The family team at Blythe Liggins care about their clients and seek to act in their very best interests using straightforward language and giving practical cost effective guidance.
The breakdown of a marriage or relationship can be difficult and emotional. That is why, if you are going through a divorce or other family issues, you need a legal advisor you can trust.
With over three decades of experience, our family law team at Blythe Liggins knows how to handle sensitive situations with sympathy and thoughtfulness.
The breakdown of a relationship or divorce often means that critical life changing decisions have to be made in connection with your children, family finances and sometimes business interests. Our legal team at Blythe Liggins can help you make these difficult decisions to protect you and your family for the future.
We try to agree matters out of Court and have a proven track record of reaching agreeable and convivial settlements that look after your interests and those of your family. In the minority of cases that need to go to Court, we are able to deploy our in-depth knowledge of legal procedure and precedent to best promote your case and to achieve the appropriate result.
We can assist you with a range of family law issues, including:
Divorce
Property and finance issues
Issues involving children
Issues relating to non marital relationship breakdown — cohabitation rights
Injunctions for personal protection and injunctions to protect finance
Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
Enforcement of divorce settlements
High net worth and complex asset cases involving private limited companies, business partnerships
To help you during the first stages of your case, we have a range of helpful guides available to download.
Andrew has been a partner at Blythe Liggins since 1993. For the last 30 years he has practised exclusively in family law, nowadays specialising in divorce, finance and property matters.
Andrew’s client base is varied. He has acted for clients who have both complex and straightforward issues that need to be resolved. However, as his career has developed he has increasingly acted for individuals who run their own businesses. He has also acted for a number of professionals over the years including other solicitors, accountants and property specialists. He has acted in cases that involve foreign property and cases where the parties have inherited significant family wealth, as well as building up their own wealth during the course of their marriage.
The philosophy that Andrew brings to the process of divorce is to look for solutions not problems which can and often do unnecessarily prevent a settlement from being reached. He prides himself on being able to take an overview of the finance and property side of a case with a view to finding a reasonable, pragmatic and fair solution.
The mantra of Andrew’s approach to divorce and finance and property cases is to reach a settlement without going to court. Where however a court action is necessary Andrew will strongly represent his clients with the full force of the law with a view to protecting their capital and where appropriate their business interests.
Andrew can help you with a wide range of issues including:
The divorce process
Finance and property matters
The protection of private business interests whether in the form of partnership or company protection
Seeking to protect inherited family wealth
Making provision for the future and in particular looking after pension interests
Prenuptial agreements
Freezing orders in connection with dissipation of wealth
Overseas property capital and pension interests
Outside his professional life, Andrew has completed the London Marathon twice and is a member of Stratford upon Avon Boat Club. He sails dinghies and small boats, albeit very badly.
Get in touch with Andrew to find out if he can help you with your family queries.
Louise has specialised in family law for over 30 years. She is passionate about doing the very best for her clients and has a diverse client base.
Louise acts both in relatively straightforward divorces and in more complex and involved cases. She has acted for professionals and business people always in an empathetic and calm way.
Finding a practical solution is a theme that prevails throughout Louise’s practice. She is able to take an overview and always seeks to fulfil her clients’ expectations, whilst at the same time providing a cost-effective legal solution.
On the one hand Louise is sympathetic and understanding, she will always seek to settle finance/property cases amicably, but when called upon to do so she will protect her client’s interest through the court process.
Louise can help you with a wide range of issues including:
Divorce
Finance/property matters
Advice in connection with private limited companies and business partnerships
Freezing orders
Foreign property
Civil partnerships
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Separation Agreements
Cohabitation Agreements
Louise enjoys travelling. She particularly loves Spanish culture and enjoys learning Spanish in her spare time. Louise also likes to keep fit. She runs and has taken part in the Warwick to Kenilworth Two Castles Run.
Get in touch with Louise to find out if she can help you with your family queries.
Sophia has specialised in family law since 2007. She has previously headed a childcare Department and throughout her practice has always focused on providing excellent client care.
Sophia has an understanding and personable demeanour and is able to understand the needs of clients during this difficult period of their lives. She is also able to take a robust view and is realistic about what can be achieved in terms of reaching a settlement.
Sophia understands the financial challenges that need to be overcome to reach a financial settlement that is fair and reasonable, meets the needs of the parties and in accordance with the law puts the children first. She is able to advise clients in connection with the options that are available to them and assist them in making important decisions regarding the settlement of finance and property cases. Sophia also has the tenacity to take matters through the court process where cases do not settle.
Sophia has experience of dealing with finance and property matters and understands the dynamics of business whether in the guise of a private limited company, partnerships or professional entities.
Sophia is a member of the Association of lawyers for Children and an accredited member of the Law Society’s Children Panel.
Sophia is able to provide clients with expert legal advice in respect of any family matters including:
Divorce
Financial matters
Children act issues including guardianship issues and acting for grandparents.
Civil partnerships
Pre-nuptial agreements
Separation agreements
Cohabitation agreements
Injunctive proceedings including freezing orders.
Away from the office, Sophia teaches languages privately and is also the Legal Advisor and Vice-Chair of a local Fostering Agency dealing with applications of prospective foster carers.
Outside of work, Sophia loves to spoil her two little boys and keeps them busy and entertained. She loves to read, listen to music, run (when time allows) and long country walks. She also enjoys a full social life including music shows, cinema, dancing, dining and wining especially when her best friend, Champagne, is available.
