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Family Law Solicitors and Divorce Lawyers Cardiff and the Vale

First Line Family Law is a specialist team of family law solicitors and divorce solicitors in Cardiff.  Our family lawyers have extensive experience and have a proven track record in achieving success.  We understand that those experiencing family breakdown are facing one of the most challenging times in their lives.  Our family lawyers pride themselves on their compassionate and empathetic approach, whilst also providing a professional and expertise service, consistently delivering excellent results each time.   

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Tailored Services

When developing the concept and the processes that underpin First Line Family Law the overarching aim was to find, offer and provide a personal and tailored plan and service that sits hand in hand with an affordable cost that makes no compromise on quality of service. As such First Line Family Law offers extremely competitive hourly rates in conjunction with Fixed Fees.

For an initial no obligation meeting with a specialist Solicitor (evenings and Saturday appointments available) telephone: 02920 660 163 or email: richard@firstlinefamilylaw.com

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Richard Davies

Richard is a Resolution accredited specialist family lawyer with particular specialisms in Children Law (private) and Advanced Financial Provision.

He graduated from the University of North London in 1998 and after working in the private sector for several large corporations he returned to University in 2002 to study Law. He graduated in 2006 after undertaking both a Law degree and the Legal Practice Course.

Until establishing First Line Family Law, Richard was a Solicitor/co-Director in a busy specialist Family Law firm in Cardiff. Before specialising in Family Law, Richard practiced in various areas of law inclusive of Conveyancing, Employment Law, Personal Injury and Civil Litigation.

The personal touch​

Richard is able to undertake his own advocacy and regularly attends court and has developed a solid reputation for robustly representing his clients. His previous cases have involved him personally conducting trials and interim hearings in various cases encompassing all areas of Family Law (including Children Act 1989 applications and Financial Remedy proceedings) to Cohabitation Disputes. He has a particular interest in Children Act 1989 proceedings and has worked on various complicated cases including adoption, violence towards children and cases with an international element. He has represented parents, grandparents and extended family alike. His Financial Remedy practice has led him to represent clients in complex financial matters that have included foreign assets and applications by third parties to join existing legal proceedings.
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