Wendy Ramus

Family Law Executive
"a passionate advocate who works tirelessly to ensure her clients' rights are realised"Non-profit Organisation

Profile

Wendy is a highly regarded Family Law Executive in the Children Department, specialising exclusively in private and public law children matters, child abduction, forced marriage and abandoned spouses cases.

Before joining Dawson Cornwell in 2001, she had already acquired extensive experience in the field of children law, as a caseworker in the Child Abduction Unit, as a Guardian at the Official Solicitors Office and as a policy adviser on child abduction and international legislation relating to children at the Lord Chancellors Department.

Wendy is a member of the Association of Lawyers for Children.

She read French and Spanish at university and speaks intermediate French and Spanish.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Winner of the Dawson Cornwell and London Harmful Practices Working Group (LHPWG) Unsung Heroes Awards 2023
  • Shortlisted for Jordans Family Law Executive of the Year 2016
  • Shortlisted for Jordans Family Law Chartered Legal Executive or Paralegal of the Year 2015
  • Shortlisted by the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO) for one of its annual True Honour Awards as a result of her work in the field of "Honour" Based Violence and Forced Marriage 2012
Publications
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