Divorce Lawyer UK
Experienced divorce lawyer UK providing clear advice on separation, finances and child arrangements, with confidential support tailored to you.
In difficult times, our specialist, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team of UK-based international family solicitors can offer you expert advice, guidance and representation in all aspects of your family life, including relationship breakdown, divorce, separation, family finances and issues relating to children.
In difficult times, our specialist, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team of UK-based international family solicitors can offer you expert advice, guidance and representation in all aspects of your family life, including relationship breakdown, divorce, separation, family finances and issues relating to children.
For an initial consultation, call our UK International Family Solicitors on 0330 107 0107 or request a free call back.
At IMD Solicitors LLP, we understand the complexities and challenges that arise in legal matters with an international dimension. Here are key reasons why you should consider us for your legal needs:
At IMD Solicitors LLP, we are dedicated to providing exceptional legal services with a global perspective. Contact us to experience legal support that is as unique and international as your needs.
Our experienced UK divorce and children lawyers in London, Manchester and Birmingham are ready to help you. Speak to a member of our specialist international team of UK family lawyers today on 0330 107 0107.
Our specialist Family Law team regularly deals with and has particular experience in cases that have international elements. Our UK Family Lawyers have expertise in representing clients in cross-border matters involving family law proceedings in the UK where one party may have an international connection. In parallel to the Team’s international operations, it also thrives off its healthy national practice dealing with clients within the UK. So whether you are living in the UK or abroad and are considering or facing legal action, you should take advice at the earliest opportunity and speak to our top-rated Family Law firm today.
In addition to the expertise that our family lawyers have in dealing with divorces and financial matters arising out of the breakdown of a relationship, they are extremely able to assist in the following other matters:
Experienced divorce lawyer UK providing clear advice on separation, finances and child arrangements, with confidential support tailored to you.
It may be that you wish to end an unhappy marriage or you may have received a divorce petition from your spouse. Whatever has happened, it is completely natural to start worrying about the future, your finances, your home and your children. If you are divorcing in another country, different laws will apply to making your financial settlement final, so it’s important to seek expert legal advice. At IMD Solicitors our international divorce lawyers are here to help.
Dealing with a divorce or separation is a challenging and emotional time, particularly when there are complex financial matters to consider. This is further complicated when the divorce or separation involves parties from different countries, and assets are located across borders. In such cases, it is essential to have the support of experienced International Financial Settlement Lawyers who can help navigate the legal complexities of international family law.
When a relationship ends, concerns for your children’s welfare will no doubt be your priority. The international children lawyers at IMD Solicitors can advise on all options available to parents to ensure any issues as to where your children should live or contact issues are resolved.
Our UK based international child abduction lawyers can provide you with expert advice about your child abduction issues. Our offices are located in Manchester, London and Birmingham.
When divorce is not an option, separation agreements can be a way for unmarried couples to separate legally, whilst protecting the children, property, money and investments. At IMD Solicitors our separation agreement solicitors are here to help.
A separation agreement is a legal document made between a couple who are considering separating or have already separated. Married partners, those in a civil partnership or cohabitating couples may choose to consider entering into a separation agreement.
In the UK, cohabiting couples do not have the same automatic legal protections as married couples or civil partners. Our specialist solicitors can help you create a cohabitation agreement or declaration of trust to clarify property, finances, and responsibilities. Get professional advice to protect your interests and make informed decisions about your legal rights.
Pre- and post-nuptial agreements allow couples to set out how assets, finances, and property will be divided if the relationship ends. Prenups are agreed before marriage or civil partnership, while postnups are made after. Both must be fair, voluntary, and transparent to be considered by UK courts. Our expert family law team in Manchester, London, and Birmingham can guide you through the process to ensure your agreement meets legal requirements and protects your interests.
Our multi-cultural International Family Law Solicitors in the UK are highly trained and knowledgeable in all aspects of family law and will do their utmost to secure the best possible outcome for you.
