Expert Divorce Lawyers and Family Solicitors serving Blackburn ============================================================== Vardags is a top divorce and family law firm working exclusively on high value cases, serving clients in Blackburn and across [Lancashire](https://vardags.com/locations-we-serve/lancashire). Our President Ayesha Vardag has been widely described as "[Britain's Top Divorce Lawyer](https://vardags.com/solicitors/london/ayesha-vardag)" and the "Diva of Divorce". ![Ayesha Vardag](https://vardags.com/images/staff/ayesha-vardag.jpg)Ayesha Vardag Founder & President "Britain's Top Divorce Lawyer" "Diva of Divorce For The Super Rich" "Rolls Royce service from start to finish" [BOOK MY FREE CONSULTATION](https://vardags.com/contact/consultation) We specialise in large and complex divorce cases. These often feature private companies, property empires, trusts, and international/hidden assets. 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. Our experienced family lawyers will take the time to understand the details of your unique situation and talk you through the next stages of the legal process. We will then be able to give you a sense of the possible outcomes of your case and even the likely cost. We also serve the surrounding areas, including [Preston](https://vardags.com/locations-we-serve/preston), [Burnley](https://vardags.com/locations-we-serve/burnley) and [Bolton](https://vardags.com/locations-we-serve/bolton). Request discreet follow-up We aim to get back to you within 10 minutes. Please tick this box if you are also happy to be contacted by **WhatsApp** DIVORCE LAWYERS SERVING BLACKBURN --------------------------------- Vardags' team of top divorce lawyers provide our clients in Blackburn with the highest quality legal support. We can provide you with the best chance of achieving the most favourable outcome, whilst guiding you through what is likely a highly traumatic period for you and your family. Our team of top divorce solicitors and family lawyers are selected on the basis of tenacity and excellence, meaning you can rest assured that the very best are on your side. Our award-winning family lawyers for Blackburn specialise in: - Complex [HNW and UHNW divorce](https://vardags.com/law-guide/the-ultimate-guide-to-high-net-worth-and-ultra-high-net-worth-divorces) with substantial financial settlements. - Sensitive divorce cases including for [celebrities](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/celebrities-divorce), [sportspeople](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/divorce-lawyers-footballers-sportspeople), [royalty](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/divorce-lawyers-royalty-aristocracy), [entrepreneurs](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/entrepreneurs-divorce), and [business executives](https://vardags.com/team/specialist-divorce-lawyers/divorce-lawyers-company-executives). - Disputes over the custody and residence of [children](https://vardags.com/guide/children). - [Pre-nuptial agreements](https://vardags.com/law-guide/basic-principles/prenuptial-agreements) to secure your financial future and asset protection during a divorce. - [Forensic financial investigations](https://vardags.com/solicitors/london/katharine-danby), tracing hidden assets and providing accurate spousal valuations. - [Civil partnership dissolutions](https://vardags.com/law-guide/basic-principles/guide-to-civil-partnerships). - Protecting the [reputation and privacy](https://vardags.com/guide/reputation-and-privacy) of our clients before, during, and after divorce proceedings. - [Property law](https://vardags.com/services/property), assisting clients to buy, sell, and mortgage luxury homes in Blackburn. 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 greatest outcome for you and your family. If you think you may need our help, don't delay. [Contact Vardags](https://vardags.com/contact) before your spouse does. VARDAGS Blackburn ----------------- Tel: [020 7404 9390](https://vardags.com/tel:020%207404%209390) WhatsApp: 07385025158 YOUR NEAREST FAMILY COURT: Blackburn County Court 64 Victoria Street Blackburn BB1 6DN 01254 299840 [Open in maps ](https://goo.gl/maps/Rix1Mef5hJrscVVy7) ### MEET OUR Blackburn TEAM ### [Ayesha Vardag](https://vardags.com/solicitors/ayesha-vardag "Ayesha Vardag") Founder & President Serves clients in Blackburn and the surrounding areas "AYESHA VARDAG - BRITAIN'S TOP DIVORCE LAWYER." The Telegraph "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... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/solicitors/ayesha-vardag) [BOOK CONSULTATION](https://vardags.com/lawyers/ayesha-vardag "SELECT") ### [Gareth Curtis](https://vardags.com/solicitors/gareth-curtis "Gareth Curtis") Partner - Divorce & Family Serves clients in Blackburn and the surrounding areas "GARETH CURTIS HAS AN EXCELLENT CLIENT MANNER COMBINED WITH AN INCISIVE INTELLIGENCE. HE IS..." Legal 500 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... 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Martin Waters Getting any kind of family problem is really when you are at your most vulnerable variables and their whole team were incredibly supportive, kind, attentive and caring throughout the entire experience. The whole team were... incredibly supportive, kind, attentive, and caring throughout the entire experience. Geeta Sidhu-Robb Outstanding, cannot recommend this highly enough. Mark Curtis I would, without hesitation, recommend Vardags if you want a highly professional and compassionate legal team to get you to the outcome you desire. J Rourke When choosing a Solicitor it was a very nervous and challenging time in my life however with Amie I hit the JACKPOT!! her work ethic and her keen eye for detail is second to none, the hours she must put in is unbelievable and her... knowledge about the law and how she really gets to know you and your case and what is needed is amazing. 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Spousal maintenance will usually only be appropriate where one party is unable to meet their needs from their own income and resources. Income needs are assessed with reference to the standard of living enjoyed by the parties during the marriage. In some cases, needs will be assessed generously to compensate the payee for their contribution to a marriage, often to the detriment of their own career and subsequent earning capacity. Orders are more likely following long marriages, where the payee is the primary carer for dependent children, and where a payee has a limited or no earning capacity, or is unable to work due to ill-health. When considering orders for spousal maintenance, the court is obliged to consider how long those payments should subsist. The court has a wide discretion in this respect, and can make orders either for the joint lives of the parties (i.e. until the death of either party), or for a limited term, usually expressed in years, linked to the length of time the payee requires to adjust, as soon as just and reasonable, to financial independence. 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