"The hope you give parents is nothing short of a miracle"
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About UsWHO WE ARE
Douglas Silas Solicitors (DSS) is a small, niche, but nationally acclaimed and renowned firm of solicitors run by Douglas Silas. Douglas specialises exclusively in advising and representing parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and has done so successfully now for many years. Douglas has successfully represented thousands of parents of children with SEN and has helped them get the right provision or school for their child, even where they thought that there was no hope left. Douglas (who is himself physically disabled and uses a wheelchair to get around) has, over many years, become the foremost solicitor/firm in the country in the field of SEN (ranked by The Legal 500 amongst others). Douglas/our firm have also won numerous awards over many years, including: ‘SEN Law Firm Of The Year’, ‘Education Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year’, ‘Outstanding Achievement’ & ‘Niche Law Firm of the Year’ and he has also been shortlisted twice by the Law Society for its prestigious ‘Solicitor of the Year (Private Practice)’ award. WHAT WE DO
We help parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) who are in dispute with their Local Authority (LA) to get a good Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for them. We advise them indirectly (i.e. by helping them do things themselves), or we represent them directly (i.e. by doing everything for them). We do everything from helping them seek an EHC Needs assessment, right up to representing them in any appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal that they need to take. HOW WE HELP
We help parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) who are in dispute with their Local Authority (LA) to get a good Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for them.
We help if parents are trying to get an EHC Plan in the first place, or where they need help to appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal because:
However, we also help parents in the following other situations:
WHY CHOOSE US
Parents choose us to help them (usually after personal recommendations) as they know that we have considerable experience of SEN; a nationally acclaimed reputation in this field and an extremely high track record of settling or winning cases. Parents also choose us to help them as they know that we provide honest, independent, objective and the best specialist advice and support that they can get. We also work closely with parents, experts and schools during a case, as we have learnt from extensive experience that cases are won by presenting good evidence and having the best 'team' behind you. Parents also know that, as a small and niche specialist practice, we provide them with a very high level of personal service and we will only help parents where we genuinely believe that we can provide real and added value, so they always know in themselves that they have done the best that they can for their child. MEET OUR TEAM
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