Family Dispute Resolution

Dedicated to resolving family disputes

Here at Hart Brown, we understand that a relationship breakdown is never easy. Our team of specialist solicitors are experts in family dispute resolution, prioritising the best outcomes for all parties involved. If your relationship has broken down, achieving an amicable, constructive resolution is crucial. Using alternative methods to resolve family disputes, our experienced solicitors utilise collaborative processes and mediation wherever possible. We aim to start with these methods as we find them less stressful for our clients and more cost-effective than going to court.

Our family law solicitors are trained in the collaborative process, where all parties agree to work together without resorting to court proceedings. We work hard to ensure that the family dispute resolution process runs as smoothly as possible, ensuring all parties are well informed throughout the proceedings. Highly experienced in resolving family disputes, our solicitors are here to help parties reach an agreement that satisfies both sides.

Throughout the process, our family law solicitors are committed to offering expert guidance on the most suitable dispute resolution method for your unique situation. Whether it’s through the Collaborative Process, Mediation, or through the courts, we will carefully assess your circumstances and provide tailored advice to help you move forward.

Our dedicated team of family dispute solicitors can help with the following:

  • Resolving disputes during divorce and separation
  • Disputes involving children
  • Disputes over the family home
  • Disputes over financial arrangements during divorce
  • Disputes over pension provisions in divorce

For more information about our family law dispute resolution services and to find out how we can help you, please get in touch with a member of our team on 01483 887766, by email or via live chat.

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Dimple Patel

Senior Associate, Family Law

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Senior Associate, Family Law

Dimple Patel

Dimple is a Senior Associate Solicitor in the family law department. She qualified as a solicitor in 2007 after reading law at City University and has worked as a family solicitor in both Surrey and London. She joined Hart Brown in 2022.

Her practice involves advising on all aspects of family law and in particular the financial aspects of divorce and dissolution of civil partnership. She has extensive experience in negotiating financial settlements and advises clients with substantial assets including family businesses, pensions, trusts, foreign assets and inherited wealth as well as clients with more modest income and assets. She also deals with the variation and enforcement of existing financial orders.

Dimple assists clients to protect assets and family wealth through prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She also assists cohabiting couples with cohabitation agreements, financial and property disputes as well as financial claims for children of unmarried parents under Schedule 1 Children Act.

Dimple has considerable experience advising on arrangements for children following divorce and separation including relocation of children both within England and Wales and abroad. She also assists clients where there are concerns around domestic abuse through personal protection injunctions such as Non-Molestation and Occupations Orders.

Dimple is a member of Resolution, a national organisation of family lawyers and other professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. She aims to provide practical, tailored advice to enable her clients to make informed choices with a focus on early settlement.

Dimple often receives wonderful feedback from her clients, here are just a few testimonials.

“Dimple is very professional and reliable. I was able to always count on her excellent advice, quick responses to my queries and sympathetic balanced communications with all parties. I would whole heartedly recommend her to anyone dealing with family legal issues”

“Dimple quickly understood the challenges I was facing and we spoke a lot on the phone which I found helpful and calming. She is very bright, professional and warm and just the person one needs when dealing with difficult and unfamiliar issues. Dimple is committed, has good judgment and eye for detail. She is a highly competent solicitor and I highly recommend her.”

“Thank you so much for your help, support and advice through this difficult process. I appreciate all you’ve done and look forward to a brighter future, thanks to your help”

“Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for me. You were so easy to work with at every stage of the game and I really appreciated having you to turn to. I still can’t believe how smoothly everything went! And the good news is, I’m genuinely finding happiness again in my life.”

“Thank you for your assistance and support over the last few years in relation to my difficult and challenging divorce proceedings and help to conclude the child matters with the best result I could have hoped for. I appreciate all your efforts on my case. I am so happy that I am spending quality time with my son and that he is getting to know his extended paternal family. Thank you for helping to make this happen.”

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