How we may assist
- Advice on eligibility, jurisdiction and recognition issues that affect a proposed divorce in England and Wales
- Explanation of sole and joint divorce applications and the usual stages from application to final order
- Review of marriage certificates, translations and key background documents
- Guidance on information you propose to enter into your own online or paper application
- Advice at conditional-order and final-order stages, including warnings about unresolved financial claims
- Referral to an authorised firm where you want a solicitor to formally conduct the divorce for you
When this service may be useful
- You want to divorce but are unsure whether England and Wales is the correct jurisdiction.
- You married abroad and want advice about recognition or documents before applying.
- You intend to make the application yourself but want legal advice before submitting information.
- You have reached a later stage of the divorce and want advice before applying for the final order.
What you can expect
We focus on the specific legal task you want completed. We review the available information, identify any important date, clarify the outcome you are seeking and then confirm the proposed work before substantive time is incurred.
- Divorce eligibility and process advice
- Document and application-information review
- Stage-by-stage action checklist
- Clear financial-remedy and referral warnings where relevant
How it works
- Send the essentials: a concise summary, the key document and any deadline.
- Suitability check: we assess whether the requested task falls within our lawful and professional scope.
- Scope and price: we confirm what is included, important exclusions, who will undertake or supervise the work and the fee or charging basis.
- Advice or drafting: we complete the agreed work and explain the practical next step.
- Referral where required: if reserved, separately regulated or specialist work is needed, we explain that clearly rather than extending the service beyond its proper scope.
Guide fees for this service
These guide prices apply to clearly defined work of ordinary complexity. Before substantive work begins, we confirm the task, the person providing or supervising it and the price or charging basis in writing. Your written quote will confirm the VAT treatment and the total price payable before substantive work begins. Please complete the VAT setting in Appearance → Customise for a definitive public statement.
| Initial divorce advice – up to 60 minutes | £125 |
| Divorce eligibility / jurisdiction and document review | £250–£400 |
| Self-application support package | £350–£550 |
| Conditional / final order stage advice | £175–£300 |
Urgency, unusually large document volumes, additional conferences or work outside the agreed scope may require a revised quote. We will normally agree that with you before carrying out the additional work.
Scope and regulatory limits
This is advice and self-application support. Phrasing Legal does not submit the divorce application for you, become the solicitor on the court record, file notices of acting, formally manage the proceedings or accept responsibility for court deadlines. You remain the applicant or respondent and make the formal submissions yourself unless an authorised firm is separately instructed.
Whether an activity is reserved or separately regulated depends on the substance of the work, not merely the name used for the service. We therefore assess the requested task before accepting instructions.
Discuss this service
Tell us what has happened, the outcome you want and any deadline. We will confirm whether Phrasing Legal can assist and, if so, the proposed scope and fee.