Membership of the scheme means that lawyers have been assessed as having a high standard of knowledge and skill in representing adults and children under the Children Act 1989. Scheme members must have significant experience in dealing with matters under the Children Act. This includes providing advice and representation for:
- children in all types of family matters, including care proceedings, or where they have been made a party to private law proceedings;
- Adults (including parents, other relatives and carers) where children are ‘at risk’ or have been taken into care by the Local Authority;
The Children Law Accreditation Scheme provides a recognisable quality mark. The expertise of members of the Scheme is independently and rigorously assessed on a frequent basis.
Boyd Carter has been a member since 1994 and has conducted cases in Family Proceedings Courts, County Courts, the Principal Registry of the Family Division, the single Family Court and the High Court of Justice Family Division.
We can advise and, when necessary, represent mothers, fathers, children and other family members, such as GrandParents, in disputes and Court proceedings in many kinds of cases involving children.
