Empowering families
to build new beginnings

Brighton & Hove Law is a specialist family law practice. We are committed to achieving positive outcomes for families when their relationships break down, so they can successfully move forward with their lives.

Who are we?

We are a team of compassionate, skilled solicitors and lawyers that are committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for our clients across an array of issues. We work to create a compassionate, non-judgemental environment so our clients can approach their issues with confidence and clarity. See more information on our team.

  • We are ranked top for divorce law and family law by Chambers, the best independent guide
  • The Law Society has accredited us as specialist family lawyers and awarded us certification against Law Society standards
  • As members of Resolution, we follow a code of practice that encourages solutions over confrontations and aims to minimise acrimony

We offer our services to clients across Brighton, Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, London and the South.

Brighton - Hove - Shoreham by Sea - Worthing - Lancing - Lewes - Polegate - Newhaven - Seaford - Eastbourne - Hailsham - Uckfield - Hayward’s Heath - Surrey - Hampshire - Chichester - Bognor - Southsea

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We provide pragmatic, cost-effective advice on the breakdown of a relationship and family issues. We aim to minimise the emotional and financial damage experienced by both parties and any children involved by providing a supportive, innovative approach to family law issues.

We treat each of our clients individually and offer quality, specialist legal advice in an array of issues. We also represent our clients where social services may be involved with the family in a non-judgemental and compassionate environment.  

Client Testimonials

Lucy has the rare quality of combining compassion and understanding with excellent knowledge and professionalism. She always made sure I understood what were sometimes difficult legal processes and she was realistic about time-frames and risks. Lucy manages to calm difficult situations and we got the best result possible. I hope I won’t need her services again but have already recommended her to a colleague.

Ms C

Sarah has been unfailingly professional and client focused throughout. Her enthusiasm and commitment to always providing the best legal advice and assistance to clients is unparalleled. I would have no hesitation in referring a friend or family to Sarah in the event of them having a family law issue.

Michael Valks, Barrister

Dear Sarah, I would like to say a massive thank you to you for all your help and support, you have made handling my matter so much easier and I would highly recommend you and Brighton and Hove Law to a friend or family. Thank you so much once again, I wish you all the best for the future too.

Mr R

Thank you for all your help Sarah. I would not have got to this point on my own without your help. I appreciate everything you’ve done and the way you have always been so approachable and understanding of my situation. Without having you there this past year, I would be in a much more anxious and unhappy state of mind – and I would have felt helpless and unable to speak during the hearings.

Ms G

Samantha Barker is a highly driven solicitor, who is passionate about client care. She goes over and beyond to serve her clients and is meticulous in preparation of highly sensitive and serious cases. I am always fully instructed by her within childcare family proceedings and find that her case management and follow up of the proceedings, is highly professional. Ms Barker is highly motivated in obtaining the best outcome for her clients.

Aisha Jamil, Barrister

I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your services, advice and much help you gave me this year. You were very kind and patient with me Lucy and I could not have got through it without you.

Ms C

It is a breath of fresh air to encounter such a dedicated and experienced Family Law Team at Brighton and Hove Law who service a broad spectrum of family work, especially supporting and advising parents whose children are subject to public law proceedings. Their dedication to clients who require special care, support and protection is unrivalled. As part of that team, Samantha Barker shows a real depth of experience and knowledge of family law and will pursue cases boldly and vigorously often achieving positive results which at the outset looked very unlikely.

Mark Love, Head of Chambers

Thank you for all your help through my divorce. It has truly been an incredibly stressful ordeal, much more than I ever thought it would be. What I originally thought would be a simple and even quick divorce and parting of the ways, turned into something really quite different and ugly. However, you have kept me updated through the whole procedure, explained my options to me and the process. Some of which not always clear to me so thank you for your patience. You have also been mindful of costings of which I am grateful. Your attention to detail was also very reassuring, especially at a times when I just wanted the whole thing to be over.
So again, thank you.

Mrs W – Brighton 

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