Any advice please
I have not been to see a solicitor yet but have accumulated lots of detail of finances etc regarding our 6 year , no children marriage . I was wondering if a free half hour with a Solicitor might be worth while and if they could give me an idea of what is a fair settlement if I take all details etc with me ? Will they give half hour free with no obligation to use again or do I have to sign up to their service for them to give me any real advice ?

They'll give half-hour free: But to be honest; I doubt you'd fare any better than with posting your details here; and I think in touting for more Business; they'll not tell you what you want to hear within that short session.
My free half-hour was with a trainee; who took details; and having established the size of our pot; recommended I'd need their Senior partner (at £200 plus vat per hour!) I did use her on a consultancy basis, and for the actual Divorce, (not for AR) this has done nothing more than what I already knew from here.

Even the judge said that my particular solicitor is not familiar with him or his court; and suggested someone who knows his court to assertain a likely outcome; and his ruling.

A solicitor will give limited advice. (And there are sols that post here) and then they often suggest you seek a Barristers advice. You'd need to instruct them to act for you; and that's when the fees mount up.

If you post here: Ages of parties; Pensions, Assets; Incomes; Value of home, equity in it etc; etc...(maybe even advise who paid for what; and what you'd want out of it) you'd probably get a good idea of how these things will be resolved.

Start with us!

A solicitor will give limited advice. (And there are sols that post here) and then they often suggest you seek a Barristers advice.


I got one hour (of a Senior Partners time) for £40 (and it over ran; he didn't mind, so I was probably on the phone for 1.5 hours)That was from a website: Divorce on Line.

His advice was sound; and it saved hundreds on a local solicitors fee. However; I'd have got the same advice here on Wiki, but I hadn't found it then.