Vardags is a top-tier family law firm serving clients in Leeds and across West Yorkshire, known for providing a ’Rolls-Royce service from start to finish’, as praised by Legal 500. Our Children solicitors at Vardags possess extensive experience in all aspects of Children’s law. This includes complex Child Arrangement Orders, Child Abduction, Relocation, Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, and Parental Alienation. No matter the issue, Vardags is here to assist.
We provide a complimentary initial consultation to suitable clients, typically those with net assets exceeding £1m or a combined income over £150,000. Our expert Children’s solicitors, led by Caroline Korah, take the time to thoroughly comprehend your unique situation. They will then guide you through your potential next steps, give you an insight into the possible outcomes of the case, and offer an estimate of the likely costs.
Our Children solicitors also serve the surrounding areas, including Bradford, Batley and Wakefield, ensuring the best possible legal services are available to those across the country.
Our team of Children’s solicitors at Vardags is among the finest in the UK, providing our clients with a unique, premium service. Legal 500 has described the team as a ’force to be reckoned with’. Guided by our trilingual, highly seasoned Head of Children, Caroline Korah, the team brings together years of experience and a range of specialisations from our various Children’s solicitors.
Our Children’s solicitors specialise in:
Leeds Combined Court Centre is located near central Leeds on Oxford Row. For those arriving by rail, Leeds Station is located half a mile from the court. For those arriving by car, the nearest parking can be found on Leighton Place.
Leeds - admired for its historical richness, striking architecture, vast verdant expanses, and its proximity to other major cities - attracts successful business owners, entrepreneurs, notable personalities, and high-net-worth individuals and families. It’s not just a bustling centre; Leeds is a sanctuary for many of the UK’s HNW and UHNW individuals who choose to live, work and retire there, including in the surrounding prominent towns and villages of West Yorkshire.
We fully grasp the unique pressures faced by our UHNW and HNW clients on their Children matters. Our affluent clients in Leeds consistently use Vardags due to the quality of our lawyers and commitment to excellence. Our team’s expertise covers all aspects of Children’s law, including Child Arrangement Orders to Child Abduction, Relocation, Adoption, Assisted Reproduction and Parental Alienation.
The list below is only a guide and once contacted by one of our highly trained Client Relations Specialists, the best lawyer for your case will be allocated to you, taking into account your specific circumstances and particular needs.
We offer a free consultation to suitable clients, typically those where the family's net assets are in excess of £1m or the combined income is in excess of £150,000
Vardags is one of the UK’s leading divorce law firms. We specialise in complex, high net worth and international cases. The Legal 500 has said of Vardags: “The team is noted for its sheer intellect”
Vardags is among the leading family law firms in the UK. Our solicitors specialise in complex cases for high net worth individuals, including international child relocation, child abduction, and prenuptial agreements. The Legal 500 has said that "clients feel in totally safe hands" with Vardags' Children & Family lawyers.
Our reputation and privacy team, headed by top media lawyer Alex McCready, works in and out of the public eye on cases involving defamation, privacy and reputation management. We provide expert advice and representation across the full range of reputation and privacy related matters, including crisis management, emergency injunctions and actions against online and new media.
Vardags is a leading UK law firm with expertise in complex disputes relating to a range of corporate law matters. Our team has a wealth of expertise to help clients with their legal needs.
Vardags is a successful and rapidly-growing law firm with an outstanding reputation for winning cases.
Vardags is a top law firm with a trailblazing fertility and surrogacy department. We have had success with some of the most groundbreaking cases of the last decade in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, with rulings that have changed the law. Vardags remains at the cutting edge of fertility law, pushing for further improvement of the outdated legislation in place in Britain.
Vardags’ civil litigation team is renowned for its nous and its consistent ability to deliver results.
Vardags is a leading UK law firm, offering substantial expertise in company and commercial legal issues. Our company and commercial team is headed by leading experts, with decades of experience in their respective fields
Vardags is a top professional negligence law firm with expertise in complex and substantial claims. You may have seen our name in the press as our clients are often very high profile. Equally we settle many claims entirely out of the public eye. Our team is led by top professional negligence lawyer, Frank Ryan, who has over 30 years of experience across a range of professional negligence cases.
Vardags' wills and trusts team has the specific expertise to cater to the wills and trusts needs of high-net-worth and high-profile individuals. Richard Todd QC, Leading Counsel for Yasmin Prest said of Vardags: “a note to acknowledge your firm’s pivotal role in achieving such an outstanding result in the recent Supreme Court case of Petrodel v Prest”.
Vardags is a leading family law firm with specialist expertise in assisting clients who are experiencing domestic abuse. We appreciate that those in abusive relationships may face difficulties contacting us. We can provide additional discretion, such as arranging alternative meeting places and talking via our WhatsApp service.
“Britain's top divorce lawyer” Ayesha Vardag rose to fame for winning the landmark Supreme Court case of Radmacher v Granatino in 2010, changing the law to make prenuptial agreements legally enforceable in England and Wales.
The founder and President of Vardags, Ayesha specialises in high-net-worth divorce, often with an international or celebrity element. Ayesha, described as “The Diva of Divorce” (TIME Magazine), has a reputation for hard-hitting litigation, commercial savvy, fearlessness, and strategic intellectual vision. This, coupled with a no-nonsense style, and a passion for her cases informed by her own experience of divorce, has won her an ultra-high-net-worth, high-profile client base second to none, made up of clients who expect the very best.
Caroline is Head of Children, advising on all aspects of children law. Caroline is sensitive but tenacious, with a refined and no-nonsense approach inside and outside court. She continues to expand her niche multi-jurisdictional practice which is greatly enhanced by her trilingual capacity (English, French and Spanish).
Lucy is experienced in advising on all matters arising out of divorce and separation, and is experienced in the complex issues that arise with high net worth clients, with a particular focus on private children matters. She has built a reputation as a rising star, both within the firm and from peers in her field. Lucy is also heavily involved in the development of junior lawyers at the firm and is the Deputy Training Principal for the firm nationally.