Wollens

Family Department

Head of the Family Department and Childcare

Rachel has worked almost exclusively in complex care proceedings and non-accidental injury for many years; she joined Wollens in February 2012 and continues to focus her work on the representation of parents.

Rachel acts for parents and carers within these complex proceedings which involve allegations of physical abuse such as shaken baby syndrome, fractures, bruises, factitious illness, etc. She works with clients all over the country (from Cornwall to Newcastle) and represents people in all courts including the County Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. She is a member of the Law Society’s specialist Children’s Panel which means she is accredited to represent children (often via a guardian).

Most of her work is legally aided (parents within care proceedings are automatically entitled to full legal aid).

As a result of the amount of NAI work she undertakes, she has considerable experience in the area and has formed excellent working relationships both with barristers also specialising in this line of work and with medical experts who undertake reports for such cases. Subsequently, Rachel has had much success in securing a child’s return to their parents’ care.

She also runs her own blog site about the work she does (non-accidental injury and the law) where you can find more information: www.parentsaccused.co.uk