Simone
specialises in all aspects of private and public law children
work. She has particular expertise in domestic
and international Child Abduction and is a member of the
panel of lawyers instructed in child abduction work by the
International Child Abduction and Contact Unit at the Official
Solicitor’s Department. Simone is on the Law Society’s
Children Panel and represents both parents and children in
Care proceedings. She is recognised as a Leader in her field
in both Chambers and Partners Directory (2007),where she is
noted as being “someone you can trust”, and Legal
500.
In 2004 Simone was appointed as a Deputy District Judge, South Eastern Circuit.
In 2005 the Black Solicitors Network presented Simone with “Outstanding Lawyer of the Year” award.
Simone is a member of Resolution and sits on the Resolution London Region Committee. Simone sits on the Diversity Committee of the Family Justice Council. Simone qualified in 1990 and became a Partner at Hodge Jones and Allen in 1993.
Simone joined Osbornes as a Consultant in January 2007.
