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England - London • Private client
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Family: children

ITN Solicitors

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The ‘stellar’ ITN Solicitors is led by Mitali Zakaria, regarded by clients as ’an absolute stand-out partner’ with ‘a formidable reputation in public law work.’ Zakaria frequently acts directly for children in complex cases involving radicalisation, sexual abuse, and care proceedings. Somia Siddiq is regularly instructed in proceedings involving abuse and international elements. The firm’s breadth across public, private, and abduction work is strengthened by various specialist lawyers, including Androulla Nicolaou and Sajidah Khan, who advise on complex care cases with overlapping immigration, mental health, and safeguarding issues.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Mitali Zakaria and Somia Siddiq are both excellent. Mitali is particularly good at representing competent teenagers. Somia is very good at representing particularly vulnerable parents who have a learning difficulty. They are able to give calm and empathetic advice to the clients they represent.’

  • ‘Somia Siddiq deserves recognition as a lawyer of the highest quality. She consistently shows superb judgment and careful thinking. She has an exceptional skill set in dealing with vulnerable clients, and often represents young people in care proceedings. She knows her cases inside out; her work ethic and dedication is incredible. She is an absolute superstar and one of the leaders in the field of public law.’

  • ‘ITN Solicitors is a stellar children law firm with a high calibre of lawyers who provide an excellent level of service.’

  • ‘Mitali Zakaria is fantastic. She always knows the law and her case inside out and will go the extra mile for the children and guardian she represents. She is well respected by opponents and judges alike.'

  • 'Androulla Nicolaou is a strong lawyer who is particularly adept at including counsel in case strategy. She is very responsive and clients really like her as they know how hard she fights their corner.’

  • ‘The family team at ITN are simply excellent. Their instructions are always thorough and enable me to prepare the case efficiently and effectively. ’

Key clients

  • Re T (Local Authority Response to Findings of Abuse)| |[2024] EWFC 103 (B)

Work highlights

Acted for Father in private law proceedings concerning the Local Authority’s obligations following findings of abuse.

Practice head

Mitali Zakaria

Other key lawyers

Somia Siddiq; Androulla Nicolaou; Sajidah Khan; Mariam Cassamoali