Practising exclusively in child law, Susan is highly regarded for her expertise across all aspects of Children Act proceedings but above all for her work on public law cases and adoption matters. She has extensive specialist experience of care proceedings that involve allegations of physical, sexual or emotional abuse and of the use of inherent jurisdiction and wardship to protect teenagers and in abduction cases.
Her client base includes local authorities, parents and guardians. Susan speaks and writes on her areas of legal speciality, a recent paper being "Child Abduction: Prevention is better than cure".
Key cases
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Acting in a number of recent cases where parents are alleged to have induced or fabricated illness in their children.
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Norfolk County Council v Webster [2006] EWHC 2898 (fam); (2007) 2 FLR 415: Adoption of older children - acting for prospective parents.
Contact Susan Reed
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk