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Aisling joined Family First Solicitors as a part-time Legal Support Assistant in August 2026.

Aisling completed her undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh in 2025, before deciding to convert to Law and completing her GDL at Oxford Brookes University in 2026. She is currently studying for her SQEs.

Her role includes assisting with the day-to-day management of the diary and liaising between clients and fee-earners to ensure any updates are quickly and efficiently communicated. Aisling enjoys speaking to clients and helping solve any queries they may have in a friendly and efficient manner.

“Amazing! Ursula helped me so much, through the court process and helped me grasp everything. Any fears I had going into court were washed away and even when I panicked Ursula handled everything extremely well.
Always kept me in the loop and explained clearly. In the end we got the result we wanted and couldn’t be happier. Thank you so much!”

Sarah – Whitney

“Just like to say Ursula Rice at family first is one amazing lady! Thanks to her my divorce and settlement with her help was sorted within a year after having 3 other solicitors rip me off for 9 years previous. I cant thank her enough she is so down to earth and offered me the best advice possible. The other solicitors i used previous just kept sending letters that they must have known were a waste of time all they could see were the £ signs whereas Ursula would advise me if things were worth pursuing financially and if not to let it go i really appreciated her honesty and would and have recommended her to many others.”

Andrew – Whitney

“I visited Henrietta Pote, Legal Executive at Family First Solicitors, Oxford, following the breakdown of my marriage. I had little idea of how difficult and protracted the process would become and how much I would come to rely and value her excellent professional advice.

Despite being a very short marriage (16 months) and there being no children involved we ended up in court at a First Directions Appointment Hearing. From applying to the initial Decri Nisi to preparing for the court hearing Henrietta consistently provided very sound and helpful advice and worked tirelessly throughout the process to try and resolve the issues in an amicable way as possible without recourse to the courts. Despite all the difficulties encountered she remained calm throughout and was always there to provide support and advice to me even at short notice. I could have not have asked for a better legal representative and I know that those 9 months would have been so much harder without her professional help and support. I also felt that she endeavoured to keep costs from mounting wherever possible.

In addition I have always found the staff at Family First to be incredibly friendly, welcoming and helpful. I would not hesitate to recommend the firm to others.”

Rupert – Oxford

“I had the pleasure of completing a week of work experience at Family First. I can say with confidence that the team are so welcoming, kind and hard-working in delivering a high quality service to their clients.
Working alongside Carmen, George, Ursula and Maria, you can really tell that Family First are a team of solicitors who support one another and have a genuine interest in helping clients through emotionally challenging times in their lives.
I have come away from my work experience feeling inspired and glad that I have picked law as future profession. Thank you Ursula and Jenny for having me!”

Felicity – Oxford

“I found the whole process very straightforward with Henrietta’s help, and will definitely recommend her should anyone I know need the help of a family solicitor in the future. We had our Civil Partnership Ceremony on the 12th May as planned and are both pleased the Pre-Nup Agreement we wanted was achieved, despite slight unavoidable delays.”

Jenny – Oxford

“Great service and timely communications, written in a way that conveyed the points well, but didn’t cause alarm or stress.

This is a refreshing change, having dealt with a much bigger law firm whose communications were stressful and badly written.

Thank you for the speed with which you conducted my instructions. A great improvement compared with my experiences with other law firms. I have been VERY happy with your costs too – thanks!”

Mr B, Oxford

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