About us

Colin is a highly experienced family law solicitor with over a decade of expertise in divorce, financial remedies, and private child arrangements. Renowned for his exceptional professional judgment and warm,friendly approach, he stands out in the family law arena.

Understanding the pressures of modern life, especially for business professionals, Colin is accessible beyond traditional office hours, often going above and beyond to provide timely advice.
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Specialising in pre and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation and separation disputes, and intricate financial cases involving businesses, property portfolios, and substantial pension assets, Colin adeptly manages all types of private child arrangement matters. This includes cases with severe allegations and fact-finding hearings, ensuring compliance through enforcement proceedings to achieve justice for his clients.  

Clients regard Colin as a loyal and hardworking ally dedicated to championing their cause during challenging times. Outside of work, he is a devoted father of four and has a background as a footballer for Everton FC and a national-level sprinter for Sale Harriers Manchester—the only running he does now is after his children!

Colin provides a free first appointment. If you would like to book an appointment with him, please do not hesitate to get in touch
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Education 

Colin graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a First Class Law Degree. He was part of the first cohort of students who sat the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) in November 2021 and April 2022.

Accreditations

Colin is a specialist and accredited through Resolution for divorce/ financial remedy work. Achieving this accreditation, Colin had to demonstrate thorough knowledge of substantive law, procedure and practice, and sufficient skill, proficiency and experience in specialist areas of family practice.  His accreditation is in complex and higher income financial remedies and emergency procedures in financial remedies. This highlights Colin's expertise in the most challenging and complex cases including where urgent applications are required to protect the matrimonial assets.

Client care is at the heart of Colin's practice. To demonstrate this competence with this often-forgotten practice, he has achieved an accreditation from the Law Society. This highlights Colin's deep understanding of how getting client care right, will ensure the client's needs are met even in the most turbulent times. He is adept and enjoys helping clients who find themselves in extremely tricky situations.

The Small Print

‍CH Family Law is a legal services company, it's principal, Colin Hornby provides services through solicitor's firm MLP Law Ltd.
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