Family Law

Our family department team consists of

• Helen Liddle (Solicitor and Specialist Quality Mark Supervisor)

• Kate Claxton (Partner and Solicitor)

• Sheila Moore (Legal Executive)

• Lindsay Bell (Solicitor and Law Society Accredited Children Panel Member - adult representation)

Helen and Sheila are based at our Hartlepool office and Kate and Lindsay at our Peterlee office. We have offices in Durham and Wingate which are covered by our family solicitors.

Helen is a member of Resolution Accredited Specialist Scheme

The breakdown of a relationship is a traumatic experience and can give rise to children problems, divorce, financial difficulties, domestic violence etc as well as being very hard emotionally. It is a time when it is sometimes difficult to make the decision to take legal advice as this often seems like an admission of failure. The members of our team are sympathetic and will soon put you at your ease and a discussion does not commit you. A discussion costs nothing.

Sometimes the problems have nothing to do with breakdown of relationships but involve your children; again very hard to handle.

At TMJ Legal Services LLP we offer a friendly, sympathetic and supportive approach to assist you. Often understanding where you stand helps you decide how to move forward.

We can advise on the following:

• Divorce / breakdown of civil partnerships
• Separation
• Cohabitee disputes
• Children matters both public and private
• Care Proceedings
• Mediation services
• Domestic violence and harassment
• Property and finance
• Pre nuptial and living together agreements
• Adoption
• Maintenance and child support issues

- and then if necessary help you with negotiations, mediation or court proceedings.

We recognise that each of our clients is an individual with a unique problem and understand the importance of that problem to each individual.

We appreciate differences should, if at all possible, be resolved amicably and encourage mediation referrals to a local mediation provider. Court proceedings should be a last resort but if this becomes necessary we do everything possible to achieve the best resolution for our client and never lose sight of this.

Details of our family lawyers and how to contact them are on our profiles page