Richard White
Children and Care, Adoption, Abduction
Richard White qualified as a Solicitor in 1971. He has been a Consultant to McMillan Williams since 2007. He advises a number of charities in respect of their work under the Children Act 1989, the Adoption Act 1976, the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and any other area of law relating to the welfare of children.
In 1986 Richard established the firm of White & Sherwin with his Partner Michael Sherwin, a niche firm specialising solely in the law relating to children.
Richard has been a member of the Law Society Children Panel since its inception. Richard is a Tribunal Judge of the First-tier Tribunal of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (Special Educational Needs) and of the Social Entitlement Chamber. He has been the General Editor of Clarke Hall and Morrison, an encyclopaedia on the law relating to children, since 1985, and is co author of four editions of White, Carr and Lowe, a guide to the Children Act 1989, and two editions of Wards of Court. Richard is the Secretary of the Michael Sieff Foundation.
Outside work Richard enjoys all forms of sport, especially watching and playing cricket, and spending time with his family.