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About us

A niche firm of solicitors close to Fareham town centre, founded to bring quality legal advice to the families that need it most.

Since 2004, we’ve worked in close collaboration with our clients and their families.

Our focus is on securing the best possible outcomes, every time – drawing on our specialist expertise in law and family proceedings. This comes from our director, a members of the Law Society’s Children’s Panel, and our talented team.

As a firm, we are:

  • Comprehensive: Our unique position in education law allows us to handle even the most complex cases
  • Compassionate: We understand the strain of coping with family proceedings, and have a contract with the Legal Aid Agency to provide family advice
  • Collaborative: We know the importance of positive relationships with our clients, delivering quality legal advice, and working together to achieve the right outcome

As a result, we’ve achieved Specialist Quality Mark accreditation.

As of 9 October 2023, Sarah Palmer and her team joined Enable Law, the specialist medical negligence, mental capacity and personal injury law firm based across the South and South West of England. Sarah and her team still provide best-in-class legal advice to those that need expert special educational needs legal representation. They can be reached on Enable Law’s website: https://www.enablelaw.com/

 

  • Kirti Patel
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    Kirti qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and has been a Member of the Law Society Children’s Panel since 2000. Since then, she specialised in Family and Children’s Law until setting up The Children’s Legal Practice in 2004.

    Her diverse expertise covers representing children directly or via a guardian, and working with parents and other family members. She also has extensive experience on complex cases involving serious allegations of abuse.

    Beyond work, she enjoys theatre, travel, and spending time with her family.

  • Ruth Leighton
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    Ruth is a Chartered Legal Executive and joined The Children’s Legal Practice in October 2022.

    She specialises in childcare law and has focused in this area since 2017 predominantly advising parents whose children are subject to Children’s Services intervention, both pre-proceedings and throughout care proceedings. She can also assist wider family members, for example providing special guardianship advice.

    Outside of work, Ruth enjoys travelling, scenic walks and socialising with friends.