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Goodman Ray Offices
Francis Barber House
9 Gough Square
London
EC4A 3DG
England
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Jemma Dally
Work Department
Head of adoption department.
Position
Partner specialising in all areas of adoption, with a particular interest in international adoption with complex immigration/legal difficulties and in co-parenting, surrogacy and parental orders. Jemma Dally represented the adopters in the leading case in respect of recognition of a foreign adoption order (D v D (foreign adoption) [2008] 1 FLR 1475), also Re Z + Z (recognition of a Brazilian adoption order) [2013] EWHC 747 (Fam); Re R (recognition of Indian adoption) [2012] EWHC 2956 (Fam).
Career
Trained Goodman Ray; qualified 2004. Appointed head of the adoption department in 2007 and made a partner in 2009. Nominated to sit on the BAAF legal advisory committee in 2008.
Memberships
Association of Lawyers for Children, BAAF.
Resolution accredited.
Education
Alcester Grammar School; London Guildhall University (2000 LLB Hons) (2003 LPC).
Leisure
Travel, cinema and theatre.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)Goodman Ray boasts an ‘outstanding’ family law team with lawyers that ‘are well respected and incredibly knowledgeable’. It has a solid reputation for its work in financial matters, private children mandates, and international issues that span adoption and fertility. It also garners praise for its extensive experience in modern family structures, public law matters, and domestic abuse cases. Peggy Ray specialises in complex cases concerning children, while Trudi Featherstone leads the divorce and matrimonial finance team. Jemma Dally is a partner in the adoption, surrogacy, and international child care department, and Tom Brownrigg is another key contact in the department. Kevin Skinner has substantial expertise in international custody disputes, child abduction cases, matrimonial proceedings, and care proceedings. Other names to note include Catriona Allan, Emma Sherrington, and Janet Broadley.