Josie is a Graduate Solicitor Apprentice in our Child Abuse team. She’s worked in the legal industry for two years.
Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
Floor 9 West Village, 114 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 1BA
Josie is currently working in our Child Abuse department as part of her training.
She has previously worked in the Court of Protection team, where she was involved in cases concerning individuals who are deemed to lack capacity to make certain decisions relating to their health and welfare.
Her role includes:
Josie is studying an LLM Law Conversion with SQE1 course at BPP university alongside her role at the firm. On completion of the course, Josie will achieve a Masters qualification and will be ready to sit her SQE1 exams, which will allow her to move on to the next step towards qualifying as a solicitor.
Josie works on cases with the utmost care and attention to detail, always striving to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.
Josie is compassionate toward clients and always maintains professional standards.
Josie has worked on a number of cases where P has been successful in challenging their deprivation of liberty, as per the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and has been able to move back into their own home.
"“Thank you for all your support with this. Please pass my thanks onto the rest of the team too. As I said on the phone, I am sure I will work with you all again soon!”
Court of Protection Health and Welfare Client
A trial has started at Sheffield Crown Court against two men, Bawan Harwe, 28, and Sharam Muhamadi, 21, accused of grooming and sexually abusing seven girls in Doncaster. Prosector Claire Holmes said that all seven of the girls were given money and drugs and were intimidated into doing what the men wanted.
Four men have been convicted of the sexual abuse of a teenage girl in Kirklees and Wakefield between 1994 and 2000, when the girl was between 13 and 20.
The National Crime Agency have been looking at allegations of abuse in Rotherham between 1997-2013, known as Operation Stovewood.