Lawyers acting for children have spoken out this week about the dire quality of representation that some solicitor firms are offering. Stories have been told of cases being handled by staff who are clearly not qualified for the job – in the most extreme instances, a receptionist and a secretary, but also frequently paralegals who are not experienced in family work.
Also stories about qualified solicitors who have taken on parents’ cases and then done absolutely no work on the case, not even responding to correspondence.
Christina Blacklaws, Law Society council member for child law, said some criminal law practices had begun to act for parents in child care proceedings. ‘They are using people who are not only not experienced in family law, but not experienced at all,’
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