Amanda specialises in all areas of family law in which she has a busy practice, in particular in cases with an international element or of a public law nature.
Amanda has spent over two years in house with several local authorities in the South East, however she also has extensive experience of representing children, and parents including the sensitive use of intermediaries at trial to assist parents to participate and engage as fully as possible with the proceedings.
Amanda has been involved in all manner of family cases, such as where there are allegations of non-accidental injury, allegations of abuse, cases with an international element such as placement overseas or parents from other jurisdictions, relinquished babies, female genital mutilation, forced marriage orders, contested adoptions, selective mutism, fictitious illness, cases involving the Official Solicitor, Secure Accommodation Orders, cases at Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, and appeals.