Good luck.

Dang   . Thats the one my ex is using.

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(08-17-2018, 12:41 PM)GeeMan Wrote:

(08-17-2018, 12:34 PM)Fatcat1980 Wrote: Yes.  Kathryn Loadman at Pinney Talfourd in Brentwood comes highly recommended by two friends of mine.  Obviously I can't disclose their names, but I'm sure she'll ask.  I haven't used her myself but my friend saw her just a week ago and was very impressed.  Good luck.

Dang   . Thats the one my ex is using.

Question:- Is it best to use Female or Male solicitors in divorvce cases? Just curious

[Fatcat1980]

Bloody hell! Sorry. I hope your ex isn't called Miles.

I haven't been through a divorce so I couldn't tell you. Good luck with whoever you choose though.

[GeeMan]

(08-17-2018, 12:58 PM)Fatcat1980 Wrote: Bloody hell! Sorry.  I hope your ex isn't called Miles.  

I haven't been through a divorce so I couldn't tell you.  Good luck with whoever you choose though.

No, she is not Miles. 

Thanks.

[AK2018]

Have not thought about it yet, but it is to plan in advance. Anyone can recommend solicitor in West London? Uxbridge area?

Future ex went for solicitor with fixed charges £1200 (family and finance) via internet.based more than 200miles away. It sounds cheap as chips.

I prefer to get solicitor whom I could have one to one discussion and not remotely.

Thanks

[AK2018]

An update.
Have contacted solicitors via online ( same as my future ex). I wanted to do know what do they offer for 1200£. Received a call same day, and I felt a pressure to proceed with them straight away. ( Solicitor that I have visited advised to wait a letter from my wife solicitors, and then come back to them..same as from this forum).
But over the phone I was told i don't need to wait, more I wait more I will loose. I need to act now. It was very stressful conversation for me.she would even played on my feelings to the kids. But at the end I have refused, as I said I need to make my mind.
Hope my ex solicitors are just bunch of beetroots..

The company is: https://www.endeavour-law.co.uk.

Maybe they are good ( hope not, and hope they have hidden fees for my ex ), but the way they have approached and pushed me was not professional.

[I am a human]

My instincts say that a fixed fee sucks.
These professionals are charging in excess of £100 a minute.
You need someone that you can be face to face with.
To 'hurry' through and force decisions sounds inconsiderate.
Sadly, it's a long slow anxious drawn out process.
Most solicitors take their 'cut' at the end of the process.

Perhaps try your local Citizens Advice, they will have a list of
all the recommended solicitors in your area.

You might get lucky and find a 'drop-in' or 'surgery' where
you can go speak to a solicitor for free to get a 'feel' for it all.

[marwood]

I live fairly close to you, and after wasting a load of money on South East/London solicitors, hired one up in Harrogate.  She was a lot more reasonably-priced and her service is better, and we got a great result after a very drawn out court battle (over 12 months). I went up there once to meet her and my barrister (who was also from up North and wiped the floor with his London opposition!), everything else was done by phone/email.    All court proceedings were local to me/ex, but it still worked out cheaper even with travelling.  I'd really recommend this route from personal experience.  Feel free to PM me if you want details.