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Child abduction: accredited solicitors referral list

A list of solicitors accredited to deal with cases where a child is taken abroad without a parent's permission.

Applies to England and Wales

All solicitors are accredited by the International Child Abduction Contact Unit (ICACU) for meeting the standards required for this work.

Find out how to apply to join the ICACU referral list.

A&N Care Solicitors

Regency House
2 Paradise Street
Sheffield,
S1 2DF

Telephone: 0114 321 7500
Fax: 0114 321 0799

AL-Law Associates

Dudley House
31 Lower Road
Harrow
HA2 0DE

Telephone: 0203 794 8280

Anthony Louca

24 Lisson Grove
Marylebone
London
NW1 6TT

Telephone: 0207 723 9889
Fax: 0207 723 6009

Ben Hoare Bell

40 Shields Road
Byker
Newcastle
NE6 1DR

Telephone: 0191 275 2626
Fax: 0191 275 2627

Best Solicitors

Broughton House
48 West Street
Sheffield
S1 4EX

Telephone: 0114 281 3636
Fax: 0114 281 3635

Bindman and Partners

222-236 Gray’s Inn Road
London
WC1X 8HB

Telephone: 0207 833 4433
Fax: 0207 837 9792

Space Station House
Warstock Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 4ST

Telephone: 0121 474 4827
Fax: 0121 474 4827

Brethertons

Strathmore House
Waterperry Court
Middleton Road
Banbury
OX16 4QD

Telephone: 01295 270 999
Fax: 01295 257 580

Charles Strachan Solicitors

709 Bristol Road South
Birmingham
B31 2JT

Telephone: 0121 704 3311

Covent Garden Family Law

17 Shorts Gardens
London
WC2H 9AT

Telephone: 0207 257 6130
Fax: 0207 839 3656

Creighton and Partners

24 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3HN

Telephone: 0207 976 2233
Fax: 0207 636 4753

Dawson Cornwell

11 Staple Inn
London
WC1V 7QH

Telephone: 0207 242 2556
Fax: 0207 539 4841

Duncan Lewis

Sackville House
143-149 Fenchurch Street
London.
EC3M 6BL

Telephone: 033 3772 0409
Fax: 0207 923 3320
DX: 1074 CDE

Ellis Jones

14a Haven Road
Canford Cliffs
Poole
BH13 7LP

Telephone: 0120 270 9898
Fax: 0120 270 7871

Eskinazi and Co

Prospect House
2 Athenaeum Road
London
N20 9AE

Telephone: 0208 369 5166
DX: 132897 Whetstone 2

Family Law Company by Hartnell Chanot, The

Oriel House
Southernhay Gardens
Exeter
EX1 1NP

Telephone: 01392 421 777
Fax: 01392 421 237

Family Law and Mediation Solicitors

Vantage Point
Pynes Hill
Exeter
EX2 5FD.

