Family Law Services
We offer a full range of Family Legal Services. Whether you are embarking upon living together or whether your marriage has broken down and you require advice we can help and in most cases can offer a fixed fee.
Please contact us today for a free no obligation discussion or quote.
We serve clients throughout the Cumbria and South Lakes area, from the centre of Kendal to Barrow in Furness. Whether you want a face to face appointment with a Solicitor in Kendal or want to deal with us remotely via email, video or telephone, we tailor our services to your needs.
We offer a full range of Family legal services from private children matters, divorce, financial matters upon divorce, to drafting of bespoke legal documents such as prenuptial agreements, living together agreements and separation agreements.
Our Solicitors in Kendal frequently appear throughout the Family Courts in the Carlisle and Barrow County and Family Courts and have a wealth of experience in all family law areas. They are members of Resolution and the Family Mediation Consortium. Our Richard Hirst is very well known throughout the Kendal area and has served clients in this area for over 30 years.
We offer a full residential conveyancing service whether you are buying or selling a property ranging from freehold properties to leasehold properties and new builds. Whether you are buying or selling property in the Lake District or in Kendal, Barrow in Furness, Penrith or Carlisle and it`s surrounding areas, we can meet your legal needs.
Our firm is accredited with the CQS mark which stands for Conveyancing Quality Scheme
We offer a range of fixed fees for all conveyancing which is based upon the value of the property, whether you are buying or selling the property and whether it is leasehold or freehold, registered land or unregistered land.
Jessica Blacow ,Stephen Ogden and Rebecca Lord specialise in residential property and shall see your matter through from start to finish.
Our Commercial Property team is headed up by Stephen Ogden and he has a wide range of experience in all commercial lease and commercial property related matters. Our team can advise on commercial lease drafting, development and finance, sub-leasing and assignment, service charge and ground rent disputes and any other commercial property related dispute.
Our Solicitors in Kendal offer a full Will writing service and can offer a range of fixed fees whether you require a single Will for yourself or a mirror will for you and your Partner / Spouse.
Our Solicitors and Lawyers deal with a wide variety of estate work, ranging from straightforward applications for Grants of Probate through to locating potential beneficiaries arising out of intestate estates.
Some of our Solicitors have acted for families in Kendal and South Lakes area for many decades. Our Richard Hirst who has acted for many families in the local area since the 1970`s and continues to do so to this day.
We deal with a wide variety of work in this area, from removing executors for breach of their executor duties to bringing claims on behalf of Beneficiaries pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975.
We follow the ACTAPS code of conduct and our Solicitors are very experienced in these complex and highly emotional types of disputes.
We undertake a wide range of civil litigation matters usually of medium to high value and of significant complexity. Including building and landscaping disputes, professional negligence matters.
You can be assured of high quality at Laker Legal Solicitors as we have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel Accredited Quality Mark for high standards of client care and practice management.
This quality mark is only awarded to Solicitor’s Practices which have undergone an external independent assessment of all their client care policies and case and file management systems.
We are of course authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales.
At Laker Legal we have obtained this quality mark because we know that all our clients want the very best quality of legal service available. We also believe that they want and deserve the best value for money.
We are proud to have supported a variety of local charities throughout Kendal the South Lakes areas and continue to do so as follows :
If you are unable to attend our various consulting rooms, we can arrange a home, workplace or hospital visit at your convenience. We do not charge clients for time spent travelling to and from appointments.
Here at Laker Legal Solicitors, we know how daunting and confusing undertaking any legal matter can be. Our experienced Solicitors will always take the time to explain exactly what is happening throughout the duration of your case.
Whether you’re going through the uncertainty of a divorce, require Lasting Power of Attorneys, or the drafting of a commercial lease, Laker Legal Solicitors are here to assist.