Paul Lancaster

Paul Lancaster is a Partner and Head of our Family Law team. He specialises in financial divorce settlements and supports our Sports Law team.

Job role

Partner and Head of Family

Contact number

07534 941 298

Email

plancaster@lawblacks.com

Committed to delivering the best outcome for you

Paul Lancaster is a Partner and Head of our Family team. He joined us in 2001 and became a Partner in 2007. With over two decades of experience, Paul is known for a calm, focused approach and the ability to guide clients through even the most complex family matters.

Specialising in financial divorce settlements, he regularly advises high net worth individuals in cases involving significant assets, often in excess of £10 million. Paul also supports our Sports Law team, acting for high-profile clients across the sporting world.

Extensive experience in children matters includes complex residence and contact disputes, some with international elements. Paul is also highly skilled in TLATA cases, where individuals seek to establish a beneficial interest in property or land.

A qualified Collaborative Lawyer and advocate for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), he’s committed to helping clients resolve issues constructively. The goal is always to achieve the best possible outcome without the stress of court proceedings where possible.

Paul is a member of Resolution and holds The Law Society’s Family Law Accreditation. The Legal 500 credits him with a talent for “focusing on the points that matter and achieving excellent results.”

Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
Paul Lancaster is empathetic and calming. His knowledge and recommendations were well thought through, thorough and matched to what I needed as an individual. It felt like Paul went above and beyond. I cannot recommend him enough.
Family Client
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
Paul Lancaster is a 'stand-out' lawyer who has exceptional ability and shows a deep commitment to doing his very best for his clients.
Family Client
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
Paul Lancaster single-handedly restored my faith in the legal profession. He is everything I had hoped a lawyer would be. Paul was excellent at removing the emotion from the situation, and for doing what was in the best interests of those involved.
Family Client
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
I cannot recommend this team highly enough. They give you complete confidence in their competence, and they are 100% solution focused. They are proactive, decisive and communicate their strategies with clarity. They are quick to respond and always behave with integrity.
Family Client
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
We dealt with Paul in relation to a family law problem. His advice and continual attempt to problem solve was in stark contrast to the other sides law firm and another firm we had consulted. His decision making around open and privileged communication allowed us to push the other side into a settlement sooner than them trying to drag it out.
Legal 500
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
The case preparation is exceptional. The instructing solicitors are very easy to work alongside.
Legal 500
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
Paul Lancaster - nothing short of brilliant.
Legal 500
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
I can’t thank Paul Lancaster enough for what he did. He was head and shoulders the rest.
Legal 500
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
Paul Lancaster single-handedly restored my faith in the legal profession. He is everything I had hoped a lawyer would be. Paul was excellent at removing the emotion from the situation, and for doing what was in the best interests of those involved.
Legal 500
Trusted by organisations, families and professionals across the UK
I cannot recommend this team highly enough. They give you complete confidence in their competence, and they are 100% solution focused. They are proactive, decisive and communicate their strategies with clarity. They are quick to respond and always behave with integrity.
Legal 500

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