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Congratulations to newly appointed Councillor Erica Gbajumo on her Brent election victory!

Our heartiest congratulations to Erica Gbajumo, a legal assistant in the Miles & Partners Solicitors family law department, for winning a seat in the recent London Borough of Brent local council election. On 3 May 2018, Erica was voted in ...

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14.05.2018

Rajea received this engraved plaque from a housing client

Rajea Sultana receives beautiful engraved thank you plaque from homeless client

The team have been moved to tears as this special engraved testimony was presented to Rajea, recognising her dedicated work on a homeless client’s case three years ago. The client had been sleeping rough when Rajea took on the case, ...

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10.05.2018

Andrew Bowmer, Mental health & capacity solicitor, Miles & Partners

Mental capacity team goes from strength to strength with Andrew Bowmer

Andrew Bowmer, a strong practitioner in mental capacity law, joined Miles and Partners on 5 February 2018. Andrew qualified as a solicitor in December 2008, drawing on his previous career working in central Government, including on local authority governance policy ...

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15.03.2018

An image of Floyd Porter, mental health and capacity lawyer

Floyd Porter on BBC Radio 4 Moneybox discussing when an LPA comes into force

Floyd Porter spoke to BBC reporter Tony Bonsignore about lasting powers of attorney on Radio 4’s Moneybox programme on Saturday (27 January). A couple had written into the programme asking for advice when a bank would not limit the amount ...

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02.02.2018

An image of Rajea Sultana, a Housing solicitor at Miles & Partners Solicitors & Advocates

“Your clients are lucky to have found her …” a glowing testimonial for Rajea Sultana

We all know how valuable a barrister’s time is, so when Sally Blakemore of Ely Place Chambers took the trouble to write almost 500 words of praise for our housing solicitor Rajea Sultana, we couldn’t resist asking if we might share this ...

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15.12.2017

An image of Rachel Turner, Mental Health and Capacity lawyer at Miles & Partners in London

Rachel Turner receives accredited legal representative status in the Court of Protection

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 increased the role of the Court of Protection by introducing powers to make decisions on health and welfare matters in addition to its already existing power to make decisions on property and affairs matters. on ...

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28.11.2017

Floyd Porter and Rachel Turner for recognition as ‘leaders in their field’ in Chambers and Partners 2018

Floyd Porter and Rachel Turner, partners and joint heads of the mental health and capacity team, at Miles and Partners are to be ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK 2018 directory as ‘leaders in their field’. We are delighted ...

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18.07.2017

Miles & Partners raise over £1,200 for the London Legal Support Trust

Over the last few months, the lawyers at Miles & Partners in London have been walking, netballing and baking their way around London in a bid to raise as much money as possible for the London Legal Support Trust. The ...

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08.06.2017

Ritu Sood, Miles & Partners Solicitors, London

Miles & Partners support London Children’s Lawyers care proceedings event

Ritu Sood, an associate solicitor who specialises in the law relating to children and care proceedings helped to organise a training event for London Children’s Lawyers which was held at 7 Dials Club, Covent Garden Community Centre in London last night. The ...

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18.05.2017