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Great advice and professional service.
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Dovaston Law Limited
08000836051
We are specialist Family Law Solicitors, serving Essex, London and beyond. With over 25 years of experience in the field of Family Law, you can rely on us to guide you through the challenging times. Our clients are at the heart of what we do. We use plain English, ditch the jargon and give honest advice. Delivered with care and consideration. Read more...
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- 08000836051
- www.dovastonlaw.co.uk
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Matter Type:
Children
Lee,
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Excellent
Excellent service very professional and helpful
Karen Simone Dovaston from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 12 March, 2025:
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Lasting power of attorney
Lee,
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Power of Attorney for parents
Easy and straightforward process and well explained.
Gill Tobin from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 04 March, 2025:
Thanks for the positive review on behalf of your parents Lee, much appreciated!
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Matter Type:
Probate
Philip,
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Brobate
Yes all good professional good communication
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Sharon
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My lifeline during a difficult time
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A divorce is not an easy thing. We had ups and downs and Karen Dovaston kept me sane and informed at all stages. She went above and beyond to shield me from the worst of it all. It was painful and a difficult time for the family, but we came through it with her calm, confident approach to all the push back from me. Kudos to Karen all day long.
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Matter Type:
Lasting power of attorney
Su,
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LPA advice.
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Gill was understanding compassionate and very knowledgable.
I was pleased to have her advice and recommendations.
A representative from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 10 January, 2025:
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Matter Type:
Disputed Probate
Anonymous,
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No problems at all
This review is for a different branch.
Efficient and concise dealings. Our Wills were created with a minimum of fuss. The lawyer who dealt with us went through everything and performed a good job of consolidating all of our wishes into the documents.
A representative from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 17 December, 2024:
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Matter Type:
Children
Brandon,
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Amazing Service
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I had the luxury of having Karen as my solicitor. She was amazing from beginning to end. Karen made me feel comfortable and at ease all of the time. No matter my questions, I never felt silly asking them. Karen would always respond in a respectful manner and would always respond and never leave me hanging.
Karen Simone Dovaston from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 02 December, 2024:
Thank you so much for your review. Really pleased to have been able to help.
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Matter Type:
Divorce
Matthew,
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Divorce and financial specialists
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I was extremely impressed by the hard work and experience of Karen who guided me through the journey of my divorce.
Karen is excellent at her job and I would recommend her company to anyone that would require a divorce or financial settlements for their divorce…
Ten out of ten …
Karen Simone Dovaston from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 21 November, 2024:
Thank you very much for your review, Matthew. We are so pleased your matter was resolved for you.
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Matter Type:
Probate
Ann,
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Excellent Professional & Friendly Service
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Gill came to our house and made writing our Wills far simpler than we expected. Her wealth of knowledge of Wills and IHT answered all our questions and she was able to give us excellent advice. The draft Wills arrived quickly for our approval, everything went smoothly.
We would not hesitate to recommend Gill, in fact we already have to family and friends.
Gill Tobin from Dovaston Law Limited responded to this review on 14 November, 2024:
Thank you Ann, for this fabulous review. Look forward to working again with you and the family in the future. Kind regards Gill
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Wills
Peter
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Peter
Gill was superb - very helpful and offered great advice - thank you!
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Patricia
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Patricia
Excellent service from start to finish. The staff were friendly, explained everything in full detail and we were kept update through the whole process. Also any queries were dealt with a rapid response which helped immensely.
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Matter Type:
Wills
Christopher
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Christopher
Gill was very good and simplified everything we didn't understand so that we could take it on board
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Matter Type:
Divorce
Kevin
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Kevin
Very knowledgeable, experienced, pragmatic and fair minded. I was helped through a difficult divorce by some excellent advice.
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Financial Matters
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Craig
Very good. Would recommend
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Description
We understand that you will be worried about coming to see a solicitor. Don’t be! We are friendly and with over 25 years’ experience in the field of family law, we are skilled at helping to make a difficult situation better. We understand that it can be an emotional and frightening time when your family set up is changing. We have the skills to guide and advise you. We understand the thought of legal costs can be off putting. We use our technology to the fullest and that allows us to deliver an excellent service at competitive rates. We will make sure you understand the costs involved in any steps. Let’s have an open and honest conversation. In fact, that is at the heart of our relationship with you. Honest advice. Delivered with care and consideration. Contact us to find out more about our services and arrange an appointment with our Southend-on-Sea experienced family solicitors. We offer early evening and weekend appointments by agreement.
Practice areas
We are specialists in the area of Family Law - from getting together needing cohabitation agreements or Living Together Agreements to the more difficult situations of family separation. We also work in drawing up Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Estate Administration. We are knowledgeable and steady hands in times that can be challenging.
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Personal areas of law
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Family Law
- Annulment
- Asset protection and tax mitigation
- Child Access
- Child Arrangements Following Divorce
- Child Custody
- Child Law
- Child Maintenance
- Child Relocation After Divorce
- Child contact
- Children
- Children Act proceedings
- Civil Partnership Dissolution
- Civil partnerships
- Cohabitation agreements and disputes
- Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
- Collaborative Law
- Divorce
- Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
- Divorce Mediation
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Family law
- Financial Matters
- Fixed Fee Divorce
- Grandparents' Rights
- High Net Worth Divorce
- Inheritance Act claims
- Injunctions
- International Divorce
- Lasting power of attorney
- Marriage and civil partnerships
- Matrimonial finance
- Out Of Court Divorce
- Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
- Pension and property advice
- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
- Separation
- Separation Agreement
- Unmarried Couples' Rights