Kim Stradling

Solicitor - Senior Consultant Solicitor

SRA ID: 157863

Kim is one of the leading Child Law specialist Solicitors in the South West. Kim qualified as a Solicitor in 1992 and has been a member of the Law Society Children Panel since 1999. Kim regularly represents the child through their Children’s Guardian. She also acts as agent solicitor for Devon County Council (if their in house legal team is at capacity) Kim has particular expertise in complex Care Proceedings involving suspected non-accidental injuries, and multi-disciplinary medical evidence and over the years she has seen many cases progress through the Family Courts and to the Court of Appeal. Kim is also our surrogacy expert. In 2014 Kim was the winner of The Lawyer Monthly – Family and Succession Lawyer of the Year Award and has been recognised by the Legal 500 in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Kim’s expertise also includes qualifying as a Mediator in 1998 and as a Collaborative Family Lawyer in 2007. In 2011 Kim qualified as a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Private Law Children and Advocacy, and in 2012 added the Domestic Abuse specialism. Kim is also a member of Resolution, the Association of Lawyers for Children and the National Association for Guardians Ad-litem and Reporting Officers. Kim joined us from Devon Solicitors Everys where she was a partner and head of Family Law