Hartnell Chanot: Divorce/Family Law Solicitors Exeter, Devon

Norman Hartnell

Norman Hartnell studied Law at Cambridge University and has spent over 30 years specialising in Family Law. He established one of the country's first specialist Family Law Practices, Hartnell & Co (or Hartnells) in 1991 (now known as Hartnell Chanot & Partners) and the Devon Family Mediation Agency Limited (now Devon Family Solutions) - one of the first mediation consortiums in the country with a Legal Services Commission franchise.

Norman has served on numerous Resolution and Court committees, is experienced in co and sole mediation and acts as a solicitor for parents, guardians and children in private and public law cases. He has considerable experience in complex divorce and related financial issues, and is the Mediation representative for the Peninsula Family Justice Council and active in promoting interdisciplinary training.

He helped Hartnell Chanot become one of the largest family law practices in the country participating in the FAInS scheme, and as a FAInS Supervisor he was involved in one of the pilot areas, and therefore among the first solicitor in the country to gain an understanding as to how this initiative was intended to work. He has represented the Board of the Family Mediators Association in discussions with the LSC concerning the expansion of the FAInS model to mediation agencies and has links to external counsellors, adult and child psychologists and marital therapists.

In 2007 Norman was short listed for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award (in Family Law) and came runner up at a ceremony in London on the 28 June 2007.

Norman is a Mediator and Collaborative Family Lawyer.

Client Comments

• Wow! Jane & I were more than very impressed with the speed & success of the action you took to help her. She also emphasised how kind you had been
• I am sitting feeling very emotional writing this as there are no words to ever explain how grateful I feel and what a wonderful person I think you are in helping me through these very difficult years. Thank you very much for everything you gave done to help give the children and me a very different future. I can never thank you enough
• I can't thank you enough for all your help and support, you have been fantastic
• Grateful for the manner in which you dealt with my particular concerns.  I really do appreciate the sensitivity with which you dealt with my case.  I would also like to thank Cassie who was also very understanding and whose efficiency was really first class.  Her contact with me gave me confidence that everything was being well looked after. At both a personal and a professional level I have been most impressed by the service I have received.
• Polite and efficient and I felt that I was in good hands. 
  

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