Caring family & children law specialists in Blackpool

Helen Akeroyd leads our Family & Children Law department and is accredited under the Law Society’s Children Panel, recognising her specialist experience in representing parents, carers and family members in complex children matters. Helen and her team offer clear, considered advice and strong representation across Blackpool, Wyre, the Fylde Coast and surrounding regions.

Legal aid and funding

Legal aid may be available across many of the matters we handle, particularly in care proceedings, pre-proceedings matters, and where domestic abuse or safeguarding concerns are involved. We will assess your eligibility promptly and explain the process clearly, so you can access the support you need at what is often a difficult time. Where legal aid is not available, we are happy to discuss private funding arrangements with you.

Speak to our family team in confidence

• Talk to a specialist family solicitor about your situation
• Find out quickly whether legal aid may be available
• Get clear, considered advice How we can help

We advise and represent clients across the full range of family and children law:

• Pre-proceedings meetings and the Public Law Outline (PLO) — early, specialist advice when Social Services become involved with your family
• Care proceedings — clear advice and strong advocacy at every stage, from interim hearings through to final orders
• Special Guardianship Order advice for proposed carers — including family members and kinship carers considering an SGO
• Child Arrangements Orders and protective injunctions — including Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders where safeguarding is a concern
• Change of Name Deeds — a straightforward, fixed-fee service handled with discretion on the next steps