Vardags is a premier divorce and family law firm providing the best possible outcomes for our clients in Basingstoke and across Hampshire. Known as “Britain’s Top Divorce Lawyer” and the “Diva of Divorce”, our president, Ayesha Vardag, and her team of expert lawyers, specialise in complex, high-value divorce cases. Whether your case involves private companies, large property portfolios, or hidden/international assets, our solicitors can identify the best strategic solutions for you and your case.
Vardags offers a complimentary consultation to suitable clients, typically those with family assets over £1m or a combined income exceeding £150,000. Our highly skilled family lawyers, who are among the best in the country, will take the time to understand the details of your circumstances and guide you through the next steps of the legal process. Following our discussions, we will be able to provide you with an understanding of the potential outcomes of your case and an estimate of the expected costs.
We also serve the surrounding areas, including Reading, Winchester, and Farnborough, ensuring the best legal support is available to those who need it.
Vardags’ team of top divorce lawyers provide unparalleled legal services to our clients in Basingstoke. We understand the emotional strain and challenges that come with navigating the divorce process. Our aim is to guide you through this process with expertise and compassion and to ensure the best possible outcome for you.
Our award-winning family lawyers for Basingstoke are the best in the field, specialising in:
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTING FIRST
Filing a divorce petition first can give you the legal edge over your spouse, ensuring that our top divorce lawyers deliver the best outcome for you and your family. If you think you may need our help, don’t delay. Contact Vardags before your spouse does.
Basingstoke County Court and Family Court is situated in the city centre a 0.5 mile journey from the train station. For those arriving by car, you will likely arrive on the M3, turn off at Junction 6 onto the A339. From here, go onto Churchill Way E and navigate down New Road. Turn left onto New Road and you will find Eastlands car park which is 0.2 miles from the court.
Vardags represents affluent persons in Basingstoke and across the United Kingdom, equipping our clients with the best legal support as they traverse the complexities of divorce. Whether you are looking to secure your assets or obtain your equitable share, Vardags can provide you with the best chance of achieving a favourable outcome.
Here are some additional local resources in Basingstoke for those navigating a divorce:
Basingstoke Family Mediation Service – provides mediation to couples in Basingstoke going through a divorce, helping couples to reach agreements regarding child custody, assets, and finances.
Divorce Recovery Workshop Basingstoke – a workshop offering a safe space to discuss your emotions during a divorce and connect with others going through similar situation, helping you get back to your best.
The Lighthouse Project – a project providing support to women experiencing domestic abuse or any form of violence, in addition to offering support to women going through a divorce.
Basingstoke Citizens Advice Bureau - gives free advice on a variety of issues, including divorce, providing information on your rights and options throughout the divorce process.
Basingstoke Law Centre – offers free legal advice to those on low incomes, directing you on matters relating to finances, property and children.
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
A non-molestation order (or “non-mol”) is one of the court’s key powers in cases involving domestic violence. The order prevents a person from harassing or threatening you. Depending on the drafting and the severity of your case, the non-molestation order can be drafted to prevent your spouse from contacting you or going near you. If the order is breached for any reason, the offending party can face significant penalties.
If you own the home in which you live, you are not married to your spouse and your spouse has no legal entitlement to the property then the non-molestation order can also stop them from coming to your home. If this is not the case, you will need to apply for an occupation order. Occupations are very similar to non-molestation orders but deal specifically with who lives in a home – if they are breached, they carry similar penalties.
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Vardags is one of the UK’s top divorce law firm serving clients in Basingstoke. We specialise in complex, high net worth and international cases. The Legal 500 has said of Vardags lawyers: “The team is noted for its sheer intellect”
Vardags is among the leading family law firms serving clients in Basingstoke. 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 attorneys, headed by top media lawyer Alex McCready, work 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.
Our criminal defence solicitors are led by top criminal defence lawyer Rob Conway. Vardags is a successful and rapidly-growing law firm with an outstanding reputation for winning cases for clients in Basingstoke.
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.
Led by the vastly experienced Frank Ryan, a lawyer who “delivers results, time and again, often with devastating effect”, Vardags’ civil litigation team is renowned for its nous and its consistent ability to deliver results.
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 solicitors are led by top professional negligence lawyer, Frank Ryan, who has over 30 years of experience across a range of professional negligence cases.
Vardags’ top employment team represents high net worth individuals and companies in substantial employment disputes in Basingstoke. We are a firm with an exceptional record of representing clients in matters including unfair dismissal, workplace discrimination, and in the transfer of contracts under TUPE.
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”.
