When it comes to family law matters it is important to choose a lawyer who combines legal experience with genuine client care. Navigating complex situations involving child arrangements or financial arrangements cannot be left to chance or inexperience. Sally Stanway is a highly experienced family lawyer in the North West, helping individuals and families find clear, practical ways forward during some of the most difficult changes in their lives.
With strong professional roots across Liverpool, Chester and Manchester and the North West, Sally advises clients on all aspects of family law, including:
- divorce and separation
- financial settlements on divorce
- arrangements for children
- internal and international relocation
- cohabitation disputes
- pre-nuptial agreements
- complex family finances.
Sally takes time to listen, explain the process in plain English so clients understand all options and can make more informed and confident decisions about their future. Approachable, empathetic and technically strong, Sally is committed to helping clients resolve their family law matter.
Complex family law situations
Sally works with clients from a wide range of backgrounds. This includes people seeking early advice about a relationship breakdown to those dealing with high-value assets, business interests, remarriage, trusts, agricultural property or international elements.
She also supports clients who need urgent, sensible guidance about their legal options regarding separation or when family dynamics suddenly change.
Her family law experience includes advising married and unmarried couples, civil partners, and parents. Areas of expertise include child arrangements, such as where children will live, how much time they will spend with each parent, specific issues relating to a child’s upbringing and relocation, including cases with an international aspect.
Understanding how sensitive these issues can be, Sally works with parents and guardians to keep the needs of children at the centre of legal discussions wherever possible.
Experienced divorce solicitor
Clients often come to Sally because they want advice that is calm, clear and easy to understand. She knows that family law issues are rarely just legal problems; they can affect your home, your children, your stress levels, your finances and your future. Her approach is constructive and pragmatic, with a focus on resolving issues fairly and as efficiently and amicably as possible, while still protecting her client’s position.
Qualifying as a solicitor in 2010, Sally has spent over a decade specialising in family law matters. As a Resolution Accredited Specialist in complex financial matters, cohabitation and Trusts of Land matters, Sally brings recognised expertise to cases involving complex financial remedy proceedings, property disputes between unmarried couples and disagreements about how assets should be divided. She is also a qualified Collaborative Law practitioner, which means she can support clients who want to resolve matters through a more cooperative, non-court-based process where suitable.
Trusted family solicitor
Whether you need advice from a divorce solicitor in Liverpool, a family solicitor in Chester or a trusted North West family law specialist, from the first conversation Sally provides clear guidance, careful planning and practical support. At each step of the legal process, she aims to reduce uncertainty and explain your choices in a way that will help you move forward. If you are facing a separation, divorce, financial dispute or children issue, Sally can provide the supportive, straightforward advice you need to be able to take the next step.
