About
Partner in Weightmans LLP's Local Government team based in the Liverpool office, who joined the firm in 2021 after 14 years working in in‑house local authority legal teams as a Senior Solicitor. She specialises in public law with an emphasis on childcare and social care, regularly acting for local authorities on child protection, children with disabilities, deprivation of liberty cases, judicial review and related procedures; she has advocacy experience in the Magistrates', Family (County) and High Courts and works on the Local Government Children & Adults Out of Hours Emergency Advice Line.
Practice areas
Public LawLocal GovernmentSocial CareChildren / ChildcareRegulatoryLitigation
Office
Expertise
Child protectionChildren with disabilitiesDeprivation of liberty casesJudicial reviewSerious Case ReviewsLADO proceduresIndependent advice to IROsOut-of-hours emergency advice