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Dovaston Law Limited

4.9 | 73 Reviews 73 Reviews | Family Law
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112 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Essex, Southend-on-sea, SS1 3HH

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112 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Essex, Southend-on-sea, SS1 3HH

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Dovaston Law Limited Review Scores & Client Satisfaction Overview

4.9
Excellent
95%+
Value for
Money
95%+
Success
Rate
95%+
Would
Recommend
Communication 4.9/5
Initial Impressions 4.9/5
Approachability 4.9/5
Documentation Accuracy 4.9/5
Legal Knowledge 5.0/5
Value for money 4.8/5

Accreditations

Dovaston Law Limited are accredited by

Family Law Advanced accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
Family Law accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
The Law Society accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
Trading names:
Dovaston Law

Description

We are specialist Family Law Solicitors, serving Essex, London and beyond. With over 25 years of experience in the field of Family Law, you can rely on us to guide you through the challenging times. Our clients are at the heart of what we do. We use plain English, ditch the jargon and give honest advice. Delivered with care and consideration.

Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Dovaston Law Limited offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally / locally.

Dovaston Law Limited Review Scores & Client Satisfaction Overview

4.9
Excellent
95%+
Value for
Money
13% above
national average
95%+
Success
Rate
17% above
national average
95%+
Would
Recommend
18% above
national average
Communication 4.9/5
Initial Impressions 4.9/5
Approachability 4.9/5
Documentation Accuracy 4.9/5
Legal Knowledge 4.9/5
Value for money 4.8/5

Accreditations

Dovaston Law Limited are accredited by

Family Law Advanced accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
Family Law accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
The Law Society accreditation awarded to Dovaston Law Limited
Trading names:
Dovaston Law

Description

We are specialist Family Law Solicitors, serving Essex, London and beyond. With over 25 years of experience in the field of Family Law, you can rely on us to guide you through the challenging times. Our clients are at the heart of what we do. We use plain English, ditch the jargon and give honest advice. Delivered with care and consideration.

Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Dovaston Law Limited offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally / locally.

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Family Law

Family, Finance and Property

"Karen is the consummate professional. She is supportive and thorough and made a very challenging and difficult personal situation feel more manageable. Her structured, no-nonsense approach gave me an honest reality-check on my situation"

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Opening hours

Monday 09:30–18:00
Tuesday 09:30–18:00 (Open)
Wednesday 09:30–18:00
Thursday 09:30–18:00
Friday 09:30–18:00
Saturday (Closed)
Sunday (Closed)

112 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Essex, Southend-on-sea, SS1 3HH

Reviews

4.9 /5 73 Reviews
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What clients say about Dovaston Law Limited

Clients praise the firm’s expertise in wills, estate planning, probate and family legal matters, including updating documents after bereavement and handling complex situations sensitively. Reviews highlight clear explanations, thorough advice, efficient handling and strong knowledge of legal terminology. Clients particularly value the team’s professionalism, calm and reassuring manner, patience, honesty, responsiveness and supportive approach, which helps make difficult personal circumstances feel more manageable.

Outstanding professionalism
Clear explanations
Supportive guidance
Thorough service
Friendly manner
Efficient process
Reassuring advice
Regular updates
Patient approach
Excellent follow-up

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Nichola Scarborough

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Family Law

Excellent service

Karen Dovaston was outstanding and professional. She answered all my questions straight away and gave me very good advise.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you so much for your review. This is what we aim for.

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Family, Finance and Property

Karen is the consummate professional. She is supportive and thorough and made a very challenging and difficult personal situation feel more manageable. Her structured, no-nonsense approach gave me an honest reality-check on my situation and what my next steps were. Karen's wealth of experience is undeniable, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to friends and family. Thank you Karen for all your support. I have had to post anonymously, but I hope from reading my review you know who I am. Thank you.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you so much for your review. I'm so pleased it was helpful.

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Jimi Adebayo

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Family Law

Professional, Understanding, and Reassuring.

When I spoke to Karen, she was professional, understanding, and reassuring. She listened closely, explained everything clearly, and took my concerns seriously. I value her calm manner, honesty, and her ability to explain my options without making things feel overwhelming. Talking about personal family matters is never easy, but Karen treated the conversation with respect. I would gladly recommend Dovaston Law Limited (Karen) to anyone who needs a family solicitor.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for your review. So pleased you found the session useful

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Brandon Daly

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Family Law

Excellent Family Law Advice

Excellent advice, help, service and follow up.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you! that's great to hear.

