Ranking tables
Family/Children Law: Public Law Matters | UK
UK-wide
Rankings overview for Departments
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Senior Statespeople
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Band 2
- Bridget Thompson Osbornes Law7 Years Ranked
- Deborah Piccos TV Edwards LLP2 Years Ranked
- Emine Mehmet Duncan Lewis Solicitors4 Years Ranked
- Emma Hall Creighton & Partners15 Years Ranked
- Emma Sherrington Goodman Ray9 Years Ranked
- Hilka Hollmann Dawson Cornwell7 Years Ranked
- Jonathan Jonas Osbornes Law1 Years Ranked
- Kevin Skinner Goodman Ray9 Years Ranked
- Ravi Mahey TV Edwards LLP2 Years Ranked
- Sarah Richardson Russell-Cooke8 Years Ranked
- Tony McGovern Creighton & Partners9 Years Ranked
- Zoë Fleetwood Mills & Reeve LLP8 Years Ranked
Up and Coming
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Bindmans LLPFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedBindmans is an industry leader in all matters relating to public children law, engaging in the most pressing current issues in this area. The team's public law expertise covers extremely challenging cases of neglect, abuse and non-accidental injury, as well as those concerning children with complex mental health and developmental issues. The firm can draw on its wider strengths in crime, immigration and civil liberties to help bolster its offering.1 Creighton & PartnersFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedCreighton & Partners houses a team of public law specialists that offers parents, guardians, children and local authorities advice on the full spectrum of complex children cases. The firm also handles other sensitive matters relating to family and mental health.1 Freemans SolicitorsFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedFreemans Solicitors has a strong reputation in the public children law sphere and handles a broad range of complex care proceedings. The firm's clients include parents, guardians and teenagers in a position to instruct legal support. Its lawyers act across an impressive range of cases and the practice is committed to representing vulnerable individuals and making its services affordable.1 Goodman RayFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedGoodman Ray fields a well-regarded family law practice that frequently represents parents and guardians of children in public law proceedings. The team handles serious cases relating to non-accidental injuries and abuse, often requiring technical medical examination. Lawyers at Goodman Ray also have broader experience in areas such as adoption, wardship and surrogacy and fertility law.1 Russell-CookeFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedRussell-Cooke possesses noted expertise in public children law matters, with experience representing both children and parents in highly complex cases. The team's expertise includes serious safeguarding issues relating to fabricated illness, forced marriage, child sexual exploitation and deprivation of liberty. The firm also has an established reputation in the area of international surrogacy and adoption.1 TV Edwards LLPFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedTV Edwards has an established family law team with notable strength in public law care work. Lawyers within the group have deep expertise in abuse and neglect cases, as well as those concerning children with complex mental health needs. The firm remains committed to taking on legal aid cases as well as advising clients privately.
Band 2
2 Crane & StaplesFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedCrane & Staples provides a range of family law services from its base in Welwyn Garden City, including significant public law expertise. The team primarily represents parents and other adult family members in care proceedings arising from allegations of abuse, neglect and non-accidental injury, as well as representing young people in cases concerning deprivation of liberty.2 Dawson CornwellFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedDawson Cornwall has a very strong public children law practice and is particularly adept at handling matters with an international aspect. The team primarily represents parents in care proceedings, with expertise in very complex and sensitive cases involving serious illness, mental health needs and criminal allegations.2 Duncan Lewis SolicitorsFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedDuncan Lewis Solicitors has a reputable family practice which garners praise for its public children law expertise. The department has experience in care proceedings involving mental health issues and FGM, among other complex matters, and is bolstered by additional strength in deprivation of liberty cases. The firm's lawyers frequently act on behalf of vulnerable clients as well as guardians.2 Osbornes LawFamily/Children Law: Public Law Matters2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedThe family practice at Osbornes Law offers substantial expertise in public law, advising on care proceedings, special guardianship orders and adoption among other areas. The team is experienced in handling matters where there are allegations of abuse and non-accidental injury, as well as situations where children's welfare is at risk due to parents' substance misuse or mental health issues.