The Family Law department is headed by Andy Stout, an experienced solicitor and partner in the firm.
Our Family Law team have extensive experience in divorce matters, related financial disputes and children contact issues, including an Accredited Family Law Specialist with Resolution.
Our aim is to provide our clients with a flexible, caring and sympathetic service to suit all their needs, while remaining professional at all times. We want to offer clear, straightforward and uncomplicated legal advice. We can help you to make the right decisions for you and your family.
The firm’s Newark and Mansfield offices hold the Specialist Quality Mark Standard for Family Law awarded by the Legal Services Commission to undertake work under legal aid.
Our range of family law expertise includes:
The department also includes members of the Law Society’s Children Panel, which means we have solicitors qualified to represent children in care proceedings and all aspects of the law relating to children. Our solicitors regularly appear in Family Court contesting cases on behalf of clients and have appeared in the High Court.
Our experienced divorce solicitors will outline to you how you can protect yourself, and assets from future legal disputes. Using any member of our special divorce lawyer team, we will guide you towards a fair and amicable settlement which will give you the best opportunity to move on with your life.
An experienced divorce lawyer will outline how you can protect yourself from future legal disagreements while guiding you towards a fair settlement that will allow you to move on with your life.
Our Newark office offers an initial fixed-fee family law meeting for clients seeking advice on separation or divorce. Click here for details.
We offer a FREE phone-in family law clinic at our Southwell office, held on the first and last Tuesday evening of each month from 5pm-7pm. No appointment is needed to take advantage of this free verbal consultation. Just call 01636 813411 to speak to a solicitor in confidence.
Meet our family law team
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Andrew Stout Partner
Andy Stout qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and has worked as a Family, Children, Criminal and Personal Injury lawyer, specialising in Family law since 1999. He is Head of Family Law…
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Mathew Derbyshire Partner
Mathew qualified as a solicitor in 2012. He was welcomed into the partnership in June 2021. He works within the Family Law department at Tallents Solicitors in Mansfield, specialising in Children Law. Mathew was accepted…
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Laura Gibson Solicitor
Laura Gibson qualified as a Solicitor in December 2008 and joined the Family Law department of Tallents Solicitors in Mansfield in September 2022. She has more than 10 years’ experience…
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Cathryn Young Solicitor
Cathryn has worked in Family Law since qualifying as a solicitor in 2010. She works in the Family Law department of the Newark office and covers all areas of Family Law. Cathryn enjoys…
