RWK Goodman works advises on private, public, and international matters, respectively handled by distinct team leads. Simon Bassett heads the wider department, with Keeley Lengthorn leading on public law and Kim Lehal on international matters. Lehal advises on Hague and non-Hague proceedings, international relocations, parental order cases, and cross-border adoption. Lengthorn is instructed in public law children proceedings and advises on declarations of parentage and domestic abuse.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Kim Lehal has transformed RWK's international children's law practice. She is the most organised solicitor I have ever come across, her client base and case load is to die for, she is a thoroughly nice person, and is totally committed to achieving results for her clients, however complex their circumstances.'
- ‘A highly competent children law team, with an increasingly well-respected international children specialism.’
Key clients
- M and A [2024] EWHC 3230 (Fam)
- Re: B (A Child) (Abduction: Article 13(b): Mental Health) [2024] EWCA Civ 1595
Work highlights
Represented an applicant in the Court of Appeal seeking a return of a child to Australia. The decision examined the issue of mental health in defending 1980 Hague Convention proceedings in reliance upon Article 13(b).
Practice head
Simon Bassett; Keeley Lengthorn; Kim Lehal