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Acted for a German husband in a complex financial remedy matter. He decided to instruct IMD Solicitors after he had lost trust in his previously instructed solicitors and feared that he would not achieve a favourable outcome from the proceedings. The relevant assets were spread across the globe with some located in the UK (including a multi-million pound business), Gibraltar, Spain, Dubai, and Poland. The overall value of assets exceeded £24 million. The husband had been cut off from the matrimonial assets and excluded from control of the business that had been established by his family. The case involved the instruction of numerous experts, for business valuations, Capital Gains Tax reports, and opinions on the enforcement of orders in foreign jurisdictions, and dealing with several applications, including applications for orders to freeze assets, prevent the disposition of assets, for the joinder of parties, and to litigate conduct issues. The final result exceeded the client’s expectations.
We were instructed by a mother in a complex international children matter. She was required by orders of the UK courts to return the child to the UK from Poland. She had travelled with the child to Poland but, following unsuccessful application to extend her stay there in August 2017, she decided not to return to the UK because the child disclosed sexual abuse by a member of the paternal family and the father. In September 2018, the Polish court dismissed the father’s Hague Convention application for the child’s return on the basis of Article 13(b), a decision which the father appealed. In March 2019, the father applied to the UK High Court for an order for the child’s return pursuant to the procedure set out in Article 11(6) – (8) of the Brussels IIA Regulation. Despite the father’s unsuccessful Hague Convention application in Poland, the UK court ordered the return of the child. Article 11 does not allow the court of the returning country much discretion. After all of this, the mother instructed IMD Solicitors to apply to discharge the orders of the UK Court for the return of the child. Even in the face of the fact that most applications to discharge such return orders fail, we succeeded. We are currently awaiting a decision in the UK courts on a further application for the transfer of jurisdiction to the Polish courts where the mother resides with the child.
We represent a Spanish mother in respect of an urgent application for a Child Arrangements Order and Specific Issue Order in the UK seeking the relocation of the child to Spain. This was after the return of the child to the UK under Hague Convection proceedings which this mother lost in Spain. She was asking for an order for the relocation of the child back to Spain and an urgent interim Child Arrangements Order to allow her to see the child pending the final outcome of the UK proceedings. IMD successfully argued that, regardless of the return of the child to the UK under the Hague Convention, the mother should be allowed unsupervised overnight contact with the child. We were delighted to be able to secure her contact with the child for Christmas and she said that it was the best Christmas gift she could have wished for. The outcome of the application for the relocation is pending.
We currently represent the father in Child Arrangements Order proceedings issued by the mother in relation to variation of a UK order made in the face of numerous other international proceedings. He is an Italian National who has been living in France for the last 20 years and the mother is a Lithuanian national. The child is now 11 years old and proceedings concerning the child have been ongoing in various jurisdictions for the majority of the child`s life. Contested divorce proceedings including child arrangements took place in Monaco. The French Court and authorities were also involved, and various proceedings had been ongoing between parties since 2013 in France and Monaco. The parties’ divorce was pronounced in Monaco. Thereafter, in December 2020, the mother submitted an application to relocate to England with the child, and the relocation took place in June 2021. Upon relocation, the she lodged a child arrangement order application, seeking to register a judgment made in Monaco and to vary the same in respect of the contact arrangements between the father and the child. The father seeks for the child’s return to Monaco. Due to the parties’ mutual allegations and the associated international elements, various authorities and courts that have been involved in the case, the local authority has become involved with the family and a guardian has been instructed to represent the child in the UK proceedings. At present, these proceedings in England are ongoing and the outcome of the professional reports regarding the family are awaited.
We have acted for the Respondent Husband in relation to the financial remedy proceedings in the UK. The parties had various assets in the UK and Romania consisting mainly of the portfolio of properties but conduct issues were raised by the Wife due to a business of the Husband over which she had lost control and her allegations of dissipation of assets. The value of assets excluding the business were in a region of £3 million.