Telephone: 01392 248 113

Freemans

18 Bedford Row
London
WC1R 4EQ

Telephone: 0207 935 3522
Fax: 0207 535 1335

Gillian Radford and Co

453 Harrow Road
London
NW10 4RG

Telephone: 0208 960 4366
Fax: 0208 969 7268

Goodman Ray

5 Cranwood Street
London
EC1V 9EE

Telephone: 0207 608 1227
Fax: 0207 250 1786

Hanne and Co

Molasses House
Plantation Wharf
Battersea
London
SW11 3TN

Telephone: 0207 228 0017
Fax: 0207 326 8300
DX: 319501 Battersea 2

Hopkin Murray Beskine

The Ivories
Unit 17, 6-18 Northampton Street
London
N1 2HY

Telephone: 0207 272 1234
Fax: 0207 226 3737

International Family Law Group

Octagon Point
5 Cheapside
St. Paul’s
London
EC2V 6AA

Telephone: 0203 178 5668
Fax: 0203 178 5669

J I Solicitors

1-3 Atwell Road
London
SE15 4TW

Telephone: 0207 732 8750
Fax: 0207 732 0362

Jones Myers Partnership

8 St Paul's Street
Leeds
LS1 2LE

Telephone: 0113 246 0055
Fax: 0113 246 7446

LDJ Solicitors

29 Dugdale Street
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 5QN

Telephone: 02476 745000

London Family Solicitor

CentralPoint
45 Beech Street
London EC2Y 8AD

Telephone: 0203 865 1535

Lyons Davidson

43 Queens Square
Bristol
BS1 4QP

Telephone: 0117 904 6000
Fax: 0117 904 6001

Makin Dixon Solicitors

Cavendish Chambers
100 Cavendish Street
Keighley
BD21 3DE

Telephone: 0153 560 5040
Fax: 0127 474 7277

Miles and Partners

88-90 Middlesex Street
London
E1 7EZ

Telephone: 0207 426 0400
Fax: 0207 426 0100

Moore Barlow

The Oriel
Sydenham Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3SR

Telephone: 0148 346 4260

MSB Solicitors

MSB House
20-22 Tapton Way
Wavertree Business Village
Liverpool
L13 1DA

Telephone: 0151 281 9040
Fax: 0151 254 1652

Oliver Fisher Solicitors

2nd Floor, Astley House
33 Notting Hill Gate
London
W11 3JQ

Telephone: 0203 219 0145
Fax: 0203 219 0175
DX: 94204 Notting Hill Gate

Osbornes

Livery House
9 Pratt Street
London
NW1 0AE

Telephone: 0207 485 8811
Fax: 0207 485 5660

Passmores

21 Tynewydd Road
Barry
CF62 8HB

Telephone: 0144 672 1000
Fax: 0144 674 6949

Philcox Gray

5 Trinity Street
London
SE1 1DB

Telephone: 0203 207 2074
DX: 144376 Southwark 4

RWK Goodman

69 Carter Lane
London
EC4V 5EQ

Telephone: 0207 583 2222

Russell-Cooke

Bishop's Palace House
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 1QN

Telephone: 0208 564 6111
Fax: 0208 541 4404

Shepherd Harris and Co

96 Silver Street
Enfield
Middlesex
EN1 3EL

Telephone: 0208 363 8341
Fax: 0208 367 7440

Sills and Betteridge

Aquis House
18 - 28 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JN

Telephone: 0152 254 2211
DX: 11025 Lincoln

Stephensons

Unit 12, Brewery Yard
Deva City Office Park
Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BB.

Telephone: 01942 774442

Switalskis Solicitors

St James House
28 Park Place
Leeds
LS1 2SP

Telephone: 0113 223 1400
Fax: 0113 223 1401

Thomas Dunton Solicitors LLP

217-219 High Street
Orpington
Kent
BR6 0NZ

Telephone: 0168 982 2554
Fax: 0168 983 9327

Vanguard Law Solicitors

8-10 Gargreaves Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 1ED

Telephone: 0800 622 6641

Venters Solicitors

1-6 Camberwell Green
London
SE5 7AD

Telephone: 0207 277 0110
Fax: 0207 277 0132

WBW Solicitors LLP

13-15 Southernhay West
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1PL

Telephone: 0139 225 8451
Fax: 0139 227 8938

Williams and Co

12th Floor
Premier House
112 Station Road
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 7BJ

Telephone: 0208 952 8882
Fax: 0208 952 6668

Williscroft and Co

Pickwick Works
Peckover Street
Bradford
BD1 5BD

Telephone: 0127 430 5380
Fax: 0127 472 0715

Wilsons

697 High Road
Tottenham
London
N17 8AD

Telephone: 0208 808 7535
Fax: 0208 880 3393

Published 4 August 2014
Last updated 14 December 2023 + show all updates
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  11. Updated list of accredited solicitors.

  12. Includes details of latest firms added to accredited solicitors referral list.

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