Chambers Review
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Family: Children - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Mandy Short is a specialist in public and private law children proceedings, who represents parents, children, guardians and local authorities, as well as extended family members. Many of her cases involve inflicted injury, sexual and physical abuse, and mental health issues. She also represents children where deprivation of their liberty is sought.
Strengths
Mandy Short is skilled at representing highly vulnerable and difficult clients with mental health and learning difficulties. She combines tenacity with the patience of a saint.
Mandy is an exceptional advocate. She commands the court's attention and is very persuasive.
Mandy prepares her cases with an eye for detail and forensic analysis. An absolute pleasure to work with, she is intuitive and gets straight to the issues in the case.