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SUPPORT FROM EXPERT COHABITATION & UNMARRIED COUPLES SOLICITORS IN ESSEX

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Our solicitors can provide expert advice on the legal rights of unmarried couples planning to live together or separate.

At Giles Wilson, we can provide you with advice on the financial and other legal implications of living together as an unmarried couple – such as tax, wills and inheritance advice. We can also draft cohabitation agreements, providing advice on how to tie these in with future wills and deeds of trust for jointly owned property.

And if you are planning to separate, we can give you advice on your rights, with particular regard to how it affects your children, finances and property. These include cases under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, as well as claims regarding property for resulting constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel.

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Experts in cohabitation & unmarried couples

Our family solicitors are prepared to provide the necessary legal guidance if you and your partner are not married.

Philip Giles

Managing Partner, Head of Family Law

With over 20 years’ experience in advising individuals who are going through difficult family situations, whether… view bio

Leah Ellis

Senior Lawyer, Family Law

Leah is an Associate solicitor and integral member of our Family Law Team. Leah undertakes a wide variety of work… view bio

Melissa Leyland

Senior Lawyer, Family Law

Melissa joins Giles Wilson from a city firm where she dealt with high value divorce and complex child arrangements… view bio

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Awards & Recognitions

The expertise of our solicitors is regularly recognised by some of the profession’s most distinguished organisations. As well as being a member of a number of Law Society schemes, we have won awards at the Law Society Excellence Awards, the Halsbury Legal Awards and the Modern Law Awards.

We have also received recognition in the form of the Lexcel mark of quality, a Legal 500 listing and a place on the shortlist of The Lawyer’s Boutique Firm of the Year.

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