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TRAINING CONTRACTS: AUTUMN 2023

We are delighted to be offering training contracts for commencement in Autumn 2023. The successful applicants will join our team of experienced solicitors working across diverse areas of law, and will receive expert training to ensure they reach their full potential. The positions will be primarily based in our Coalville...
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A Practical Guide to Mental Health Legal Issues

For anyone with a keen interest in Mental Health Law or has a role in advising clients with Mental Health Conditions, we wholeheartedly recommend this new book by David Pickup, and published through the Law Society. We are delighted that one of our own Mental Health Solicitors was involved in...
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Ella and Ria start Training Contracts

The partners wish to extend their best wishes to Ella and Ria, who started their Training Contracts on 1st April 2022. Both will face an exciting and varied mix of work over the next two years. We are proud to continue to offer Training Contracts on a regular basis. We...
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Are family or friends a viable alternative to fostering, in Care Proceedings?

When your child is the subject of care proceedings the Local Authority must consider whether there is anyone in your wider family network that would be able to look after your child if the court decides you are not able to do so anymore. This is known as kinship foster...
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Differences between a Supervision Order and a Care Order

Before answering this question, it is important to note what parental responsibility is and who has this. What is Parental Responsibility? Parental responsibility is the legal rights, duties, powers, responsibilities, and authority a parent has for a child and the child’s property.   Who has Parental Responsibility? All mothers and...
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