Ian Jonathan Berkeley-Hurst
Services

Areas of Practice

Advice is provided across the principal areas of family law, with particular focus on matters involving complexity, discretion and long-term consequence.

Fees are charged on an hourly basis. Current rate: £400 plus VAT.

Divorce and Separation

Advice and representation in divorce proceedings, including jurisdictional considerations and strategic management of the process from the outset.

Financial Settlements

Financial remedy matters involving property, pensions, business interests, income and wider asset structures. Particular emphasis is placed on achieving balanced and sustainable outcomes.

Child Arrangements

Matters concerning children are approached with sensitivity and care, ensuring that arrangements properly reflect welfare, safeguarding and practical reality.

Domestic Abuse Protection

Applications for protective orders and urgent relief, handled with discretion and efficiency where immediate intervention is required.

Prenuptial Agreements

Drafting and advising on pre- and post-nuptial agreements, particularly in the context of protecting pre-acquired, family or business wealth.

Cohabitation Disputes

Advice in disputes between unmarried couples, including property claims, contributions and financial arrangements following separation.

Divorce and Financial Settlement Solicitor

The practice advises on divorce, financial remedy proceedings, child arrangements and related family law matters for clients in Bath and throughout England & Wales.

Work may involve property, pensions, companies, trusts, inherited wealth, disclosure issues and negotiations intended to achieve a measured long-term outcome.

Approach

Each matter is approached with careful analysis, discretion and a focus on long-term outcome rather than short-term advantage.

The emphasis is on clarity, measured judgement and achieving results which are both legally sound and practically workable.

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