Acclaimed Family Law

Acclaimed Family Law is a trading name of Sills & Betteridge LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales. The firm is licensed and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Head of the Sheffield Family Law Team is Partner Emma Lawler, and Partner Sandra Russell has 30 years of experience. The firm specialises in divorce, financial settlements and children’s matters. It handles divorce proceedings, civil partnerships, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, spousal maintenance, and child arrangements (formerly known as child custody).

It handles financial settlements with a particular specialism in complex and high net value assets including those involving businesses, farms, pension shares, public sector pensions, trusts and inheritance matters. The firm has specialist divorce solicitors, collaboratively trained solicitors and mediators. It regularly acts for business owners, farmers and those in the political, media and sporting spotlight. The firm is part of Sills & Betteridge LLP, which provides legal services across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. It offers a free 30-minute consultation.

People navigating divorce and separation in Sheffield have turned to this practice for support through proceedings that are often emotionally demanding. The clear explanations clients received come up time and again, with complicated matters broken down so that decisions could be made with confidence at each stage.

Named solicitors feature prominently in the feedback: Leanne and Jessica are praised for putting clients at ease and responding to questions quickly, while Sandra Russell is singled out for efficiency, compassion and a knowledgeable manner that settled nerves during difficult moments. Peter Dadswell is credited with steady advice and for keeping clients informed about costs, and Michelle Cooper, working alongside Jill Raine, is described as part of a supportive team steering people through worrying processes. A number of customers describe feeling heard and kept up to date from the initial call through to resolution, with contact maintained even during the pandemic.

Swift, efficient handling is a theme that recurs, as is the securing of fair and successful outcomes, including clean breaks. The professionalism of a team balancing senior experience with approachability runs through the accounts, extending to help with protecting particular interests within otherwise straightforward cases and to calming anxiety when matters grow more involved.