Berkson Family Law Solicitors

Berkson Family Law Solicitors is a family law firm based in Liverpool, established in the 1930s. The firm provides family law services including child arrangements, divorce law, domestic abuse, and grandparent matters. The Director, Adele Schofield, has been a member of the Law Society's Children Panel for over 20 years. Charles Peter is the Managing Director and has over 30 years of experience as a practitioner.

Hazel Roberts is a Director with 23 years of experience as a solicitor. Carole Pattinson is the Practice Director and has been with the firm since 2017. Clare Lamb is a Consultant with more than a decade of experience in divorce and family law. Darren Matthews is a Senior Solicitor who qualified in 2003 and worked at two other firms before joining Berkson Family Law.

People navigating separation, childcare arrangements and related family disputes form the bulk of the casework described in feedback for this Liverpool firm. Named members of staff recur in accounts, with Adele, Rachel and Adam Furston each singled out for the attention and encouragement they gave to clients during proceedings, and barrister Kate remembered for a professional yet caring manner in hearings. The divorce and family law work, alongside the associated paralegal support, emerges as the central service clients turn to, and the steadiness of that help is a point that comes up often.

The accounts are not uniform, though. Some former clients describe difficulty in obtaining replies, appointments missed or not honoured, and instructions that appeared not to be acted on, with communication after a case concluded proving a particular source of frustration. Others report feeling that their position in children proceedings was not adequately represented. Where matters went well, reviewers credit the team with dedication and persistence through a demanding process, and that mixture of praised commitment and inconsistent responsiveness shapes how the practice is remembered by those who instructed it.