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Roger McCarthy's family practice includes all
work relating to children (public and private
law), divorce, adoption, abduction, day care and
child minding, fostering, children's homes,
learning disabilities, inherent jurisdiction,
human rights, judicial review and appellate
work.
His civil practice includes public law,
judicial review, care standards (residential
and non-residential), mental health,
education, community care, social services,
health services, local government, social security,
human rights, coroners and tort.
He is used to dealing with
all types of client and has represented a wide
range of parties in his practice areas.
He lectures on a wide
range of topics including family law, adoption,
domestic violence, human rights, public sector
law, regulation of welfare and social services
and care standards.
He is recommended in the
current editions of Chambers & Partners'
Directory, the Legal 500 and the Experts
Directory. His credits in Chambers &
Partners' Directory include the following:
"has impressed several
leading practitioners with the speed with which
he gets a grip on cases and was reported to be
"very constructive and helpful to deal with"" -
"his profound intellect is there for all to see"
- "low key but effective style" - "Coram .......
strong specialist family set. [He] stands
out as the leader. Reflecting the set's
strength in children law, he acts for families,
guardians and local authorities with "fearless
passion". A keen exponent of public law,
he is a veteran of numerous judicial reviews".
"has a very good court
manner and a good manner with clients as well as
being a good lawyer" (The Lawyer) |
