Stowe Family Law - Altrincham Reviews 

Emily has been excellent and have dealt with my issues, not only in a timely manner, but with a professional attitude to match.
It has been a pleasure to deal with Emily and her colleagues throughout the process and I would happily use Stowe's services again.
I would highly recommend Emily and Stowe Family Law as a company to use for any family law matters.

Tamara assisted me in a child arrangements order case. She was communicative and helpful right throughout the process. She managed my expectations and kept me focused on resolution. Would highly recommend!

Absolutely fantastic service. Tamara Adams was responsible for navigating me through a stressful situation with my ex partner. She was always available when I needed her and provided excellent advice and service at all times. I would highly recommend.

My experience with this solicitor was extremely disappointing. I was shocked by the final bill, which far exceeded what I had been led to expect. The initial estimate was vague, and I was not kept properly informed about escalating costs as the case progressed. Ultimately, I felt the fees were completely disproportionate to the level of service provided by Emily Davies.

Despite repeated case reviews, key information was still missed—issues that should have been caught early on. This led to senior management getting involved just before our court date, which only added to the already mounting costs. Additionally, they insisted on bringing chaperones from Stowe Family Law to court, further inflating the bill without clear justification. Much of the work, including standard template letters, seemed unnecessarily repetitive, which felt like a tactic to drive up fees.

There was a total lack of transparency and fairness in the billing process. I eventually moved to Axis Solicitors, who offered a vastly better experience with a clear, fixed-fee structure. I would strongly recommend looking elsewhere—preferably a local firm—for a more honest and cost-effective service.

Highly personable team, professional and fantastic communications.

Camilla Burton-Baddeley represented me during a highly acrimonious divorce where the other side were failing to engage properly. Matters were complicated by the fact of me owning a business with my ex.

Camilla was totally dedicated to ensuring I was financially supported throughout the entire process and obtained the best settlement possible to me at the end. She has been totally relentless in pursuing and chasing the other side and absolutely refused to accept anything less than professionalism and engagement from them. Camilla encouraged me when I was ready to give up, reassured me when I was overcome with anxiety and fought tooth and nail to ensure both my finances and mental health were protected from start to finish. I feel that she genuinely cared about my wellbeing, which was something I didn't expect from a lawyer and was very refreshing to experience. I felt Camilla was completely invested in getting me the very best outcome possible, with the least distress, despite difficult circumstances.

I could not recommend Stowe more highly, Camilla in particular. She is unstoppable and I was very glad she was in my corner!

The person who answer, my call took my details and said after they unable to discuss more and unable to advise or do consultation.

Tamara was very supportive from start to finish, clearly explaining my rights regarding access to my daughter, and keeping me up to date as the case progressed. Thank you.

Very responsive and kept me informed of what was happening all the way. It was more expensive than initially suggested but this was in large down to the opposing side taking forever to do anything so the whole process dragged on considerably longer than it ought to have. From the very beginning I felt listened to and whilst I did not exactly get what I wanted at the beginning, I am glad there is finally a resolution to this whole matter and I can move on with my life. Tamara particularly deserves a lot of credit as she has been very helpful, hard working and supportive throughout and her assistance to me in this case was very much appreciated.

Divorce is not the easiest process and involves a lot of hurdles for doing what you know is right for yourself, that being said how this firm handled mine from start to end has been nothing but exemplary due to my case handler Emily. Emily took some very difficult conversations and made them very easy to understand, displayed empathy not only for myself but the situation as a whole and provided any information i required. Based on how my case was handled i cannot recommend this firm enough if like myself you have decided a Divorce is required for your own well being and state of mind. I fully recommend them and will always be grateful to them.

Great from the start
From the first phone call to the first meeting
Efficient
Informative and communicative
Clear billing
Willing to supply answers and expert advice
Tamara Adams has been fantastic
Great communications in a timely manner

I instructed the team at Stowe Family Law regarding divorce and financial matters, and have been very pleased with the service they have provided during an incredibly stressful period of my life.
In particular, Tamara Adams has been excellent - always prompt to reply to any question or query; helpful and knowledgeable and I always felt confident in the advice she gave.

Avoid like the plague. ‘Charge and charge like a bull, that’s Stowes’ quote from one barrister from Manchester and how right he was. They are so money grabbing they forget totally about the client. In fact, in my son’s case, they favoured his violent ex wife, by giving her solicitors leniency and leaving out important evidence during the court proceedings.The cost of the divorce and child contact was £38,000. I lie not. We changed solicitors towards the end of my son’s divorce as my husband and I were completely stressed by this vile company’s charges. My husband and I financed the divorce for my son.When my son protested on our behalf we received £3000 back for their overcharging and incompetent work.When you dare to criticise them this company sends you a barrage of aggressive and rude emails. They circle like vultures. Their charges are so derisory they even charge you for emails to send you their bills! You have been warned.

