Wards expands City centre family law team - 19 April 2007

Emma Smalley recently qualified as a solicitor at Wards, after 18 months’ spent training with the firm, having joined their Bristol City office in 2005.

Emma took her law degree at the University of Bristol. Following this, she worked for a firm of Bristol solicitors for 12 months, as a legal assistant, handling public and private childcare law issues. During her training, she spent time in the conveyancing and Wills & probate department but the majority of her time was spent in the family law team, handling childcare cases.

Now qualified, she has joined Wards’ Bristol city office family law team. She has wide-ranging family law experience but, in particular, is one of only a handful of lawyers locally who specialises in public and private sector childcare law. She advises on issues such as contact, residence and removal of children from the home.

Emma says: “I’ve enjoyed training with Wards, as the workload is very varied. Now I’m qualified, I’m looking forward to meeting existing Wards’ clients and also advising new ones in the area”.