Family
At Cripps, our family services offering brings together leading expertise across family law, estate planning, residential property, wills & trusts (both advisory and contentious) to protect the people, relationships and assets at the heart of the family office.
Our approach is holistic, discreet and tailored, giving clients a single trusted legal partner for all matters concerning them and their loved ones.
What we offer:
- Sensitive, expert guidance: Family law
- Protecting your legacy and future: Wills, trusts and estate planning
- Secure a family’s home and heritage: Residential property and real estate
Drawing on the combined strength of our real estate, private client and family law teams, we offer seamless, holistic advice to families with complex wealth portfolios, from property and business interests to multi-generational estates. This unified approach underpins our commitment to supporting clients through both life’s transitions and long-term legacy planning.
Our teams are recognised nationally as among the top practitioners in their fields.
Family law
Our specialist family law solicitors handle high-net-worth and complex family matters with sensitivity, discretion and pragmatic guidance.
We support clients through some of life’s most challenging moments, offering clear strategic advice on finances, children and future planning.
With deep experience in multi-jurisdictional issues, business assets, trusts and inherited wealth, the team works collaboratively across the firm to provide solutions that protect your family’s interests now and for the long term.
Services include:
- Divorce and separation, supporting clients through financial settlements and children matters with clarity, sensitivity and strategic guidance.
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, along with advice on cohabitation and disputes between unmarried partners, to provide certainty and protection for both parties.
- Parenting and child arrangements, including custody, relocation, visitation and wider welfare considerations, always prioritising the best interests of the child.
- Domestic abuse protection, securing urgent protective measures and ensuring the safety and legal security of you and your family.
- Mediation and alternative dispute resolution, helping families achieve constructive, amicable outcomes wherever possible, while offering robust representation if litigation becomes necessary.
Wills, trusts and estate planning
We understand that every family is unique. Our wills, trusts and estate specialists take the time to understand your circumstances and long-term goals, creating tailored strategies that protect and preserve your wealth.
The team is known for combining technical excellence with a personable, responsive service for high-net-worth and international clients.
Services include:
- Wills and succession planning, ensuring your wishes are clearly documented and your estate is structured to protect family wealth for future generations.
- Trust creation and management, establishing and administering trusts to support asset protection, tax efficiency and long-term family objectives.
- Powers of attorney, appointing trusted individuals to manage financial and personal affairs should circumstances change.
- Probate and estate administration, providing sensitive, efficient support in managing and distributing estates, from straightforward cases to complex, high-value matters.
- Cross-border tax and succession planning, coordinating international assets and advising on multi-jurisdictional family arrangements to achieve a cohesive global estate strategy.
Residential property and real estate
Whether buying or selling a family home, acquiring a rural estate or managing property for future generations, our residential property team offers high-value conveyancing with care and commercial awareness.
We also advise on landed estates, farms and country properties, ensuring transactions proceed smoothly even when the property involved is complex, historic or subject to covenants or overages.
Services include:
- High-value residential conveyancing for prime homes, with discreet partner-led support on complex or time-sensitive transactions.
- Country houses, farms and rural estates advice, including acquisitions, disposals and navigating historic, agricultural or estate-specific covenants.
- Property held within family structures, including transfers, restructuring portfolios and aligning ownership with tax and succession planning.
- Residential portfolio and asset management, covering lease arrangements, renewals, licensing and tenant matters.
- Development, renovation and estate enhancement, with support on planning, construction and risk management for significant or heritage projects.
- Leasehold enfranchisement and premium lease extensions for high-value leasehold properties.
- Property dispute resolution, including boundary, access, covenant, landlord-tenant and other sensitive residential disputes.