covent garden Family Law
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Our aim is to give you the advice which will allow you to make the best possible decisions about your family and the future.

Our approach is to seek agreement wherever that is possible, using court proceedings only as a last resort and never for their own sake. Where it is necessary to litigate, we will represent you with care and vigour.

We will give you sensible and sensitive advice; where we feel that you would be best served by an expert from another discipline, as well as or instead of a lawyer, we can help you identify that person.

We are committed, discreet and professional.

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Children

Disputes with Social Services and Care cases

Our team is often instructed by parents involved in disagreements with Social Services, including care cases. Alison Burt, Philippa McKnight and Angela Gaff are long-standing members of the Law Society Children Panel and act for children and guardians in public law cases. We have expertise in complicated and serious cases involving allegations of non-accidental injury, sexual abuse and factitious illness.

Useful Links

Family Rights Group – advice sheets for families involved with Social Services
www.frg.org.uk/advice_sheets.html

Cafcass – information about care cases
www.cafcass.gov.uk/the_law_about_children/care.aspx

Ministry of Justice – current and future reforms to care law
www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/careproceedings.html
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