Smith May Solicitors LLP

Smith May Solicitors have helped me through my divorce. From the first moment I had direct contact with my solicitor. She gave me legal advice and helped me make important decisions. It was encouraging for me to know that she was there when I had to communicate with my difficult husband. The price that was quoted at the beginning was a fixed amount, but as the process dragged from the initial 6 months to the two and a half years that it took to achieve the Final Order, the price also increased due to more emails, letters, phone calls and financial calculations. Even so, the price was a fraction of what other firms quoted.
I highly recommend Smith May if like me you feel alone, you don't want to spend thousands and thousands of pounds in your divorce, and you need a sensible voice guiding you through the process.

Smith May Solicitors did a fantastic job in representing myself.
The advice given was second to none and the level of support and activity throughout my case was outstanding

Joanne was very knowledgable, professional and reliable. Highly recommend her.

I used them for 30 minutes free legal advice. They were brilliant 🤩

I found Bridget to be professional & supportive.
My journey through the court system took 11 months, within that time Bridget communicated what was happening and what l need to do so l was kept fully aware.
On stressful court days Bridget was compassionate and understanding.

Bridget has supported and represented me throughout the past 2 years whilst I went through the process of my divorce. It was very complicated and emotionally difficult as our son is 9 and we had a family home to legally sort in our financial settlement.
Bridget has always been professional and clear with all information and never once made me feel like I was troubling her. Bridget listened to me and gave me clear guidance on what would happen next at each stage of the divorce process. I would 100% recommend Bridget and her law firm.

Bridget is very knowledgable of the area of law she assisted me with. She gave me clear and easily understandable advice for my decision.

From start to finish, Joanne was professional and exactly what I needed.

I’d never needed to use a solicitor for an employment reason before, but unfortunately the time came and I was recommended to Joanne by a former colleague.
I can now see why. Professional from word go and never overpromising, everything was kept understandable and straightforward for a legal luddite like myself.

Reasonable and caring through the entire process I felt as though I was important and was treated with respect.

Everything was completed in a timely manner and I was able to contact her at any reasonable time to discuss things.

Divorce is a difficult process, involving a veritable cocktail of emotions including loss, grief, disappointment, anger and so much more. I had not initiated divorce proceedings, and although we had been living separately for a time, there had been no discussion of divorce. Attempts to discuss anything might frequently be met with words like, "let's just let that slip away, shall we?"
On being told that he had applied on the web for a divorce on the grounds of my unreasonable behaviour, I was aghast. He was apparently suicidally depressed, did not want to use lawyers, and I was very anxious about the whole situation on a number of levels. In many ways I wanted a lawyer as a buffer against him - in short, for my own protection. I couldn't have found a better lawyer to act for me than Bridget, who was supportive, but in an action oriented way. In the emotional maelstrom of divorce it is easy to confuse and to forget information offered, but in the then new web based divorce process, Bridget was prepared to adapt the process in configuring a new reality based on a life without the supposed shelter of marriage.

Joanne helped me get a better deal on my settlement agreement when I was losing my last job - very much appreciated, I'm delighted! She was thorough, efficient and made all the relevant points clear when going through the documents. Would recommend.