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Fraser Charles

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Family Law

Divorce

Very professional, clear information , kept informed regularly.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you! So pleased that you felt informed regularly.

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clive lovegrove

Family Law

clive

Karen was amazing In how she prepared evidence and papper karen was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her definitely at the top of her game Thank you karen

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you, Clive. I am so pleased that you were happy with how your matter was handled. Best wishes to you.

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Kevin

Family Law

Kevin

Very knowledgeable, experienced, pragmatic and fair minded. I was helped through a difficult divorce by some excellent advice.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for the lovely review. So happy we could help.

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Craig

Family Law

Craig

Very good. Would recommend

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Antony

Family Law

Antony

I've worked with Karen on a number of cases and find her to be an excellent family solicitor who clearly cares about her clients.

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Thank you Tony!

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Danny

Family Law

Danny

Absolutely first class service , Friendly , accurate and to the point advice explained in plain english highly recommended . Thankyou

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Thank you, Danny!

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Reviews

4.9 /5 124 Reviews
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What clients say about Dovaston Law Limited

Clients praise the firm’s expertise in wills, estate planning, probate and family legal matters, including updating documents after bereavement and handling complex situations sensitively. Reviews highlight clear explanations, thorough advice, efficient handling and strong knowledge of legal terminology. Clients particularly value the team’s professionalism, calm and reassuring manner, patience, honesty, responsiveness and supportive approach, which helps make difficult personal circumstances feel more manageable.

Outstanding professionalism
Clear explanations
Supportive guidance
Thorough service
Friendly manner
Efficient process
Reassuring advice
Regular updates
Patient approach
Excellent follow-up

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Nichola Scarborough

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Family Law

Excellent service

Karen Dovaston was outstanding and professional. She answered all my questions straight away and gave me very good advise.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you so much for your review. This is what we aim for.

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Katherine Walsh

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

Advise on sorting our will

Excellent advice with explanations on areas that were confusing due to the terminology. We definitely felt that we have a will that is best for us and our family

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for your review. This is perfect. Our aim is for plain English with clear explanations so it is great to see we hit the mark

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Family Law

Family, Finance and Property

Karen is the consummate professional. She is supportive and thorough and made a very challenging and difficult personal situation feel more manageable. Her structured, no-nonsense approach gave me an honest reality-check on my situation and what my next steps were. Karen's wealth of experience is undeniable, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to friends and family. Thank you Karen for all your support. I have had to post anonymously, but I hope from reading my review you know who I am. Thank you.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you so much for your review. I'm so pleased it was helpful.

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Janet Wendy

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

Very satisfied professional service

workplace was very professional and the advice was good

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you very much for the review!

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John,

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

Probate assistance

We had 2 family members die within 3 weeks who were father and son and stepfather to my wife. This was a very difficult situation with no will of her younger brother and a dependant partner with no safeguard for her future. Without the help of Gill Tobin at Dovaston Law sorting out these problems would have been beyond our capabilities and we were very grateful for the excellent service and information given to us, We have no problem in recommending this firm to others and will use again when required,

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Gill Tobin

Thank you so much for your review. I'm pleased I was able to help.

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clive lovegrove

Family Law

clive

Karen was amazing In how she prepared evidence and papper karen was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her definitely at the top of her game Thank you karen

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you, Clive. I am so pleased that you were happy with how your matter was handled. Best wishes to you.

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Peter

Wills, Trusts & Probate

Peter

Gill was superb - very helpful and offered great advice - thank you!

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Patricia

Excellent service from start to finish. The staff were friendly, explained everything in full detail and we were kept update through the whole process. Also any queries were dealt with a rapid response which helped immensely.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Christopher

Wills, Trusts & Probate

Christopher

Gill was very good and simplified everything we didn't understand so that we could take it on board

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for this super review. We are glad we helped!

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Kevin

Family Law

Kevin

Very knowledgeable, experienced, pragmatic and fair minded. I was helped through a difficult divorce by some excellent advice.

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Karen Simone Dovaston

Thank you for the lovely review. So happy we could help.

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