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Safeguarding six children from eviction
After accumulating rent arrears of £7,000, a mother of six children faced eviction from her rented property when possession proceedings were commenced in June 2019. Rajea Sultana succeeded in obtaining a suspension to the eviction warrant, covering all the hearings, ...
Read more01.12.2020
Homelessness to increase as possession cases start again
One of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that many people have had difficulties paying their rent and are facing the threat of eviction and homelessness this winter. At the beginning of the pandemic the government introduced temporary ...
Read more27.11.2020
Legal aid remuneration is unfair and deters lawyers from building a career, Westminster inquiry hears
Parliamentarians in the Westminster Commission into the Sustainability of Legal Aid heard evidence from family law practitioners on 19 November, including from Lorraine Green an associate solicitor at Miles and Partners who specialises in cases involving children, care proceedings, adoption ...
Read more24.11.2020
Children’s lawyer Lorraine Green to give evidence to legal aid APPG
On 19 November 2020, family lawyer Lorraine Green will be giving evidence as an expert witness in the second of six oral evidence sessions in the inquiry into the sustainability of legal aid, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) ...
Read more18.11.2020
Congratulations to our three new trainee solicitors
We are delighted to announce that three of our legal assistants, Danielle Apenteng, Hira Rauf and Sara Nicoloau are taking the next step in their legal career and starting their solicitor training contracts at Miles & Partners in London, where they will be gaining experience in family and mental health and capacity law. During their time as legal ...
Read more12.11.2020
Testimonial: Patient and worked very hard to mould our instructions
“I have just finished a two-day hearing instructed by Thomas Lane and I just wanted to write to you to say how incredibly impressed I was with him. He was faced with a tricky client, complex facts and very difficult opponent, and did a ...
Read more11.11.2020
Vulnerable adult with Covid-19 saved from sofa surfing
Our client had ended up ‘street homeless’ after leaving an abusive relationship, and she suffered from mental health problems arising from the abuse including PTSD. When the local council had determined that she was not a priority need, she was ...
Read more01.11.2020
Testimonial: Integrity, compassion and professional excellence
My countless thanks to you both for your integrity, compassion and professional excellence (and to [counsel], too, who was brilliant!).
Read more26.10.2020
Agreeing time with your children following separation
A separation will inevitably mean a change in the family dynamic, and you may be concerned about what this will mean for your relationship with your children. New arrangements will have to be put in place in relation to where ...
Read more16.10.2020