Our Story…

Patrick Lawrence Partnership LLP is a trusted, family-run law firm with deep roots in Gravesend, Kent. Established as Patrick Lawrence Solicitors in 1983, we became a Limited Liability Partnership in 2017 and expanded by opening our Chatham branch in August 2018. We proudly serve clients at both convenient locations.

Our professional team—including solicitors, legal executives, paralegals, and legal secretaries—offers expert advice across a wide range of legal areas, including:

• Probate and wills

• Family law services, such as divorce, cohabitation agreements, child custody and care proceedings, and domestic violence cases

• Lasting Powers of Attorney

With decades of combined experience, Patrick Lawrence Partnership LLP is dedicated to delivering personalised, professional legal support tailored to your needs throughout Kent.

If you are unsure if we can help you, please contact our offices and we can advise you.

Patrick Lawrence (Partner)

Patrick has worked in family law for over 35 years and was a founding member of the first national network of solicitors dealing with injunction law. Patrick deals with cases concerning all aspects of family law and also handles Wills.

Patrick is an advanced member of the Law Society's Family Law Panel and a member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors' Family Law Association). He graduated in Law, with Honours from the London School of Economics in 1977, qualified as a solicitor in 1980, and established the business with his sister Karen in 1983.

Karen Wallis (Partner)

Karen established the business with her brother Patrick in 1983. She is the joint head of the Probate department.

She qualified as a Legal Executive in 1990 and a Chartered Legal Executive in 1995.

ANDREW HUMPHRIES (Partner)

Andrew can assist clients in divorce proceedings and financial disputes between couples, whether married or unmarried.

He represents parents in private law proceedings involving disputes as to child arrangements.

Andrew has a specialism in representing parents and family members in care proceedings brought by social services and has been involved in a number of complex cases involving allegations of non- accidental injury, in particular defending parents and interveners in cases where non-accidental head injury is alleged against them. 

ANGELA GOODWIN (PARTNER)

Angela is a solicitor undertaking work mainly in relation to children and specialising in care proceedings.  Angela also deals with advising clients in relation to Special Guardianship, adoption and has experience in dealing with cases with an international element.

Angela has been a member of the Children Panel since 2003 and regularly represents parents and children in complex care proceedings. Angela graduated in Law from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1997 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2000.

Lauren Baker (partner)

Lauren Baker qualified as a solicitor in 2010. She specialises in child protection and public law  representing parents and children in care proceedings.

She became a Children Panel member in 2012. Lauren is an experienced advocate representing clients in fact finding hearings, multi-day hearings and complex contested hearings in both care proceedings, cases concerning jurisdictional issues as well as forced marriages, FGM and sexual exploitation cases. She has recently become involved in the establishment of and training at the Family Drug and Alcohol pilot court in Kent.

Raveen Bains (partner)

Raveen heads the matrimonial department at Patrick Lawrence Partnership. She is a very experienced family solicitor having handled many complex high net worth disputes following marriage breakdowns involving multiple properties, valuable pensions, businesses, and foreign assets. She is also able to assist clients in disputes concerning children, disputes between unmarried couples and, if required, injunctive relief.

Raveen also deals with probate matters and estate administration and prides herself on her personal, meticulous approach, delivering comprehensive advice in an efficient manner whilst always striving for the best outcome for her clients – as reflected in her strong reviews on Review Solicitors.