Awards and Recommendations for Emily Wright
Emily Wright is a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2025 edition for her Family work across London.
Legal 500 2025 Edition.
Family / London
Emily is a Recommended Lawyer in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 for her Family work across London.
Legal 500 2024 Edition.
Family / London
I am a director in the child care department at Duncan Lewis based in the Croydon office.
I represent parents, children and other family members in court proceedings including applications for various orders including; care orders, special guardianship orders, child arrangement orders, specific issue orders and prohibited steps orders. I represent children directly or through their children's guardian.
Outside of court proceedings I regularly advise clients on a number of family and childcare issues and have a particular speciality assisting parents where the local authority is involved and is considering issuing care proceedings. I represent parents in such proceedings, covering various issues such as sexual abuse and physical abuse, non-accidental injuries, neglect, substance abuse and mental health difficulties and have represented client's in court proceedings through the official solicitor.
I also have extensive experience representing clients experiencing mental health difficulties, clients for whom English is not their first language, clients with learning difficulties and other vulnerabilities. I have conducted court proceedings in all levels of court, including the High Court.
I have been a member of the Law Society's Children Law Accreditation Scheme in September 2016 and am ranked in the Legal 500 2024.