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Childcare Solicitors Leeds & Wakefield
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Laws relating to children are highly specialised. We at
JWP recognise that those involved in a court case concerning
a child, need good quality, expert representation and
advice. We pride ourselves on these qualities and have
a dedicated team of childcare lawyers with over 60 years
of experience between them.
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Childcare Solicitors, Leeds & Wakefield
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We regularly represent clients in the following:
- Care Proceedings/ Emergency Protection applications,
when the Social Services Department wants to remove
children from their family
- Applications to discharge (end) a Care Order
- Applications for contact with a child in care
- Applications for Secure Accommodation Orders
- Child Protection Registration
- Wardship
- Cases involving another jurisdiction (i.e. outside
England & Wales)
- Adoption and Placement Orders
Complaints against the Local Authority
- Representing children in Contact/Residence applications
- Advising young people already in local authority
care
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We have six family lawyers, four of whom are members
of the Law Society's accredited Children Panel. All
of our lawyers are fully qualified and have significant
post qualification experience and training.
Childcare
Solicitors
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Childcare Solicitors Leeds & Wakefield
Jane Curnin
Childcare and Family Solicitor Leeds/Wakefield. Jane graduated in 1983 with a
degree in Applied Social Science and English. Upon qualification in
1988 she practiced Child Care Law for a Local Authority Legal Department
establishing extensive experience in Public Law Care Proceedings and
Adoption before entering private practice in 1995.
John Wood
Childcare and Family Solicitor Leeds/Wakefield. John trained as a Solicitor in
Leeds, qualifying in 1986. He became a Partner in a West Yorkshire
general Practice in 1991 and was instrumental in establishing the
John Wood Partnership in 2000.
Amanda Steele
Childcare and Family Solicitor Leeds/Wakefield. Amanda graduated in 1993 with
a degree in Law from the University of Central Lancashire. She subsequently
worked as Head of the Family Law Department at a Private Practice
firm for four years before joining the John Wood Partnership Family
Law Department in 2002, becoming a partner in the firm on 1st July
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