Jennifer Heckingbottom > Switalskis Solicitors > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile
Switalskis Solicitors Offices
24-26 Paradise Square
SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
S1 2DE
England
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Jennifer Heckingbottom
Work Department
Child Care
Position
Director & Solicitor
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Director
Career
Jennifer specialises in public and private children law proceedings.
She represents children, parents and family members at court in proceedings brought by local authorities/social services, including care proceedings, DoLS, secure accommodation applications and others.
Jennifer also represents family members or children involved in adoption law and represents children in complex private law proceedings.
Memberships
Jennifer is a member of the Law Society Children’s Panel
Education
Attended Ossett School, Huddersfield University and York Law School
Personal
Jennifer enjoys spending her spare time with her family and spending time with her horses and dog walking
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Family: elsewhere in Yorkshire
The ‘knowledge rich and highly specialised’ team at Switalskis Solicitors combines in-depth expertise in financial remedy work with an experienced care team, led by Clare Peckett in Wakefield. In Sheffield, Toby Netting assists clients with a collaborative approach; he is also a trained mediator. Jennifer Heckingbottom heads up the care team in South Yorkshire – ‘a truly first rate care solicitor‘ with experience in high sensitivity matters including forced marriage protection orders. Allan Layfield is particularly recommended for his ‘combination of professionalism and empathy‘, and regularly handles divorce cases involving complex assets.