Leanne Hewett

I deal with matters in which there is present or there is a risk of Child Sexual Exploitation, be it within private or public law proceedings. I have dealt with cases where the child themselves has put themselves at risk of exploitation through gang affiliation or engaging with predators on the internet in which they require protection such as Deprivation of Liberty Orders (DoLs) to keep them safe.

I also deal with cases where the child is at risk from sexual explitation through their parents or primary carer givers where their safety demands that they be removed from their care. This generally happens within Care Proceedings which are instigated by a Local Authoroty but I have also dealt with such matters within Private Law proceedings, where one parent alleges that the other is a perpetrator or 'groomer' of sexual exploitation of a child.

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