Divorce & Family Law Solicitors In Nottingham & the East Midlands

Our expert Nottingham & East Midlands family and divorce solicitors can help you with a variety of legal matters. We’re based at City Gate East, just a 15-minute walk from Nottingham train station, but we offer our services to families all across the Midlands and work closely with our Birmingham & Sheffield offices.

We offer a fixed fee initial consultation, giving you the chance to discuss your problem with an experienced solicitor. This could be a complex divorce, child arrangements, fertility law or disputes over finances. Whatever your issue, we’ll be able to support you and help you to achieve the result you need in a tailored and caring manner.

During what can be a stressful time, our solicitors will be on hand to make sure your matter is resolved smoothly.

If you’d like to find out more about how our Nottingham & East Midlands family and divorce lawyers can help you, contact our friendly team.

What family law and divorce services do we offer in Nottingham?

Our Nottingham divorce and family law team can help with a range of legal matters, including:

Why choose Irwin Mitchell’s Nottingham family law solicitors?

Our Nottingham & East Midlands family team understand that legal cases involving your family can be particularly emotional and stressful. We handle each case with the sensitivity and professionalism needed, making sure you’re fully supported while also working to get you the result you need. Our team recognise that there are a number of different ways to resolve matters and will work to find the right fit for you and your case.

Our experience spans a wide range of areas, including divorce, negotiating financial settlements and child-related issues. Our specialists in Nottingham are also experienced in the complex area of surrogacy as well as LGBT+ and same sex relationship issues. Our expert James Henshall is particularly noted in national directories as having “a growing practice in surrogacy and modern families work”.

Our Family team is recognised by independent legal guides, The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. We’re constantly ranked as a top tier firm for the family law support we provide and one of our experts in Nottingham, James Henshall, is referred to in the Legal 500 as a key lawyer: “He is very talented and knowledgeable with exceptional clients skills”.

We’re one of a few law firms in the UK who have qualified mediators as part of our team. Mediation can be useful for resolving family disputes in a safe and non-bias environment.

Which areas do we cover around Nottingham?

As well as covering the whole of Nottingham, our family team can help families in neighbouring East Midlands areas, including:

  • Leicester
  • Derby
  • Lincoln
  • Mansfield
  • Loughborough
  • Rutland
  • Boston
  • Sleaford
  • Louth
  • Burton upon Trent
  • Newark-on-Trent
  • Ilkeston
  • Grantham.

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Awards & Accreditations

We're always proud to be recognised for the work we do for our clients and have been named as a leading firm in the latest legal guides - which provide information and recommendations about lawyers and law firms in the UK.

Legal 500 - Top Tier Firm2025
Family Law Team Of The Year 2023

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Gillian Coverly was outstanding in her professionalism, in her knowledge but also in the manner in which she worked with our family as a time of great shock and distress, even out of hours when we needed help. Her sensitivity and empathetic nature helped us worked though what was a time pressing ...

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