Without experiencing our services, the only way to know if our flexible approach is as good as we say, is to see what others think.  Below are a few quotes from the leading UK legal directories, as well as from recent clients.

what the directories say about us...

"Blake Lapthorn has 'high standards and levels of expertise in family law'"

Legal 500 2011

"Blake Lapthorn’s team is ‘well organised, has its papers prepared well in advance and keeps in touch at all times’"

"Department head Christine Plews is ‘thorough and realistic in her advice’ and ‘has that quality that makes one feel special as a client’."

Legal 500 2010

what our clients say about us...

I am indeed grateful for the advice, help and support that I have received from the partners and staff of Blake Lapthorn [...]. I thank you [Karen Maloney] for helping me to achieve closure on this episode of my life."
Mr P, Oxford

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for offering such a professional service. You were always sympathetic and efficient and I thank you for your good will gesture reflected in the final bill.
Ms A, Oxfordshire

A very personal service, I felt I really mattered and wasn't just another divorcee.  Excellent communication and attention to detail.  Good forward planning.  A tightly run team who all knew who I was. 
Mrs C, Oxford

I would like to give you my heartfelt thanks for all your support to me while I was moving apart from my partner. It was a very difficult time and your professional approach was an enormous help as well as a reassurance in the event that anything  else had happened.
Mrs Q, Oxford

A note to say thank you for finally getting everything sorted for me.... I know where you are if I need you.
Mrs B, Fareham

Just a little note to say thank you so much for your help today.  I came out feeling so much clearer about the way forward having felt in a complete muddle.
Mrs W, Fareham

My sincerest thanks for all of your help and support throughout a difficult period.  I am entirely pleased with your representation and management of my case, all of which was done with a high degree of professionalism and consideration for the client.
Mr P, Oxford
 

Thank you for all your hard work and efforts - you have been a great support through what has been an incredibly stressful time.  I would not hesitate in recommending you.
Mrs C, Newbury

Thank you very much for your kind attention and your team's care and attention in this matter.
Mr S, Winchester

Thank you for helping me over these difficult few months.  Your concern and kindness goes before you.
Mrs A, Southampton

I really appreciate all of your advice to date – it has, thanks to your expertise, been relatively stress free.
Mr T, Oxford

Your knowledge, professionalism and approachability combined with elements of compassion and understanding make you a credit, and a valuable asset, to your practice.
Mr D, Witney

Thank you for your professional and emotional support.
Mrs Y, Portsmouth

Very many thanks, I would appreciate a referral to someone like yourself (prompt, efficient, focussed on outcome, readily takes instruction - once satisfied that the client understands the advice, and never makes an unnecessary meal of things). Rarer talents than you would probably believe.
Mrs X, Oxfordshire

I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to you from us for all your hard work and support over the last 6 months.
Mrs T, Oxford

I would like to thank you very much for your assistance and all the work you have done for me on this case. You have made the process at lot more bearable with your ease of explanation and the care you have taken.
Ms J, London

For further information or to talk to someone about a specific matter, please call a Family law team member in the office nearest you:

Christine Plews in our Oxford office on 01865 254213 or christine.plews@bllaw.co.uk.

Simon Burge in our Southampton office on 023 8085 7088 or simon.burge@bllaw.co.uk.

Fiona Wilson in our London office on 020 7814 6909 or fiona.wilson@bllaw.co.uk.

Jane Longworth in our Portsmouth office on 023 9222 1122 or jane.longworth@bllaw.co.uk

Alternatively, please email our general helpdesk on familylawinfo@bllaw.co.uk