Throughout the most challenging time of my life Gabby was the professional support I very much needed. In short, she provided the hope that I’d lost, whilst always remaining professional, clear, factual, and honest about the state of the case at all times.

From day one of working with her, through to the end result, she listened to every detail I shared about my unfortunate situation. Her astute skills far exceed her professional law credentials, and I always felt in very safe hands despite being extremely nervous.

It’s very hard to put into words how much I valued her professional expertise, tireless work, dedication, support, tenacity and absolute commitment to doing her upmost to achieve the goal of making sure our very young daughter has her father in her life permanently and on a regular basis, despite every obstacle thrown at us.

Mollie who supported Gabby was also outstanding and is someone I’d choose again to be on my legal team, as was the barrister counsel. The right decisions were made throughout the case which resulted in a positive outcome that was in the best interests of our daughter, who was the single most important person in an extremely difficult series of events.

Thankfully and in reference to all of the above, our daughter has her father regularly in her life and this is a great result.

Choosing Stowe Family Law was an unknown at first, however Gabby and Mollie excelled themselves.

Heather was really helpful, responsive and professional in helping navigate my divorce, would recommend.

Following a positive first 1 hour meeting we decided to use this firm. Omg how wrong we were!! They constantly use different staff within the business stating they are trying to save you money by using less qualified team members. This is actually a way of gaining your trust and a way of manipulating more money from you. They constantly ask for money on account and each month your bills do not make any sense. They have no remorse what so ever and are driven by how much money they can extract from you. They never ever accept responsibility for there failings and when you ask for your case to be looked at, they try to assure you that your case will be looked at by a member of there complaints team, who are independent!!. We had 1200 on account and was assured by Nicole that there was enough funds to complete the final part of my wifes divorce from her previous marriage. Following numerous issues and us questioning the integrity of this companies charges, we had a complaints manager look at our case and go over all of our charges. She eventually awarded in our favour nearly £300 in credit to our account, due to incorrect charges and so called gesture of goodwill!!! We thought fine we will have some money being returned to us following Nicole's conversation telling us that 1200 would be sufficient to complete our case. However, our case has now been completed and our final bill has come through with a credit of £34.40. So again where has all the money gone! They send unesesary emails to inflate your bill costing £29.50 each. I have sent 3 emails to the complaints person Kristianne and Nicole over a period of 2 weeks including a telephone call to which I was promised a call back and not had one reply, I have requested a review as to why we have now been charged even more when Nicole told us there was sufficient funds to complete the case! Still nothing! We have spoken to a separate law firm who can't understand where the charges have come from and why it has all been so expensive. This company still have our money that should have been credited to our account. They are refusing to make contact as they clearly know they are in breach of following the law societies guidelines. The legal ombudsman clearly states to try to resolve your issues with the company first. Steer clear of this firm unless you are willing to have every penny taken from you. I was skeptical at the begining when part of them accepting you as a client is finding out how much you have in savings. Well following our case completion they have actually taken every penny of our savings. They knew how much we had and have taken it all!! I now have no option as they are not replying to emails or calls but to take our complaint to the legal ombudsman and let them sort it. We have been told that we have a good case.

I can’t thank Nicole enough for her help. She was thorough whilst also being incredibly kind and thoughtful to the situation. Not only that but when I had to get her help urgently for a particular issue, she responded immediately obviously sending the enormous stress I was under.
I have since recommended her to friends and business associates

This company work as a highly professional and effective team and am very grateful to all of them for how they have helped me. It has cost a lot of money in a short space of time, no question, and was far more expensive hour by hour than the previous law firm I used. However, things happened swiftly and efficiently and this lead to a rapid resolution which in the long run I suspect has saved me a lot of money and stress compared to the stagnation that I was experiencing previously. Everyone I interacted with listened carefully, explained things in a clear and understandable way and did things when they said they were going to. Their advice and opinions were incredibly valuable. I would highly recommend Stowe. (Also, if mediation has been unsuccessful , I would also highly recommend going straight to court to put a finite time frame on what happens.)

There are a lot of positives for using Stowe Law
They a national firm specialising in family law so they have lots of focused skills, experience and knowledge to hand. Their solicitors work as a group so there is always someone else up to speed on your case at all times ; I was never left waiting for someone to get back to help me if I had a query . My solicitor explained the process at each stage and the expected costs and I appreciated that she always tried to keep costs down. I was very pleased with the Barrister that my solicitor sourced for me.. Litigation is both complex & very stressful but knowing that I was in good legal hands with Stowe Family Law was was reassuring.

Divorce was one of the hardest things I have been through. Alexzandra made me feel listened to and was very knowledgeable in family law. It has been a great outcome for me. I know that me and my children are protected for the future. Thank you for everything

Amazing work by my solicitors throughout the duration of a difficult case.