I am a Consultant Solicitor in the Family and Childcare Department at Duncan Lewis.
With over 10 years experience in children law I have developed an excellent rapport with my clients and regularly conduct my own advocacy. I have considerable experience representing parents and other family members in all types of family matters from kinship care and fostering to divorce and separation, child arrangement orders, special guardianship orders and other related proceedings.
I specialise in representing guardians, parents, young people and other family members in care and adoption proceedings where my cases often involve issues of emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as non-accidental injuries. I have extensive experience representing clients where the Official Solicitor has been invited to act and in complex appeal and secure accommodation proceedings in the High Court. I have also been successful in enabling the return of children to families in applications to revoke placement orders and discharge care orders.
I take a keen interest in domestic violence work including honour based crimes such as forced marriages and female genital mutilation. More recently I have forged strong links with and also managed advice clinics at many domestic violence support agencies across London and Hertfordshire including Watford Women's Centre, Southall Black Sisters , Women’s Aid, Ashiana Network amongst others. I continue to have very strong links with many of these agencies for whom I hold regular pro bono clinics and training.