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Provided by Sarah Inchley
International Children law:
Child abduction
Relocation
Rights of access
Hague Convention 1980
Hague Convention 1996
Wardship proceedings
Private children law:
Child Arrangements Orders
Children with special educational needs /disabilities and cross over with education law
Public children law:
Child protection
Care Proceedings
Special guardianship and kinship care
Adoption
Sarah Inchley is a Partner in the family law team. She qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and has practised exclusively in children law for 16 years. She has a wealth of experience in public, private and international cross border children cases.
Sarah has a particular expertise in international children law. She is a founding member of the Child Abduction Lawyers’ Association and is a volunteer advocate on CALA’s pro bono High Court duty scheme assisting parents acting in person with much needed legal advice when their child has been abducted. She has close links with charities, Reunite and Global ARRK.
She has a wealth of experience in representing parents in child abduction cases and relocation cases, private law children matters concerning a dispute about a child, adoption and children public law cases challenging the decision making of local authorities.
As a solicitor-advocate, she often represents clients in Court proceedings.
With a background in education law, Sarah is regularly instructed by clients in family law cases where a child at the centre of the dispute has special educational needs or a disability. Sarah has completed training with leading SEN charity IPSEA. She is uniquely placed to help clients in these circumstances, combining her specialist knowledge of both education and children law fields.
Sarah is known for securing good outcomes for her clients. She has an empathetic approach, delivering technical legal knowledge with pragmatic, cost sensitive advice. Her hard-working approach is driven by her commitment to championing and upholding the rights of vulnerable children, young people and their families.
Sarah Inchley is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in international child abduction and private law children matters in recognition of her expertise.
She is a member of the Association for Children Lawyers and member of Resolution.
Sarah is a founding member of the Child Abduction Lawyer’s Association (CALA).
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Sarah Inchley has extensive experience practising both public and private children law. She has particular expertise in international children cases involving abduction and adoption.
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Sarah is highly regarded for her international children work. She is extremely experienced, is always well prepared and provides realistic and constructive advice.
Sarah is really good for worried and anxious clients; she's good at putting them at ease and walking them through each and every stage.
She is an excellent solicitor whose depth of knowledge of the legal system and case law is reassuring and quite frankly brilliant.
Sarah is highly regarded for her international children work. She is extremely experienced, is always well prepared and provides realistic and constructive advice.
Sarah is really good for worried and anxious clients; she's good at putting them at ease and walking them through each and every stage.
She is an excellent solicitor whose depth of knowledge of the legal system and case law is reassuring and quite frankly brilliant.