Biography
Denise is a Family law practitioner specialising in the law relating to children with a particular focus on complex Public and Private law children cases. She also specialises in adoption (including inter-country adoption), wardship/inherent jurisdiction and Court of Protection matters.
Experience
Denise has extensive experience and is regularly instructed by Local Authorities, parents, guardians and separate representation of competent children in Public law cases at all levels of the Jurisdiction. She has particular expertise in the following:
Sexual abuse including cases involving children who are alleged abusers
Non-accidental injury including head injury cases
Care proceedings involving concurrent Criminal proceedings such as child cruelty, neglect and sex offences
Cases with an International or cultural dimension and suspected trafficked children
Serious emotional abuse and chronic neglect cases
Fictitious/fabricated illness
Teenage parents, when they are both a subject child and teenage parent respondent
Parents with learning disabilities or mental health problems
Education
LLB(Hons)