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Keep up to date with changes in the law, notable cases and examples of how we have helped our clients.

Testimonial: We are forever grateful

“Thank you for everything you, Sara Nicolaou and David Jockelson have done for us – all the help, support and time you have all put in. We would not have come this far if it was not for all your ...

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13.01.2021

Meet our new partners: Gemma Hodder, Lorraine Green and Lou Crisfield

Congratulations to a quartet of new partners

We are delighted to announce that four members of our family law and housing teams have been appointed as partners in recognition of their continued outstanding service to the firm and our clients, effective from 1 January 2021. As experts ...

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04.01.2021

Mary Richardson, Miles & Partners Solicitors, London

Testimonial: Mary showed real maturity and understanding of complex science

‘Mary Richardson instructed us in an unusual case that involved alleged non-accidental injury; skull fracture and wrist fracture…Mary showed a real maturity and understanding of the complex science contained within the expert reports…her contribution was crucial to our approach in ...

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01.01.2021

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Should you sign a prenuptial agreement?

Bringing up the subject of a prenuptial agreement can be as daunting as popping the question, perhaps more so as it raises the issue that the marriage might not last.  But how should you react if you have been asked ...

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07.12.2020

London HMOs

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, ...

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01.12.2020

London HMOs

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 ...

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27.11.2020

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 ...

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24.11.2020

Thumbnail image - Lorraine Green to give evidence to the APPG on the sustainability of legal aid in family law

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) ...

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18.11.2020

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 ...

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12.11.2020