Overview
Nicole Ralston has been employed at MSB for 15 years, progressing from a legal assistant to senior associate in the family department. She is accredited in public law children and domestic abuse work, being named on the pro bono recognition list in both 2024 and 2025. Nicole has launched a professional breakfast network aimed at family practitioners and collaborated with The Intermediary Cooperative. She prides herself on client care and delivering excellent service.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
Nicole's professional values align with promoting EDI in all its forms.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Nicole is passionate about pro bono work and attends many law clinics at John Moores University. She volunteers to be observed by students as well as supervising them personally.
"Nicole Ralston particularly stands out, but all have the qualities of robustness, meticulous detail to preparation and client care, and I'd wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone needing a family solicitor"
Legal 500 2026
"Nicole displayed a great deal of understanding and patience throughout my initial case. Being someone with a neuro developmental spectrum disorder, Nicole was empathetic and compassionate with the way she communicated and managed my specific difficulties throughout my representation. I felt more than accurately represented in my instructions and had full confidence in her dedicated and experienced abilities to convey and represent my personal interests at all times. I have had a more than satisfactory result from my first case with Nicole and felt more than trusting to request that she represent myself again on another matter. I would recommend Nicole and also commend her efforts to anyone either requiring or seeking such effective and professional representation in the future"
Client Review
"Absolutely outstanding! They (collectively) and of course Nicole, from the moment they agreed to come on board and help me, after years of self-representing, experiencing not only post-separation abuse, parental alienation action, and having reached the absolute desperation and hope, have only four months later changed the case 100% in my favour!"
Client Review
"Nicole is kind and generous beyond her duty of care to hear and represent me. She is fearless and unapologetic with issues that are ignored in family court – like DV, parental alienation action etc. They have saved me and they will not stop until they bring my children home! Absolutely outstanding."
Client Review
Contact information
0151 8297857nicoleralston@msbsolicitors.co.ukServices
Family Law Advice
Awards
Resolution Accredited Specialist
