Car parking

There is no parking available. The closest parking stations are NCP Circle Square, NCP Chester Street and NCP The Palace.
Directions by road

From East or North

Exit M62/M60 at Junction 17 and take the 1st exit at the roundabout onto the A56 Bury New Road (signposted Mcr City Centre & Prestwich). Continue on the A56 as it becomes Victoria Street. Bear right onto Chapel Street, just before the Cathedral where the road becomes pedestrianised, then take the first left onto Victoria Bridge Street. At next traffic lights turn right onto Deansgate, then continue along Deansgate for approximately 3/4 of a mile, before turning left at the lights at Great Northern Square onto Quay Street. Continue along Quay Street onto Peter Street past the Central Library and once you cross the tram tracks continue onto Oxford Road.

From South

Exit the M6 at Junction 19 and follow the signs onto the M56 signposted Manchester. At M56 Junction 1 Exit onto Kingsway/A34 towards city centre/Didsbury. At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto Moseley Road/A34. At the roundabout take 2nd exit onto Birchfields Road/A34 turn left onto Dover Street turn right onto Oxford Road.

From West

Exit M62 at Junction 12 and keep right to take the M602 towards Manchester/Salford. Continue from M602 onto A57 Regent Road towards City Centre. After approximately 1 mile, turn left onto the A6042 Trinity Way, then take the first right onto A6143 Water Street. After approximately 1/3 of a mile turn right at the lights onto Quay Street. Continue along Quay Street onto Peter Street past the Central Library and once you cross the tram tracks continue onto Oxford Road.

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Directions by rail

The nearest main line stations are Oxford Road (5 mins walk), Piccadilly (15 mins walk) and Victoria (25 mins walk).

The nearest Tram stop is St Peters Square which is a 10 minute walk to the office.

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Directions by foot

The office is 4 minutes away on foot. Exit the main line train station at Oxford Road, continue east onto Oxford Road, continue follow the main road and the Mills & Reeve office will be on the left.

The office is a 10 minute walk from the nearest Tram stop at St Peters Square. Head east onto the main Oxford Road street, follow the main road for 0.4 miles and the Mills & Reeve office will be on the left.

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Your local divorce advisers with national strength

Our family and divorce solicitors in Manchester work closely with colleagues in tax and trusts, as well as our nationally reputed teams of corporate, pensions, property and employment lawyers, to name but a few.

As well as clients in Cheshire, Lancashire and throughout the North of England, our Manchester lawyers handle a high volume of family and divorce cases with an international element and can access specialist advice all over the globe on your behalf.

We understand that, if you're going through a divorce or separation, you need to be able to turn to local advisers that you can trust to guide you through the complex legal issues that lie ahead. That is why our Manchester family lawyers offer mediation, collaborative law and arbitration as well as a wealth of experience in negotiation and court proceedings so that you can rely on finding the right approach for your situation.

Legal directories – what does the profession say about us?
In the latest editions of Legal 500 and Chambers UK, our family lawyers in Manchester were ranked Band 1: the highest achievable ranking.

Comments made about our divorce lawyers in Manchester in Legal 500 include:
- Mills & Reeve LLP’s “knowledgeable team provides very well-rounded advice”
- The team is described by one client as “Manchester’s best-kept secret”
- Nigel Shepherd is “very professional” and has a “great eye for detail”
- Alison Bull is “recommended for family mediations involving business owners”
- Andrew Moore is “very efficient”.
Comments made about our divorce lawyers in Manchester in Chambers include:
- “This leading regional group offers a comprehensive service for clients in private family cases both within the North West and nationally. The team offers clients a variety of expertise, including lawyers with considerable experience in ADR.”
- Alison Bull “wins praise for offering ‘high-quality advice – both legally and strategically’. Her workload comprises high value matrimonial finance cases, particularly those involving business assets; she also handles complex prenuptial agreements.”
- “Alison’s colleague Nigel Shepherd advises on similar matters, and both lawyers are also highly experienced in acting on Schedule 1 Children Act cases. Sources say: ‘Shepherd is quietly confident with a steely edge.’"
- “Sue Brookes is trained in collaborative law and is adept at handling complex financial provision cases. She is known for her work on matters involving cross-border or jurisdiction issues relating to both matrimonial and children law. Clients appreciate her candid honesty: ‘She listened to me, and most importantly she always told me the truth even if it was something that I didn't want to hear.’"
- Andrew Moore handles all areas of family law, and market commentators note that he is “excellent; very sensible and charming”.
Speak to one of our Manchester divorce solicitors to find out how we can help

If you want to find out more about how we can help you, please get in touch with the national Head of our Family law team at Mills & Reeve, Nigel Shepherd, on 0161 235 5426 or email [email protected]. Alternatively, you can read more information about each of our Manchester divorce lawyers, by clicking on the links below, and contact any one of us directly.
Why use our lawyers in Manchester?
There are lots of divorce lawyers and family solicitors out there, and it can be very difficult to tell who will be best equipped to advise you. To help you decide, we've gathered together some information giving some of the main reasons why our clients say they choose us.

