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The Family team offers specialist advocacy and advice in all areas of family law. Tooks Chambers' commitment to social justice, when applied to family law, means not only a commitment to publicly funded work but also expert and fearless advocacy on behalf of parents, children, and local authorities in pursuit of the welfare of children. To lay clients we offer an understanding and sympathetic approach grounded in professionalism, integrity, and service. The Family team enjoys cross-fertilisation of information and expertise from Tooks' other outstanding specialist teams, such as immigration, education & children's public law, and crime.

Our expertise includes:

Domestic violence, harassment and enforcement
Care proceedings
Adoption
Cases involving immigration issues
Cases involving mental health issues or learning difficulty
Cases involving the Official Solicitor or the Court of Protection
Judicial review
Child abduction and other international issues
The inherent jurisdiction of the High Court
Ancillary relief
Residence and contact

Members of the Family team have lectured, broadcast and published widely. Training for both lawyers and non-lawyers can be arranged and tailored to meet clients' needs. Members are also active in organisations which promote the rights of women and children such as Women's Aid and ROW; our commitment to social justice and human rights is the very reason we practice from Tooks Chambers.

The size of the Family team ensures a personalised service to professional clients, with a dedicated Family Clerk, Diane King.

Further Information

Further information about individual members of our Family team can be obtained using the links to the right. You can also contact our Family Clerk directly:

Diane King 020 7841 6152 diane.king@tooks.co.uk

Useful links ( in alphabetical order)

Family Law Week: http://www.familylawweek.co.uk
Resolution: http://www.resolution.org.uk

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