A child arrangements order is a legal contract between the Court and the child's parents or guardians. Child arrangements ensure that the child's living arrangements are in their best interests by detailing who the child [...]
As a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme, the team at King Street Solicitors have represented numerous families caught in the middle of acrimonious and protracted disputes about how time should be [...]
We asked Francesca to tell us a bit more about herself: What made you decide to become a solicitor? When my school careers officer asked where I wanted to do work experience, aged 16, I [...]
We offer FREE drop in appointments at our Pontefract office every Wednesday between 10am and 1pm. There's no need to book, just drop in for a chat with one of our friendly team. Why do [...]
In my last blog, I wrote about the legal effect of special guardianship orders. Today, I’m going to talk about what the Local Authority considers in carrying out a special guardianship order assessment. Before the [...]
When members of an extended family put themselves forward to care for children, the Local Authority will almost always agree to carry out a ‘viability’ assessment of them. This is usually a fairly quick piece [...]
King Street Solicitors is now part of the Safer Places Scheme The Safer Places Scheme aims to assist vulnerable people with learning disabilities, autism and dementia to feel safer when they are out and about [...]
Four members of our team (Tracey Hunter, Francesca Greenfield, Sue Wittrick and Abby Duffy) pulled on our trainers yesterday to run for funds in the annual Wakefield Hospice 10k. As four first-time 10K runners, our [...]
Having recently recruited a trainee solicitor, this is my personal, and no doubt idiosyncratic view of what wannabe trainees need to know: 1. Proof read, proof read, proof read Every single “how to get a [...]
Ann is a long-standing member of our administrative team. As legal assistant to Sue Wittrick and Joanna Longfellow, she is well known to many of our clients for her helpfulness and efficiency. Ann has worked [...]
