Laws regarding children are extremely specialised and attending to child care matters requires knowledgeable, experienced and compassionate solicitors.
Our team of experts can advise on all aspects of contact, residence, financial support and parental responsibility. Our solicitors ‐ most of whom are members of the Law Society Children Panel ‐ have had much experience in dealing with parents whose children have been, or are about to be placed in care.
We will represent you in court proceedings and make sure that the court is aware of your views. Every effort will be made to assist you in successfully keeping your child within your family environment.
We act for parents and children ‐ through appointed guardians ‐ as well as for family members including grandparents and step-parents, across a range of proceedings. These include representation at child protection case conferences, care proceedings, child contact and child residence and adoption.
Since 2016, we have been recommended as a leading firm in the London edition of The Legal 500 for our family work and several solicitors are recommended in the editorial section.
‘Burke Niazi Solicitors & Associates has particular strength in representing parties in care proceedings where the adults (and increasingly children) are struggling to manage mental health problems. It accepts instructions from the Children’s Guardian and it is on the approved list of solicitors that are able to assist in care proceedings. The team under the direction of David Marcus also advises on other areas of family law from domestic violence through to paternity disputes, financial relief matters and cohabitation agreements.’ (The 2020 London edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom).
‘Burke Niazi is one of the most approachable firms. The solicitors are dedicated, hardworking and meticulous. They provide excellent client care.’ (The 2021 London edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom).
‘The focus of the practice continues to be in helping vulnerable clients. It has a particular skill in representing parties in care proceedings where the parents and other significant adults (and sometimes and increasingly frequently the children) are struggling to manage mental health problems’. (The 2023 London edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom).
‘Burke Niazi is a very well-established law firm which offers the full range of family services to clients. They have particular strength in complex children matters, especially public law children work.’ (The 2024 London edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom).
‘The practice is extremely collaborative and supportive – there is a big emphasis on client care and they are very empathetic and supportive. Many of the practitioners in public children law also practice in mental health.’ (The 2024 London edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom).
Care, Supervision and Education Supervision Orders
Adoption and Special Guardianship Orders
Low hourly rates
Fixed Fee Consultation
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