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We have a full team of vastly experienced senior solicitors dealing with all aspects of family law. We are supported by assistant solicitors, trainee solicitors, clerks and other support staff. We are all dedicated to ensuring that your family legal problems are dealt with as sensitively and as speedily as possible.
The areas we specialise in include:
- Separation of married couples, co-habiting couples and civil partners.
- Divorce of married couples and dissolution of civil partnerships.
- All aspects of financial dispute on separation or divorce, including emergency applications to protect assets.
- Pre-nuptial and separation agreements.
- Domestic violence and injunction proceedings.
- Private law matters concerning children – e.g residence, contact, specific issue, prohibited steps, parental responsibility guardianship.
- Public law matters concerning children – eg applications by Local Authorities for care orders, supervision orders, emergency protection orders, applications for contact to children who are in care – and representing parents or other carers at conferences and meetings with Social Services both before and after proceedings.
- Specialist mediation service both in relation to children and/or finances on relationship breakdown.
- Family wills and change of name.
- Cohabition agreements/advice about holding property for cohabiting couples.
We offer a specialist service in relation to all of the above areas at our Runcorn, Walton Vale and Weaverham offices, and we have a dedicated mediation suite in Liverpool city centre.
We have 6 specialist solicitors across our offices including 4 members of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s CHILDREN’S PANEL, 2 members of the Law Society’s ADVANCED FAMILY PANEL, and a RESOLUTION ACCREDITED SPECIALIST. We also have a specialist fully accredited FAMILY MEDIATOR.
We can also offer services for French or Russian speaking Clients and for deaf Clients with one of our Solicitors signing to BSL Level II. We can cater for clients with special needs and learning difficulties.
The firm continues to be accredited to Investors In People and holds a Legal Services Commission franchise to deal with all aspects of family work and mediation. Legal Aid at all levels is available. Arrangements can be made for privately funded work to be paid by instalments.
If you need confidential advice, assistance and/or representation in relation to any family law matter or mediation, we will do our utmost to offer the best service to conclude your matter as efficiently and speedily as possible.
WHATEVER THE PROBLEM, DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT BLJ SOLICITORS IN RELATION TO ANY FAMILY MATTER OR MEDIATION
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| 19/01/2012 - The Criminal Department peer review |
| The Criminal Department recently underwent an external inspection process called peer review. In the process a number of the firms criminal cases are externally audited by an independent lawyer to ensure quality and competency is being maintained. It is a process that all firms carrying out publicly fund criminal defence work must go through. BLJ have been assessed as competent plus... |
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| 21/10/2011 - MoJ Minister visits BLJ Mediation Team |
BLJ Mediation was privileged to recently welcome Jonathan Djanogly MP to their Mediation Suite in Liverpool. The Minister is a passionate supporter of Mediation and was responsible for assisting the Government’s decision to ensure the public had better information and access to Mediation.
The Minister expressed his pleasure when able to witness an Information and Assessment Meeting taking place with our Mediator, Pat Davies.
Mr Djanogly was also delighted to speak to a very satisfied client, Chris from Liverpool, who expressed is gratitude to Pat Davies, who had assisted himself and his former partner to reach an agreement over contact to his daughter... |
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| 17/03/2011 - New Member of the Criminal Team |
| BLJ are pleased to announce that Gary Lawrenson has joined the firms Criminal Department. Gary is a highly regarded Criminal Lawyer with vast experience and is a welcome addition to the Criminal Department, building on BLJ’s reputation to provide clients with high calibre, vastly experienced criminal representation... |
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| 09/03/2011 - Family court procedures |
| A major shake-up of the family court procedures in England and Wales comes into effect on 6 April 2011... |
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| 21/07/2010 - New Contract |
| BLJ have been awarded a new contract to continue to provide publicly funded family services in Liverpool and the... |
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| 02/06/2010 - New Offices |
| BLJ are pleased to announce that they have now (May 2010) opened a new branch office in Warrington Town Centre |
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| 01/04/2010 - Successful Tendering |
| BLJ are pleased to announce that we have been successful in tendering for a new contract with the Legal Services... |
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