Amanda Dench > Miles & Partners LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Miles & Partners LLP Offices
88-90 MIDDLESEX STREET
LONDON
E1 7EZ
England
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Amanda Dench
Work Department
Family
Position
Founding Partner and Joint Head of Family
Career
Amanda is a Resolution Accredited specialist in international child abduction law and private children law cases.
She specialises in cases concerning children and represents parents and other family members in a wide range of complex private and public law cases.
She has been a member of the panel of Solicitors who receive instructions directly from the international child abduction and contact unit (ICACU) for many years and has expertise in acting for both applicants and respondents in international child abduction and contact cases.
Amanda has represented clients in a number of reported cases in both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
The types of case that Amanda has been involved in include:
- child abduction cases involving both Hague and non-Hague Convention countries. She regularly represents parties in applications made under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court and in wardship proceedings.
- making emergency applications to stop a child being removed from the country on behalf of parents;
- acting for parents in agreeing arrangements for children in regard to contact and residence, and relocation especially where there is an international element;
- representing parents in local authority care proceedings, including situations where there are concerns in relation to learning difficulties, sexual abuse, radicalisation, domestic abuse and non-accidental injury;
- disputes between parents and families where there are issues of alternative families, mental health, personality disorder or domestic abuse; and
- committal proceedings, where individuals face serious consequences as a result of allegations of being in contempt of court.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member of Resolution
Resolution Accredited Specialist
Member of Child Abduction Lawyers Association
Member of Association of Lawyers for Children
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
Kate Hammond and Amanda Dench lead an ‘excellent, well-prepared, pragmatic, and accessible’ team at Miles & Partners LLP. The lawyers are ‘particularly adept at supporting vulnerable clients, including children, young parents, and parents with mental health and cognitive difficulties’. The versatile practice handles a broad spectrum of issues, from complex children proceedings, including care proceedings, to issues of child abduction, forced marriage, and genital mutilation. Other areas of expertise include advising on pre-nuptial agreements and complicated TOLATA applications. Gemma Hodder and Harriet Brame are also key members of this ‘excellent, modern, forward-thinking team that works collaboratively’.