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Act Family Law
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, John Hind
Family team members: Ian Downing, John Hind
Resolution members: Ian Downing, John Hind
Resolution areas of expertise: Ian Downing: Resolution Accredited Specialist (Cohabitation, Pensions), Resolution Collaborative Law trained
John Hind: Resolution Collaborative Law trained, Family Mediation Panel, Current chair of Resolution, Devon region.
Specialist panel membership: John Hind, LSC Accredited Mediator and Law Society Family Panel Member
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.
John Hind has specialised in family law for 15 years. Alongside his work as a solicitor he has developed a particular expertise in alternative dispute resolution, particularly mediation and collaborative law in both of which he is one of the most experienced solicitor practitioners in the South West. He is the current chair of Resolution in Devon.
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