Beth Hancock qualified as a solicitor in March 2024.
Beth studied law at Nottingham Trent University and obtained her professional qualifications at the University of Law.
Beth joined BH&O in April 2021 where she worked as a paralegal whilst studying towards her professional qualifications. Beth began her training contract in September 2022. During her training, Beth gained experience in a wide range of family law matters but took a particular interest in both public and private children law cases. She worked closely with the BH&O’s experienced children lawyers in order to develop her knowledge and skills.
Beth now undertakes work in cases involving children and domestic abuse. In particular, Beth, advises and represents in cases involving social services.
This includes in non-accidental injury work and cases being heard in the Family Drug & Alcohol Court (FDAC). Beth has also received regular instruction by the Official Solicitor on behalf of clients lacking litigation capacity.
Alongside the public law cases, Beth undertakes work on a range of private children disputes, including those which feature allegations of harm, special educational needs (SEN), neurodivergence and domestic abuse.
Beth’s compassion, empathy and patience is exemplary, and she prides herself on being able to build trusting relationships with clients. She takes time and care to ensure that advice is explained in a clear way so clients are empowered to make decisions for them and their children.
Beth has always had a keen interest in specialising in non-accidental injury cases and has been developing her practice throughout her time at BH&O. Equally, Beth is interested in developing her practice in adoption proceedings, and is working closely with the firm’s adoption specialist, Emily Boardman.
“If you’re looking for a firm that’s ethical and dedicated to your case then look no further. BH&O gave me incredible support as I went through what 35 year tenure judge said was their most complex, and achieved success not just for me but for my children.” ON June 2022
“Very welcoming and Beth explains everything in detail and makes sure you understand. She went above and beyond for me. Will use them again if needed to!” – anonymous, cleint
Very knowledgeable, helpful and patient. Quick responses to emails with easy to understand and comprehensive advice. Thoroughly recommend – A, Client
Beth was very professional, extremely knowledgeable and always very helpful. She always kept us informed of what was happening, and very empathetic. I only wish we had been granted legal aid to have her continue with our matter in hand. We would highly recommend this solicitors.. – C & L – clients
We would like to thank you for your patience with us, we didn’t have regular information for you. The kindness we received from Beth and Janet helped us through a very worrying time. We are so grateful, thank you. – client, anonymous
Beth acted for the applicant in complex private law proceedings – M v F & Anor [2024] EWFC 371 (B) (17 December 2024).
© BH&O LLP 2018–2025
Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP (registered in England and Wales OC401342) trading as BH&O LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (number 647667). Our registered office is 1-3 Ock Street, Abingdon OX14 5AL. The term ‘partner’ is used to refer to a member of the partnership. Our partners are Emily Boardman, Ruth Hawkins and Irena Skapin Osborne.
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
__stripe_mid | 1 year | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
__stripe_sid | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
ARRAffinity | This cookie is set by websites that run on Windows Azure cloud platform. The cookie is used to affinitize a client to an instance of an Azure Web App. | |
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
ls_smartpush | 2 months | This cookie is set by the provider Litespeed Server. This cookie allows the server to store the settings and to improve performance of the site. |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
YSC | session | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
_ga | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
_gat_UA-122301650-1 | 1 minute | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
_gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
IDE | 1 year 24 days | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
_ga_C9MYP3484F | 2 years | No description |
ARRAffinitySameSite | session | No description |
CONSENT | 16 years 7 months 4 days 16 hours 5 minutes | No description |
m | 2 years | No description |