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Our award-winning team of family solicitors is top tier listed in both Legal 500 and Chambers Directories and has specialists across the full range of family law and divorce work. Legal aid is available wherever possible and the family team were ranked in Category 1 – excellence in a Legal Aid Agency peer reviewed study, only 14% of firms fall into this category.

Dealing with family matters

Whatever your family law problem we have an expert in our team to advise you and whatever process would best meet yours and your family’s needs we have the skills and experience to deliver- in other words we have all of the “tools in our toolbox.”

Our family law team contains experts in children law (private cases about child care arrangements, adoption solicitors, removals from the jurisdiction and public law cases in care proceedings and applications for placement orders.) We represent parents, grandparents and children.

In relationship breakdown our expert family finance team deals with divorcecivil partnerships and cohabitation including emergency applications where necessary.

Personal protection can be a pressing issue in family cases and we have a team of specialists in domestic abuse work able to take same day referrals for urgent advice and applications to the court.

Here, our Head of family law, Lucy Mead introduces the firm, her team and our approach:

Our family law solicitors

Our recent award successes include:

2019 Family Law Awards, regional finalists in the Family Law Firm of the Year: North category

2019 Legal 500 Award winner (North region)

2017 Northern Law Awards, regional finalists in the family category

2016 Regional Firm of the Year (North)’ at the 6th annual Family Law awards.

2015 Family Team of the Year at the Northern Law awards- the awarding judge stated that “there was one standout family team.”

Although our family team has all the characteristics and benefits of a niche family firm we offer the advantage of being able to offer a “one-stop shop” in the house to deal with linked legal services that you are likely to need, such as property or wills advice.

Contact

Contact Louise Law for a no obligation chat about how we can help you. She will listen to your concerns, give you information about cost and legal aid where appropriate, and put you in contact with the right family lawyer in our team for your particular situation.

The Legal 500 – The Clients Guide to Law FirmsDavid Gray Solicitors

The David Gray Family Team

Lucy Mead

Partner

Lisa Russell

Senior Associate Solicitor

Sukhi Patter

Senior Associate Solicitor

Anna Curphey

Senior Associate Solicitor

Rebecca Tonkin

Senior Associate Solicitor

Beth Tilley

Associate Solicitor

Gael Phillips

Associate Solicitor

Jenny Carter

Solicitor

Parmdeep Kaur

Solicitor

Hannah Mostoufi

Trainee Solicitor

James Rickerby

Trainee Solicitor

Rebecca Graham

Paralegal

Jasmine Rehill

Paralegal

Caitlin White

Paralegal

Emma Johnson

Paralegal

Kathy Reid

Paralegal

Louise Law

Customer Relationship Manager

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