Claire Hunter

Practice Areas

Family law including:

Court of Protection

Adoption

Arrangements for Children Whose Parents have Separated

Care Proceedings and Social Services involvement with your Children

Child Protection

Court of Protection (Health and Welfare)

Family and Friends Carers (Kinship Carers)

Forced Marriages

Grandparents

Career

Claire is a Partner at David Gray and has worked as a solicitor for over 25 years (qualifying in 1999) and specialises in both Family law and Court of Protection work.

She represents parents and children (through their Children’s Guardian or directly if legally competent) in cases involving children’s services and has significant experience of difficult cases that deal with allegations of sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation, non-accidental injuries, shaken baby syndrome, death of a child, faked illness or factitious disorder, neglect and social deprivation, teenage parents, deprivation of liberty of children, gender identity and cultural issues including forced marriage, FGM and honour based violence.

Professional Memberships

Claire is a local committee member of Resolution, the professional group for family lawyers who take a non-confrontational approach to resolving family law disputes.

She is an accredited Resolution specialist in children law and a Law Society specialist children panel member which recognise my expertise in these areas of law.

Claire was involved in the pioneering Resolution Family Matters project as a guide providing impartial, bespoke legal assistance to separating couples and evaluating the benefits of early intervention.