You have restored my faith in family lawyers

Dear Richard

This is a little late in coming to you but it was really important to me that it conveys my appreciation and heartfelt thanks that you so deserve and I'm still not sure I'll ever be able to fully do justice in that regard.

I came to you desperate and left in a very dire position, thanks to a system that largely deals in blame and fuelling dispute, poor advice and bad lawyering. Having been in an abusive relationship, which had left me disempowered anyway from the beginning and then coupled with an acrimonious divorce thereafter, I was bereft at not being able to protect my children and left with no confidence in the system and someone to help them and me. Then a very good friend found you and not only have my children been protected but you have restored my faith in family lawyers and I feel more empowered again, with strength, new skills and resilience to keep moving it forward in a positive way for my family.

Without your help I would not have been able to physically sit in the same room as my abusive ex. I cannot express how much of a difference your help has made in that respect. It has not only been your ability to try and steer from dispute that has made an impact but I actually feel you have helped to heal some of the damage that was done. Thank you for your calm understanding, insight and assistance which have meant so much.

Richard, you have worked tirelessly and the difference in your work ethic to that of other lawyers is truly commendable. It felt as though you put in as much effort to protect my children as if they could have been your own. Your professionalism, energy, strategy and commitment led to success, where I had thought all was lost.

The family law system needs more firms such as yourselves that understand the dynamics of dispute. It is a sorry state of affairs and a very sad fact that there just isn't enough understanding in this area with family law and unfortunately this drives conflict and disputes to an even higher level. That doesn't help anyone and certainly not the children caught in the middle. Families unfortunately separate all the time but it doesn't mean it has to be acrimonious and your approach that even where there are significant issues within the parental roles, is to steer away from litigation and aid communication is invaluable, even if, unfortunately, the same cannot be said or mirrored from the other side.

I know we (my family) still have an uphill struggle, but without you, I dread to think where we would be.

Thank you, LG x