“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.
Simon McKirgan is Senior Partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, with experience in representing individuals or their spouses/partners from commercial, City, banking, investment, media, entertainment and sporting sectors, and entrepreneurs.
Simon specialises in high and ultra-high-net-worth divorce and financial disputes often involving complex jurisdictional issues, and separation and cohabitation disputes and private children proceedings, including international relocation. He has a wealth of experience in handling celebrities and the sensitivities around their cases.
The "ferociously bright" (Legal 500) Emma Gill specialises in divorce and matrimonial finance.
She is known for her legal insight, dedication and tireless attitude to securing her clientele the very best possible outcome. She regularly acts for the best and brightest entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals and sports personalities. Her clients come to her for her creative, practical, no nonsense advice.
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession, David’s practice comprises a wide ambit of family law issues, namely high net worth and ultra-high net worth divorce and matrimonial finance issues with complex legal, financial and factual disputes and international elements. David also takes a strong interest in non-disclosure and enforcement issues as well as nuptial and cohabitation agreements.
Robert Hines is a Partner at Vardags, advising on all aspects of family law particularly cases involving contentious or strategic planning elements.
Robert has particular expertise in advising HNW and UHNW clients, often in connection with complex financial disputes, including those with significant disclosure issues and/or involving international dimensions/multiple jurisdictions and/or complex trust, business and/or other intricate structures, or with publicity issues. He has also advised on all forms of marital agreements, cohabitation disputes and private law children matters, including applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction.
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.
Annemarie regularly acts for business men and women, high earning self-employed consultants, professionals, sports personalities and their families.
Annemarie’s particular specialism is in the resolution of financial matters on divorce, and the resolution of financial matters between unmarried couples and parents. Her cases typically include those with high-value and complex financial issues, including the valuation of business assets, property, pensions and trusts. Her experience includes advising on cases involving nuptial agreements and those with an international element.
Maria is an Italian Avvocato qualified to practise law in Italy and a solicitor qualified to practice law in England, and Wales, having successfully passed the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS).Maria is uniquely qualified to assist clients in cross-jurisdictional disputes, or where there are complex Italian elements to the proceedings, such as custody disputes or pre-marital arrangements such as “communione separazione dei beni”.
Maria’s skills are endlessly praised by the many high net worth international Italian clients she represents. Her nurturing personality greatly complements her legal and analytical skills, making her a great asset on any case.
Natalie advises clients on a wide variety of family law issues, with a particular focus on children matters and divorce and financial matters. Natalie also has extensive experience in other areas including domestic abuse, special guardianship and care proceedings, in which she has represented both parents and children.
Nikki already has a wealth of experience as a Senior Associate, with ten years’ exclusive focus on family law. She is a well-respected family law practitioner, regularly appearing against more senior lawyers including Partners and Directors from other Tier 1 and 2 law firms.
Nikki advises clients on all aspects of the law in this area, particularly relating to the breakdown of relationships and divorce proceedings. She also has particular experience assisting international clients and has worked on cases that involve jurisdictional disputes that raise complicated and unique legal questions. Her client base is global, with clients specifically in Dubai, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
Reece is a highly regarded associate in the firm, specialising in family and children law matters, with a particular focus on high value financial and complex cases.
Reece has a broad base of clients including high net worth and high-profile individuals. He has advised several sports personalities, particularly footballers.
Kate is an Associate in the family department at the Manchester office and has developed a strong reputation as an active member of the team with a varied case load and client base. Kate has experience in all aspects of family and children law matters, including high value financial cases and those involving vulnerable parties, particularly clients facing domestic abuse.
Rebecca is an Associate in the family department in the Cambridge office. Recognised as a Leading Associate by the Legal 500 2025, she is described as being ‘an exceptional lawyer with a hugely detailed knowledge of her field.’ Rebecca has built a strong reputation in the local community as a tenacious yet approachable family law practitioner. She advises on all issues arising from the breakdown of a marriage, both financial and in respect of arrangements for children, for high-net-worth individuals.
Gareth Curtis is a Partner at Vardags, advising on the full spectrum of family law issues, with particular experience in financial remedy cases as well as financial claims made on behalf of children in Schedule 1 proceedings.
A Legal 500 Leading Partner with a “fine legal brain”, Gareth specialises in HNW and UHNW cases involving complex legal and financial issues, including businesses, trust arrangements and offshore structures. Gareth also has in-depth knowledge of:
- Freezing injunctions
- Maintenance pending suit actions
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Cohabitation agreements
- Separation agreements
- Domestic abuse