The ‘excellent and well polished' team at Collins Solicitors is led by Danielle Messenger, who advises on both private financial and children matters, and is praised by clients for her ability to ’creatively negotiate'. Donna Downes is an ‘outstanding solicitor who works tirelessly for her clients’, regularly handling highly complex, sensitive care proceedings involving honour based violence and non-accidental injuries.
Testimonials
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‘Donna Downes is a very senior and experienced family lawyer. Her reputation with the courts and associated professionals is second to none. She provides excellent support in relation to case preparation and is always on top of the copious amounts of evidence produced in public law children proceedings.’
‘Donna Downes is the go to solicitor for public law children cases in Hertfordshire. Her knowledge and experience of representing parties in cases involving children who have suffered non-accidental injury, death and neglect is second to none. Her representation of vulnerable parents and young people is second to none. She is collaborative when needed but always robust in putting the needs of her clients first. Her attention to detail is impressive but her case management is tempered by the human experience making her an outstanding lawyer.’