News / 08.04.2019 School Holidays – Child Arrangement Orders Following Divorce and Separation For many parents, the dilemma of how to keep their children entertained for six weeks is just one of their worries. Following a divorce or separation, there is often the difficult question of who the... Read More

News / 21.01.2019 100 Years of Women in Law 2019 marks 100 years since women were able to qualify as solicitors. In 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act came into force and so paved the way for women to be admitted into the legal profess... Read More

News / 14.01.2019 How you can come unstuck with DIY online divorce In these cash strapped times, more people are doing their own online divorce but there are significant financial risks of not getting legal advice from a specialist family law solicitor. It is vital... Read More

News / 02.01.2019 Adultery is a clear ground for a divorce – right? There is only one ground for a divorce and that is that the “marriage has broken down irretrievably”.  To all non-lawyers out there this seems to be pretty clear and quite simple.&nbs... Read More

News / 12.11.2018 Battens Rewards Workers with Three Key Promotions David Stephens, Chairman of Battens solicitors, has announced the promotion of three of its staff by awarding them significant promotions. Gemma Galvani, Georgina Bacon, and Oliver Thorp have all... Read More

News / 21.12.2017 Battens Solicitor Earns Revered Accreditation Battens Solicitors has reason to celebrate this festive season thanks to the hard work of Family Law team member Georgina Bacon, who has been awarded a place on the Law Society’s prestigious Chi... Read More

News / 18.12.2017 Divorced Women Lose Out on £5 billion a Year in Pension Payments A survey, commissioned by Scottish Widows, has found that women are losing out on £5 billion per year, by not considering pensions during financial proceedings following a divorce. According to... Read More

News / 24.07.2017 Battens Expands Family Law Team Tracey Parsons, former head of a family law team in London, has joined one of the South West's most successful law firms, Battens Solicitors.  Tracey, who practiced law in London for 12 years&nb... Read More

News / 24.07.2017 Agree to Disagree As family solicitors we know that relationships break down for a whole host of reasons. Obvious examples are when others get involved or interfere, when there are money disputes or differences over... Read More

News / 23.05.2017 The Farmer Wants a Wife... Protecting the family assets. When farming couples divorce sorting out the financial settlement is notoriously difficult to resolve.  The business and the family home need to be valued and... Read More

News / 27.04.2017 Sun, Lotion, Passport .... Consent? Jetting off on a well deserved summer holiday with your children or grandchildren should be a happy experience even if it means lots of packing and organising. For families who are separated, however... Read More

News / 27.02.2017 Battens Becomes the South West's Go-To Firm for Children's Law Battens Solicitors, one of the largest law firms in the South West, now has one of the strongest children law teams in the region following the announcement that Gemma Galvani‎, from its Family La... Read More