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

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

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Miles & Partners are warming up for the London Legal Walk

Miles & Partners will be joining the Lord Chief Justice, the President of the Supreme Court and thousands of other lawyers to take part in this year’s London Legal Walk on 22 May 2017. The team from Miles & Partners ...

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12.05.2017

Lou Crisfield, Miles & Partners Solicitors, London

Lou Crisfield called upon as expert witness for APPGEH inquiry

Lou Crisfield, housing caseworker at Miles & Partners Solicitors in East London, has been invited to give evidence as a witness to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness (APPGEH) inquiry into domestic violence and homelessness at the Houses ...

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25.04.2017

It’s time to trade the law courts for the netball court at Miles & Partners charity netball tournament

Calling all sports lovers, netball players and those who would never touch exercise with a barge pole! The lawyers at Miles & Partners will be donning their trainers and bibs on 19 May to host a charity netball tournament in ...

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20.04.2017

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Miles & Partners welcomes back Kate Hammond

Miles & Partners are delighted to welcome back managing partner Kate Hammond who is returning from parental leave. Kate joined Miles & Partners in 2000 and became a partner in 2010. She returns to her role as joint head of the family law ...

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30.03.2017

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

Not eligible for legal aid in Court of Protection proceedings, what help can you get?

Legal aid is only available in limited cases to bring or respond to proceedings in the Court of Protection. It is always available to people who have been deprived of their liberty and want to challenge this, but in other ...

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04.03.2017

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Free to leave? Can a hospital or care home deprive someone of their liberty?

On occasions, staff in a hospital or care home may believe that it is in the best interests of someone they look after to use physical restraints or medication to control their behaviour or to take steps to prevent them ...

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04.03.2017

Dee Aktar, Miles & Partners Solicitors, London

London lawyers defend mother accused of female genital mutilation (FGM)

In one of the first cases in the London family courts since new laws were introduced to increase the protection afforded to potential victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), Dee Aktar, associate solicitor in the family law team at Miles & Partners ...

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24.02.2017