We offer outstanding client service
- We provide a cost-effective service to all our clients. We are open and transparent about our fees, giving you an estimate at the outset and reviewing it on a monthly basis. We can also offer fixed fees.
- Our family law team is well regarded in Manchester and the North West, and ranked in the top tier for family and divorce law in both legal directories (Chambers UK and Legal 500). These publications are well established, independent guides, which identify the leading lawyers and law firms in the UK through extensive research and interviews with lawyers and their clients.
We are specialists in family and divorce law
- Our lawyers in Manchester are all specialists in dealing solely with family and divorce law, and have extensive experience in working exclusively with these types of cases.
- Our Manchester lawyers are regularly instructed on high value cases in county courts and high courts all over the country, particularly Manchester and London.
- Nigel Shepherd is a renowned family lawyer with over 30 years of experience. He was chairman of the Manchester regional group of the leading family law group, Resolution, in the late 80s/early 90s before he later became the national chair. Nigel remains on the national media team and is often seen on the television or heard on the radio promoting family law reform and educating the masses.
- Nigel is also a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL).
- Alison Bull has recently retired as chairwoman of Manchester Resolution. She sits on the Resolution national standards committee promoting best practice amongst family lawyers across the country.
- All of the Manchester team write articles, contribute to textbooks and professional guides, in addition to lecturing locally and nationally to family lawyers and other professionals.
- All the lawyers in our Manchester team are members of Resolution, a group of 5,500 lawyers dedicated to the constructive resolution of family disputes.
We always aim to adopt a constructive and non-confrontational approach to resolving family law
- Nigel Shepherd, Alison Bull, and Sue Brookes are all members of Collaborative Law Manchester (formerly Separation Solutions). Andrew Moore is a member of the South Manchester and North East Cheshire collaborative pod. These memberships assist our lawyers in linking up with other collaborative lawyers in the area to provide you with an alternative to court.
- Andrew Moore sits on the Manchester Young Resolution committee and Sue Brookes sits on the committee of Separation Solutions, as well as the Association of Women Solicitors.
- Alison Bull is a fully qualified counsellor, while Sue Brookes and Andrew Moore both have level 2 certificates in counselling. This training allows them to better understand what their clients are going through and be solution focused.
Our Manchester divorce lawyers can draw on the wide ranging legal expertise we have on offer across our six offices nationally
- Mills & Reeve is a top 50 national law firm with seven offices around the UK. Our Manchester team works closely with our corporate, employment, property, pensions and tax and trusts colleagues to provide a full service to clients.
We are experts in alternative methods of dispute resolution
- All of our Manchester family lawyers are collaboratively trained.
- Alison Bull is a trained mediator and can offer MIAMs and mediation in both family law and other civil cases.
- Nigel Shepherd is a trained arbitrator. Arbitration is a new form of effective dispute resolution which is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts where the parties to a dispute refer it to an arbitrator by whose decision they agree to be bound.

What our clients say...

Nigel, I could not have got through everything without you. You have given me my life back.

Advice and strategic thinking has achieved a result that could not be improved upon.

The letters Nigel wrote were hugely intelligent.

I was extremely impressed by the highly professional manner in which my case has been handled and the level of empathy and compassion shown to me.

I have been immensely impressed by the breadth of qualities that you [Alison] display. Your gifts and sheer application have brought forth the result which I felt I needed for a peaceful, stress-free future.

Sue was fantastic throughout the process. She made a difficult subject quite straightforward with her professionalism and advice. Her ability to turn around documents extremely quickly whilst making me always feel well informed and advised was very impressive.

I knew I wanted to pay for the best advice – and this is what I got. I am very happy with the legal advice Sue provided.

I can honestly say I don’t think the handling of my divorce could be improved upon in any way.

Andrew has a maturity beyond his years, and has demonstrated an extremely high degree of integrity and professionalism throughout this process. He kept me sane in some very arduous times and followed up with timely, professional, robust responses.

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1 Circle Square
3 Symphony Park
Manchester M1 7FS
(DX 14409 Manchester 2)

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