We act in financial remedy proceedings for a wife who is a Polish national. The matter’s complexity mainly comes from a dispute between the parties around land in Poland. Its value was initially in dispute but was then assessed by a joint expert to be in the region of half a million pounds. The total assets in this case are estimated to be worth over £1 million. The land in Poland is a subject to contract with a third party and is being leased as a photovoltaic (solar) farm. The division of the land to achieve an equal share of the assets is complicated due to the contract in place and plans for the future use of the land. Currently the parties are awaiting a final hearing but efforts are being made to reach a settlement with the aid of alternative dispute resolution and in order to save the parties money and avoid further delays.
We acted pro bono and worked together with a law firm in Poland to ensure that the Costa Rican Mother regains access to her child. The Mother’s only child was abducted from the UK in 2014. The Mother was successful with the abduction case and the UK family courts ordered the return of the child. The orders were recognised in Poland but unfortunately due to various issues with the Mother’s immigration status and court’s delays in Poland, the orders were never enforced. The Mother was facing removal from the UK and prospects of never seeing her child again. We have corresponded with various courts in Poland dealing with international abduction matters and we decided that an application for contact should be issued rather than any proceedings for further enforcement of the orders, as the Mother had not seen the child for around 7 years. At the same we secured the Mother’s stay in the UK making successful outside of immigration rules application
to extend her stay. We now receive regular photos from the Mother with her daughter, as face to face contact is taking place. We helped to secure an order of the Polish courts for the Mother to see the child regularly in person, whilst when she instructed us she was facing a prospect of never seeing her child again and being deported to Costa Rica.
We are experienced high net worth divorce lawyers providing clear advice on separation, finances and child arrangements for clients with substantial wealth and complex financial portfolios.
Our high net worth family Law lawyers advise individuals and families whose personal relationships involve significant wealth, complex asset structure and heightened sensitivity
Why us?
Our team is adept at handling intricate cases involving international elements, such as division of assets across borders, child abduction and child relocation. This makes us particularly suited for individuals with international family or business ties.
We are proud recipients of multiple national awards, a testament to our commitment to legal excellence. Our awards reflect our high standards and dedication to achieving the best outcomes for our clients. You can check the list of our awards by clicking here.
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Our firm has a proven track record of successfully handling complex legal cases, particularly those involving cross-border elements. Our expertise is especially beneficial for individuals seeking sophisticated legal solutions.
At IMD Solicitors LLP, we recognise the significance of cultural nuances in legal matters. Our team, with its diverse cultural backgrounds, is uniquely positioned to understand and empathetically address the specific needs of clients from various international communities.
We believe in a client-centric approach, offering personalised and compassionate legal advice. Understanding that each case is unique, we tailor our strategies to suit individual client needs.
Beyond family law, we offer a wide range of legal services, making us a one-stop solution for all your legal needs, whether personal or business-related.
We believe in empowering our clients with knowledge. Our team ensures that you are well informed about the legal processes and your options, enabling you to make educated decisions.
Our extensive network of international legal and professional contacts allows us to efficiently handle cases that span multiple jurisdictions, providing a seamless legal experience for our clients.
As a reputable law firm, we adhere to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, integrity, and professionalism in all our dealings.
International family law covers family related legal matters involving more than one country. This may include international divorce, cross-border child arrangements, relocation or disputes involving parents with different nationalities or living in different jurisdictions. IMD Solicitors helps clients with international legal complexities and reach clear, practical solutions.
Yes. If you or your spouse live abroad, hold assets overseas or if your child’s situation involves another country, IMD Solicitors can provide tailored legal advice. We assist clients with jurisdiction questions, cross-border negotiations and managing legal issues efficiently where multiple legal systems may apply.
If you are concerned about a child being taken abroad without consent or you are facing a cross-border parenting dispute, it’s important to get legal advice as soon as possible. International cases can move quickly and may involve urgent steps to protect a child’s welfare and your parental rights. IMD Solicitors can advise on next steps and support you throughout the process.
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