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Wales
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonald Griffiths John Solicitors Criminal Defence Specialists | × | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Swansea / Haverfordwest / Newport / Carmarthen / Rhymney |
| Duncan Lewis Solicitors ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Cardiff / Swansea / England & Wales |
| Reeds Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Cardiff / Bridgend / England & Wales |
| Watkins & Gunn | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | Cardiff / Newport / Pontypool |
| Harding Evans Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Newport / Cardiff / South Wales |
| Devonalds Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | Bridgend / Pontypridd / Talbot Green |
| Gomer Williams Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | Llanelli / Swansea / South Wales |
| CJCH Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Cardiff / Barry / Bridgend |
| Grant Stephens Family Law | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Cardiff / South Wales |
| Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Cardiff / Wales |
Duncan Lewis Solicitors | ✓ Verified by firm | Contact: 0333 772 2409 | Website: www.duncanlewis.co.uk | Use lace & blades as reference
Duncan Lewis Solicitors have a highly experienced Family and Childcare team advising on a wide range of complex matters, including domestic abuse, child protection and children law and divorce. The specialists provide clear and compassionate guidance tailored to each client’s circumstances. The team is recognised for handling sensitive and high-risk cases with expertise in domestic abuse. Urgent and complex cases: Duncan Lewis confirmed urgent domestic abuse/protection order enquiries are accepted and that their criminal law team can assist where victims face allegations linked to retaliation, self-defence, coercive control, trauma responses or complex fleeing situations.
North Wales
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J W Hughes & Co | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Llandudno / Conwy / North Wales |
| Winrow Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | North Wales |
| Gamlins Law | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Rhyl / Mold / Ruthin / North Wales |
| Edward Hughes Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Rhyl / North Wales |
| Swayne Johnson Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Denbigh / St Asaph / North Wales |
| Allington Hughes Law | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Wrexham / Chester / North Wales |
| Cyril Jones & Co | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Wrexham / North Wales |
| Hopleys GMA | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Wrexham / North Wales |
| PSR Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Rhyl / Colwyn Bay |
| Bone & Payne Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Llandudno / Colwyn Bay |
North England
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Lewis Solicitors ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | North England / England & Wales |
| David Gray Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Newcastle / North East |
| Ben Hoare Bell LLP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Newcastle / Sunderland / Middlesbrough |
| Ison Harrison Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | Yorkshire |
| Switalskis Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | Yorkshire / North England |
| Cartwright King Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Manchester / Nottingham / National |
| Stephensons Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Manchester / Wigan / National |
| JMW Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | Manchester / Liverpool / London |
| Olliers Solicitors | × | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | Manchester / National criminal defence |
| Burton Copeland Solicitors | × | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | Manchester / Criminal defence |
| Slater and Gordon | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | Manchester / Liverpool / National |
South England
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Lewis Solicitors ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | South England / England & Wales |
| Lyons Bowe ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | South West / South England |
| National Legal Service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | England & Wales |
| Trethowans | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Southampton / Salisbury / Bournemouth |
| Moore Barlow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Southampton / Guildford / London |
| Biscoes Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Portsmouth / Hampshire / Isle of Wight |
| Family Law Partners | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Brighton / Horsham / South East |
| Edward Cooke Family Law | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Chichester / Brighton / South Coast |
| Crisp & Co Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | London / South England |
| Miles & Partners | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | London / South East |
| Taylor Rose | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | South England / National |
Lyons Bowe Solicitors | ✓ Verified by firm | Contact: Lucy Woodward-Gray | Email: lucy.woodward-gray@lyonsbowe.co.uk | Website: www.lyonsbowe.co.uk | Use Lace & Blades as reference Lyons Bowe Solicitors have a highly experienced Family Law team advising on a range of sensitive and urgent matters, including domestic abuse, injunctions, finances, children matters, non-molestation orders, occupation orders, child arrangements and urgent protective applications. The firm confirmed they act in urgent cases and provide private-only services. Lyons Bowe offer a confidential, friendly and sensitive approach to domestic abuse matters, with options including out-of-hours appointments, face-to-face appointments and Teams calls. They also conduct their own advocacy, which may assist in keeping costs to a minimum. Areas covered: Exeter, South Wales, Somerset, Devon, North Devon, Wiltshire, Bath and Bristol.
East England
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Lewis Solicitors ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Slough / East & South East / England & Wales |
| Reeds Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Luton / East England / England & Wales |
| Tees Law | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Essex / Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire |
| Ashtons Legal | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Cambridge / Ipswich / Norwich / East Anglia |
| Birketts | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Norwich / Ipswich / Cambridge / Chelmsford |
| Buckles Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Peterborough / Cambridge / National |
| Family Law Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | Nottingham / Peterborough / East Midlands |
| Rayden Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Hertfordshire / London / Birmingham / Bristol |
| THB Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Essex / East London |
| Hunt & Coombs Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Peterborough / Huntingdon |
West England
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Lewis Solicitors ✓ Verified by firm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | West England / England & Wales |
| Coodes Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | Cornwall / North Devon |
| Barcan+Kirby Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | Bristol / South West |
| Wards Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Bristol / South West |
| Watkins Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | × | Bristol / South West |
| Tozers Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Devon / Exeter / South West |
| Stephens Scown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Cornwall / Devon / South West |
| Battens Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | Somerset / Dorset / South West |
| Irwin Mitchell | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | × | Bristol / Birmingham / National |
| HCR Law | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | Birmingham / Worcester / Cheltenham / Hereford |
| Richard Nelson LLP | × | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | Birmingham / National criminal defence |
Scotland
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Macleod | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Glasgow / Edinburgh / Inverness / Highlands / Scotland |
| Livingstone Brown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Glasgow / Scotland |
| Beltrami & Company | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Glasgow / Scotland |
| Beltrami & Company — Sexual Offences | × | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Glasgow / Scotland |
| Scullion LAW | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Glasgow / Hamilton / Scotland |
| Tod & Mitchell | × | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Glasgow / East Kilbride / Scotland |
| The Robert Kerr Partnership | × | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Paisley / Greenock / Scotland |
| MJS Criminal Defence Lawyers | × | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Dunfermline / Scotland |
| MTM Defence Lawyers | × | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | Falkirk / Scotland |
| SKO Family Law Specialists | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Edinburgh / Scotland |
| Drummond Miller | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | × | Edinburgh / Glasgow / Central Scotland |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland note: Northern Ireland is part of the UK but has its own legal system and legal aid rules. Domestic abuse protection may be described through non-molestation orders, occupation orders, barring orders, exclusion orders or related remedies depending on the case. Always contact the firm or service directly to confirm whether they can help.
| Law firm | Protection orders / injunctions | Family law | Domestic violence / sexual violence | Historic abuse | Accepts legal aid cases | Criminal defence | Area covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| McCartan Turkington Breen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| McCartan Turkington Breen — Criminal Law | × | × | × | × | × | ✓ | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| John Boston & Co Solicitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | × | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| John Fahy & Co Solicitors | × | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | Derry/Londonderry / Strabane / Northern Ireland |
| P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | Belfast / Dungannon / Omagh / Northern Ireland |
| Owen Beattie & Co Solicitors | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| O’Neill Solicitors | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| McAteer & Co Solicitors | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | × | Belfast / Northern Ireland |
| Victim Support NI — SOLA | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | Northern Ireland |
