Kate Hammond and Amanda Dench lead an ‘excellent, well-prepared, pragmatic, and accessible’ team at Miles & Partners LLP. The lawyers are ’particularly adept at supporting vulnerable clients, including children, young parents, and parents with mental health and cognitive difficulties’. The versatile practice handles a broad spectrum of issues, from complex children proceedings, including care proceedings, to issues of child abduction, forced marriage, and genital mutilation. Other areas of expertise include advising on pre-nuptial agreements and complicated TOLATA applications. Gemma Hodder and Harriet Brame are also key members of this ‘excellent, modern, forward-thinking team that works collaboratively’.

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'Amanda Dench and Linda Pope are very helpful, very prompt on meeting deadlines for papers arriving, and their communication is also clear and transparent.'
'I have found working with Lorraine Green and Gemma Hodder in particular a real pleasure. Their commitment and diligence is second-to-none and their representation of vulnerable children and young people is exemplary.'
'Kate Hammond is the solicitor you would want to have with you in the most difficult of circumstances. She has great attention to detail, but also attention to the human experience, which makes her an all-round first choice.'
'Kate Hammond, Gemma Hodder, Lorraine Green and Mary Richardson are of excellent quality in terms of their work and their representation. They are a standout team who are very well respected. They are committed to delivering the highest level of service to all their clients, both lay and professional.'
'Mary Richardson was absolutely brilliant. She cuts through all the numerous detail to find the succinct pertinent points and she communicated these brilliantly. I felt she cared and went above and beyond.'
'Gemma Hodder is great. She works tirelessly for her clients and is well respected. Harriet Braeme is very good. She is well prepared and committed.'

Work highlights

Defended a mother successfully in proceedings regarding an accusation of fabricating or inducing illness in her six-year-old child who was diagnosed with type-I diabetes.