Dexter Bonner

Deputy Head of Family @nls_solicitors. Member of the Children Law Panel. @watfordfc fan. Views are my own.

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

Delighted to be starting my first day at @nls_solicitors today. Feels like perfect timing for a fresh start and a new project. Can’t wait to get started #legalaid #familylaw #newjob

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

Excited to be hosting the first in‑house advocacy training session for colleagues @NationalLegalService! Proud to support fellow advocates, solicitors, and paralegals in strengthening their family‑law advocacy skills #familylaw #advocacy

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

🚨 Legal Update Alert 🚨

My second @nls_solicitors legal update is out, covering recent cases in family/children law and guidance from the President of the Family Division and the Family Justice Council #legalupdate #familylaw #childrenlaw

https://t.co/SAmppMJ1Je

[National Legal Service @nls_solicitors]

Ending the working week with a peek into what it's like to start a role here at NLS - Jagjit Parmar tells us about her experience: https://t.co/0Drr4O24Dw
#familylaw #law #career

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

Today I am back in #woolwich offering #familylaw training and outreach sessions to @HomeStartLondon children centres in #Greenwich. It’s great to be back supporting local families and providing greater access to justice in #childprotection #domesticabuse and #legalaid

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

Really proud of Harvey Daniel, who qualifies with us through the SQE route. A great achievement and a result of huge amounts of hard work. Interesting blog on his qualification journey here: https://t.co/pDW8yAg2uW #legalaid #familylaw @nls_solicitors

[National Legal Service @nls_solicitors]

Before you head off for the long weekend, please take a moment to support our #LegalWalk team if you can.
The event helps to raise funds for @londonlegal who aim to ensure access to justice for all.
Sponsor our team at https://t.co/FGveXrvmWg
#law #lawyer #solicitor

[National Legal Service @nls_solicitors]

We’re proud to once again be taking part in this year’s London #LegalWalk on the 18/6 to help raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust, which aims to ensure access to justice for all.
https://t.co/FGveXrvmWg

[Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards @LALYawards]

'Shocked 😲and ecstatic 😄'
'Disbelief 🤦...a practical joke🤡'
'Excited 🤪and hugely honoured😇'
Previous LALY winners describe how they felt on discovering they had been nominated.
You have until 22 April to tell us about your legal aid heroes #LALY24
https://t.co/3UmpAlegLh

[Law Society Gazette @lawsocgazette]

Family lawyers urged to help Law Society lay bare economic reality of doing legal aid work to show government why more cash is needed to save fragile sector:

https://t.co/L9c6XoBK82

[✨Priti Shah✨ @pshahuk]

Judgment in a care case where I represented ‘Thomas’.
His maternal grandfather was found by adverse inference and scientific DNA testing to also be his father.
Care orders made for him and his aunt/half-sibling.
https://t.co/s68v1zlBHk

[The Law Society @TheLawSociety]

📉 “More and more firms can no longer afford to offer this service, as legal aid rates have decreased by almost 50% since 1996.”

Our vice president Richard Atkinson tells @NewLawJournal that 100% of housing #LegalAid providers are loss-making.

https://t.co/LaRvU86SQq

[Law Society Gazette @lawsocgazette]

Lawyers are losing money doing housing legal aid work but feel morally obliged to keep going, according to independent analysis commissioned by the Law Society:

https://t.co/5PLdNmLWox

[The Law Society @TheLawSociety]

“It would not take a huge sum of money in terms of overall public expenditure to solve this problem.”

Vice president Richard Atkinson tells @TWProbate about the urgent need for investment in #CivilLegalAid, as a new survey shows an underfunded system.

https://t.co/PjZfJt9e2u

[Peter Walker @peterwalker99]

A cheery* pre-Xmas story from me: England has more than twice as many long-term empty homes than children spending this festive season in temporary accommodation.

*Could be cheery if someone sorted it.

https://t.co/2L6HparkLT

[Law Society Gazette @lawsocgazette]

New stats show public family court proceedings now exceed 10 months:

https://t.co/fpSVSCzJY9

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

@nls_solicitors What a fantastic blog by the newest member of our team

[National Legal Service @nls_solicitors]

What's it like to start a new role at NLS? New recruit Ayomide Abrahams tells all here: https://t.co/PC09zMetQx
#familylaw #familylawyer #familysolicitor

[Dexter Bonner @dexter_bonner]

@nls_solicitors My colleague Harvey Daniel had conduct of this matter and ran it brilliantly - with a focus on the welfare of the children and avoiding unnecessarily hostile language against the other parent #childrenlaw #legalaid

[National Legal Service @nls_solicitors]

Another reported case for the specialist team of family lawyers here at NLS. 
Article to follow but you can read the full judgement here: https://t.co/6E9SSRLy4H
#familylaw #familylawyer #familycourt