Child abduction solicitors
Our compassionate child abduction solicitors are dedicated to working collaboratively with you to ensure your child's safe return.
Parents might not be aware that it's possible to be accused of abducting their own children. If you're worried about abduction risks, your children not coming back, or being accused of child abduction, our compassionate solicitors are here to offer guidance and support.
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The team provides an exceptional service of early, clear and realistic advice, very high attention to detail, considered and careful analysis of all realistic angles, and options to ensure that every step is taken at the appropriate time to ensure that the client's interests are best promoted and secured.
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The team offers a professional service. All of the members of the team I have dealt with have been knowledgeable and committed to getting the best result for the client.
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The care taken by the team is remarkable and reassuring for clients.
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An efficient team performing at a high level.
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A wonderful team who offer pragmatic advice whilst robustly defending the interests of their clients.
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Weightmans family law department is very dynamic. Being part of a larger firm means that they are able to draw on the expertise of other departments in the firm, which can be extremely helpful.
Legal 500 2025 -
Highly specialised family law team with a breadth of experience.
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The team at Weightmans is well known and respected in the family law market... They approach complex family law matters in a straightforward manner that is focused on resolution for their clients.
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The team is made up of extremely capable individuals dealing with complex and high-net-worth work. They are all technically very sound and work in a collaborative way with other lawyers.
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Weightmans have expanded hugely their family law capacity which is testament to their aspirations within this space... Experience, reputation and depth all add to the overall approach.
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The family team are totally focused on assisting clients to identify their immediate needs as well as helping them to gain clarity around the future. They take a family focused view and work on the assumption that court action should be avoided if at all possible by working collaboratively with other solicitors.
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The team provided fantastic communication and sound advice throughout the process. All possible outcomes and costs were set out at the beginning - they couldn’t have been more helpful.
Chambers 2025 -
The team showed total professional attention to detail and gave me inspiration to continue even when things seemed unsurmountable.
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They couldn’t be more efficient and nothing is ever too much trouble for them.
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Clients get what they pay for at Weightmans in that the preparation is meticulous. They are so good at looking after the client and making sure that everything is where it needs to be.
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The lawyers are very experienced with knowledge encompassing a broad range of family law issues. They are adept at dealing with cross-border disputes and I would rate them as very strong in this area.
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Weightmans is very up to speed in the latest legal trends and has good connections with the legal profession.
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Weightmans has technically competent lawyers with a focus on solutions and the team is very pleasant to deal with, which benefits their clients.
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Weightmans is efficient, experienced and professional. The team has an excellent range of experiences and ability, and they provide immediate responses.
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