Over the course of two and a half years, I was assisted by three Debenham's Ottaway solicitors. The solicitor whom I worked with the longest has now left the firm. My matter has not been resolved and I am disappointed in the loss of time and money. All solicitors I worked with have something in their bio that says that they have experience with abusive situations. It took two years to reach agreement by consent regarding the finances, only to have them rejected at court. I now believe a solicitor with true experience in abusive situations would approach this differently. If I had contested the finances after sixth months of negotiations, I would have spent far less money and had a settlement now. After a third time of different judges rejected our financial order by consent the judge suggested that neither of us had legal representative who were able to write an acceptable order. My child matters settlement is still on going, though I think this is partly due to the idiosyncracies of the judge in question,
I appreciated my solicitors quick response times to me. I was glad they did not make ad hominum arguments or speak rudely about my ex-partner. However, I feel the value for money was terrible, as was the value for time.