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Act Family Law

Act Family Law
8 The Crescent,
Plymouth,
Devon,
PL1 3AB

Telephone: 01752 226224
Fax: 01752 226213

Email: ian@actfamilylaw.co.uk
Website: www.actfamilylaw.co.uk
Contact: Ian Downing


Legal aid: No
Mediation: Yes
Collaborative law: Yes
Disabled access: Limited but provision can be made with prior notice
Special Initial Interview Offer: Yes - free first ½ hour diagnostic meeting

Head of Family team: Ian Downing
Family team members: Ian Downing
Resolution members: Ian Downing
Resolution areas of expertise: Ian Downing: Resolution Accredited Specialist (Cohabitation, Pensions), Resolution Collaborative Law trained
Specialist panel membership:
Other Departments: None - we specialise in family law

About Us

Act Family Law represents private paying clients in a wide range of family issues. We specialise in divorce, civil partnership and separation issues, involving businesses, high value and complex assets, pensions and property. Our clients are predominantly high net worth, professional and business/company owners and higher management across many professions and industries. Armed Forces clients also benefit from the firm's experience of their particular issues. We also act in private law children matters, Inheritance Act claims, and cohabitee disputes. We offer a free preliminary interview.

Act provides effective and efficient litigation where appropriate, but emphasises the advantages of consensual resolution of disputes in a supportive environment.

Although small, Act is regularly cited by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as one of the South West's leading family law firms.

Ian Downing has more than 25 years of family law experience Described by Chambers Guide as "a first rate family law practitioner." He regularly appears in their list of leading South West practitioners. He is trained in collaborative law, has contributed to family law books, and lectures on family law issues to other solicitors. He is a former regional Chair of Resolution.

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