Family and Divorce Solicitors In Highgate
We handle divorce and family law cases across Highgate, North London, N6, and nearby areas including Hampstead, Archway, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, East Finchley, Dartmouth Park, Tufnell Park, Holloway, and Kentish Town.
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP is an experienced family law practice with offices located in Finchley Central (London), in Hatfield (Hertfordshire) and Bloomsbury (Central London).
The family team is headed by Simon Cooper, a family practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in the field, he is also a trained and qualified family mediator. Simon is assisted by Munira Javid Abib and Ayse Salih.
Areas of family law we can assist with are as follows:
- Divorce, Separation and dissolving a marriage or civil partnerships.
- Child arrangement orders, child maintenance orders for married and unmarried parties, other issues regarding children following the breakdown of a relationship.
- Resolving family finances, division of property and assets including financial settlements following the breakdown of a relationship.
- Helping couples on separation who are not married or civil partners.
- Pre- and post-Nuptial agreements
- Emergency court applications for personal protection or to protect finances.
- We can prepare family trusts
- Family Mediation – Simon Cooper, can conduct mediation between couples who are seeking to resolve disputes together about finances, children and other issues.
Costs:
We charge on a time basis but can provide fixed costs for uncontested divorce proceedings dependant on the merits of each case (not all cases will be appropriate for this).
Finance and Child arrangement applications will be excluded from any fixed fee and will only be charged on a time basis. In all cases, there is a court fee for the divorce application (currently £612). We try to deal with this matter collaboratively by agreeing the divorce application with the other party and splitting the court fee equally, but we cannot guarantee this.
With regard to Finance cases, we try to agree a settlement with the other party or their lawyer and to achieve a Consent Order, which is then sealed by a Family judge. This is to achieve a “clean break” between the parties, and usually in this case the Court application fee is split equally between the parties.
Court fees for Finance Applications are £60 for a Consent Order, and £313 if an Application is made for an order without consent.
For Child arrangement applications the Court fee is £263.
The firm’s charge rates and costs can be discussed in detail at the initial meeting. Our fee for an initial meeting of 1 hour is £260 plus VAT, but we credit this towards ongoing fees if the firm is instructed.
Fees and prices are as of April 2025 and may change.
The firm cannot assist with legal aid.
Contacting us:
We are happy to arrange meetings by telephone and video conference or in person.
Please call the office on 0208 446 6223 or email enquiries@sr-law.co.uk. We will be happy to have an initial telephone enquiry after which a fixed fee meeting can be arranged if required.