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Drug and alcohol misusing families
London’s Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) has a new approach to family cases where drug abuse is a central issue. The scheme aims to assist drug and alcohol misusing families navigate the family justice system. Miles & Partners’ David ...
Read more14.03.2012
Miles & Partners secures top accolade from national Law Society
Miles & Partners LLP has secured the national Law Society’s law management quality mark, Lexcel. Lexcel is developed specifically for the legal profession. It is an optional, recognised accreditation scheme for law firms and in-house legal departments which gives assurance ...
Read more22.02.2012
Inside a secret world
The new Court of Protection was set up in 2007 to take important decisions for those who lack the capacity to do so for themselves. These issues include where the patient should live, who should manage their finances and what ...
Read more26.01.2012
The economic case for what seems uneconomic
An article by David Jockleson Someone coming new to family proceedings especially with a business background might be appalled at what he or she sees. Why do cases tale so long? Why is there so much paper, so much duplication? ...
Read more14.12.2011
Deprivation of liberty after unlawful detainment
Milton Keynes Council v RR & Ors [2014] EWCOP B19 Rachel Turner represented RR, an 81 year old woman with vascular dementia, in a Court of Protection case concerning her removal from home to residential accommodation. After a number of ...
Read more29.11.2011
Tower Hamlets domestic violence ‘One Stop Shop’
Miles and Partners LLP are pleased to be taking part in the launch of a new initiative to combat domestic violence – Tower Hamlets Domestic Violence One Stop Shop. From Monday 28th November residents of Tower Hamlets affected by domestic ...
Read more21.11.2011
Local Authority successfully challenged
Miles & Partners Associate Floyd Porter recently acted for Norman Davies before the Court of Protection in the matter of the County Council of the City and Council of Cardiff and Peggy Elizabeth Ross (by her litigation friend the Official ...
Read more18.11.2011
Mental abuse to count as domestic violence
In answer to a question from David Jockelson of Miles and Partners LLP at today’s Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group annual conference Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly confirmed that the MOJ intends to allow Judges discretion to count mental abuse as domestic ...
Read more07.10.2011
The Sojourner Project
The Sojourner Project – Protecting women with no recourse to public funds. Eaves Housing was formed in 1977 as Homeless Action. Its aim was to target the hidden homeless – single women without dependent(s) who are least likely to have ...
Read more19.09.2011