Family law
Divorce and dissolution, financial settlements, division of property and business interests, child arrangements, prenuptial agreements. Undefended divorce from £1,200 fixed; financial settlement from £3,500.
Family and commercial law · London
You will hear where your case stands at the first meeting
A clear plan, realistic timescales and a fixed fee — all before you sign anything. No Latin, no “let us see how it goes”, and no surprises on the invoice.
- 14
- years in practice in London
- 300+
- matters concluded across all courts
- 11
- cases taken to the Court of Appeal
300+
matters concluded
- 14
- years in practice in London
- 300+
- matters concluded across all courts
- 11
- cases taken to the Court of Appeal
- 0
- mid-matter “complexity” surcharges
Practice areas
Two areas we actually work in
A narrow specialism instead of “all types of legal services”. We quote each category before you sign the client care letter, and that figure does not move.
Commercial disputes
Debt recovery, contract disputes, termination and breach claims. From £1,500.
Business support
Contract drafting and review, shareholder disputes, regulatory correspondence. From £800.
Enforcement
A judgment is not yet money in the account. We see matters through to actual recovery.
One-off advice
An hour reviewing your documents with an honest assessment. £150, credited against the matter if you instruct us.
About us
The same solicitor throughout
Grono Law has practised in London since 2011. There are two of us: the solicitor who runs the matters and a paralegal who prepares the paperwork. There is no third tier your file can be handed down to.
At larger firms the day-to-day work usually passes to a junior, and the solicitor you met at the first meeting reappears only at the hearing. At our size we could not work that way even if we wanted to.
- An honest view of your prospects at the first consultation
- A fixed fee, written into the client care letter
- The same solicitor at the meeting and in the hearing
- A short written update at the end of every stage
- Legal professional privilege — including the fact you came to us
How we work
From first call to enforcement
You always know which stage your matter is at and what happens next.
- 1
Consultation
£150, 60 minutes
An hour going through the situation and the documents. You leave knowing the likely outcome, the timescale and the real cost — with no obligation.
- 2
Strategy and terms
2–3 days
We set out the steps, agree the timescale and the fixed fee, and send the client care letter for signature.
- 3
Running the matter
1 to 14 months
Drafting, hearings, correspondence with the other side. A short update lands at the end of each stage: what is done and what comes next.
- 4
Enforcement
until resolved
We stay with the enforcement process until the order is actually complied with, not merely made.
The team
A small practice, not a conveyor belt
Two people across every matter. That is precisely why we take on a limited number at a time.
Olha Marchenko
Solicitor, SRA no. 612840
14 years in practice in London. Family and commercial disputes, 11 cases taken to the Court of Appeal. Runs every matter personally.
Dmytro Levchenko
Paralegal
Documents, searches, bundles and correspondence. Does not represent clients in court — that is the solicitor’s work.
Questions
What people ask most
What does a divorce cost?
An undefended divorce is £1,200 on a fixed fee, plus the court fee of £612 which is paid to the court rather than to us. Where finances or child arrangements are disputed we quote separately after the consultation, because the work involved differs by an order of magnitude. Whatever figure we give you goes into the client care letter and does not change.
How are child arrangements decided?
The court decides who the child lives with and how time is shared, and the welfare of the child comes before everything else. What counts is stability, routine and day-to-day involvement — not which parent earns more. The important thing is to put your position before the court properly and evidence it, and that is the part we take on.
I live abroad. Can you act without me being here?
Yes. Most steps need nothing more than a signed authority and identification certified by a notary. We attend hearings on your behalf, keep in touch by video call and send documents electronically. A large share of our clients are outside the UK.
What should I bring to the first meeting?
Photo ID and proof of address, your marriage or birth certificates, and anything showing the assets in dispute. For commercial matters bring the contract, the invoices and the correspondence with the other side. If some of it is missing, come anyway — we will work out what can be obtained formally.
Consultation
Book a consultation
Describe the situation in two sentences — that is enough for us to see what it concerns. We call back the same working day.
- Телефон
- +44 20 7946 0412
- Адреса
- 14 Doughty Street, London WC1N
- Години
- Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm, by appointment