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Cathy Achilles

Butcher & Barlow LLP

Cathy Achilles

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5.0

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I am a Chartered Legal Executive based at the Firm’s Runcorn office. I qualified as a Member of The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 1998 and thereafter as a Fellow in 2001. I also achieved accreditation to the Law Society Family Law Scheme on 1st October 2011. I have worked in the legal profession in Runcorn for over 30 years joining Butcher & Barlow in 2004. I specialise in Family Law and my day-to-day workload covers a wide variety of family law matters including: Pre Proceeding with Social Services; Care Proceedings; Children Act matters; Non-Molestation Orders and Occupation Orders; Divorce and Financial matters; Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements; Cohabitation Disputes/Agreements; Separation Agreements Parental Responsibility; Removal from Jurisdiction; and Change of Name.

Butcher & Barlow LLP

Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority
Based in Runcorn, Cheshire
Licensed for 4 years

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Butcher & Barlow LLP

Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Licensed for 4 years

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100%

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83%

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Communication 5.0/5

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Approachability 5.0/5

Documentation Accuracy 5.0/5

Legal Knowledge 5.0/5

Value for money 5.0/5

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Family Law

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Areas of law Cathy Achilles practices

personal

Family Law

Separation
Children
Family Mediation
Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
Annulment
Asset protection and tax mitigation
Child Abduction
Child Access
Child Arrangements Following Divorce
Child contact
Child Custody
Child Law
Child Maintenance
Child Relocation After Divorce
Children Act proceedings
Civil Partnership Dissolution
Civil partnerships
Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
Cohabitation agreements and disputes
Collaborative Law
Divorce
Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
Divorce Mediation
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Elderly care
Elderly care home fees
Family law
Legal aid
Marriage and civil partnerships
Financial Matters
Fixed Fee Divorce
Grandparents' Rights
High Net Worth Divorce
Inheritance Act claims
Injunctions
International Divorce
Lasting power of attorney
Matrimonial finance
Out Of Court Divorce
Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
Pension and property advice
Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
Separation Agreement
Social Services
Unmarried Couples' Rights
Change of name

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Butcher And Barlow LLP

Legal Executive

Until Present

Experience

Butcher And Barlow LLP

Legal Executive

Until Present

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01928 576 056

cachilles@butcher-barlow.co.uk

https://www.butcher-barlow.co.uk/our-people/cathy-achilles/

Opening hours

Monday	08:30–17:00
Tuesday	08:30–17:00
Wednesday	08:30–17:00
Thursday	08:30–17:00
Friday	08:30–17:00
Saturday	(Closed)
Sunday	(Closed)

66 High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1AW

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Claire

18 Nov 2022

Family Law

Very reassuring, making a stressful situation easier

I dealt with my solicitor Cathy and I cannot recommend her enough, she reassured me, had unbelievable knowledge and compassion. I honestly would have had a breakdown without her help in my case. Would 100% recommend this company and Cathy to assist.

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19/12/2022

Dear Claire, Thank you for leaving your review. We are very pleased that your experience of our Firm was so satisfactory; Cathy will be happy to read your comments. We set a high standard for ourselves and are pleased that these were met in your interaction with our Firm. So thank you for your kind words and we look forward to being able to assist you again. Kind regards, Butcher & Barlow

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Cathy

25 Feb 2021

Went above and beyond

I just wanted to thank you personally for the handling of my case. You have been unbelievable, helping me through every single aspect of this case and I appreciate you went above and beyond as I have been highly emotional throughout this process. If this matter returns to court I would only feel comfortable coming to yourself Honestly I cannot thank you enough. Thank you for being so understanding and protecting my beautiful and happy boy. I could have just unraveled with the stress of it all without you taking control of everything and assisting me, I’ll be forever grateful

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