Hello, I hope you find these pages useful. I am a solicitor (lawyer)
in general practice in the UK or, more particularly, in England because
the legal systems of Scotland on the one hand and England and Wales
on the other are rather different from one another. The problems on
these pages all relate to divorce or the breakdown of relationships
and they are the sort of questions people approach me about on a daily
basis. My name is David Terry and I have an LL.B. from London and an
M.A. from Oxford University. When I qualified as a solicitor I was offered
a partnership with a firm in Lincoln's Inn, one of the Inns of Court
in London, and I worked there as a partner for a number of years.

However, as time has gone by I have concentrated only on one area
of work because that is what I prefer and that is divorce and the legal
problems which relate to it. This is a specialised divorce practice
which does not undertake any other type of work. Also, although by no
means exclusively, at least half of my clients are British expatriates
working overseas who are involved in divorce proceedings in England.

For this reason I know that faxes, telephones and e-mail are usually
more efficient than meeting a client in person and e-mail, in particular,
is a very quick and effective way of communicating with clients inside
and outside the UK. It is perfectly possible, for example, to obtain
a divorce in the UK for two British nationals temporarily working overseas
without either party having to attend court in the UK and by using e-mail
for all client correspondence. It is also, incidentally, usually cheaper
because personal interviews tend to be costly as a result of the time
they take up.

I specialise in divorce related work and have done so for many years.
Therefore if you need advice on corporate mergers or demergers and such-like
there are specialist (and much more expensive) firms for that type of
work. The range of problems I have mentioned in these pages is something
of a personal choice based upon my own experience of the kind of issues
people face in the real world and they do not aim to be exhaustive.
However, they are the most common problems and the ones I am most often
asked about.

If you have a query please do not hesitate to mail David
Terry at David_Terry@terry.co.uk and I will do my best to answer
or try to point you in the right direction.