Leslie Samuels is a specialist practitioner in Family and Civil.

He sits as a Deputy District Judge in the Principal Registry of the Family Division.  He undertakes Ancillary Relief including "big money" and farming cases and where the assets include businesses and pensions, Public law Children Act proceedings acting for parents, local authorities and Children's Guardians,  Judicial Review of local authority decisions, Private law Children Act proceedings Child Abduction to the UK both from Convention and Non-Convention countries.

In Civil he undertakes Employment Law, including unfair dismissal and discrimination claims and issues relating to contracts of employment,  Probate, including validity of wills and claims under the Inheritance Act, Judicial Review, Property disputes including claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act and by way of equitable estoppel.

 Deputy District Judge Principal Registry of the Family Division (2003)
 Accredited Mediator (ADR Group) (2005)

M.A. (Criminology) University of Toronto

University of Toronto: Connaught Scholarship. Open Fellowship

MA (Law) Cambridge University
MA (Criminology) University of Toronto
Called to the Bar 1989 (Gray's Inn)

Re P (Adoption: Breach of Care Plan), [2004] EWCA Civ 355 [2004] 2 FLR 1109
A v B (Financial Relief: Agreements) [2005] EWHC 314 (Fam) [2005] 2 FLR 730
Southampton City College v. Randall [2006] IRLR 18

Re D [2006] 2 FLR 1053

R (L) v Nottinghamshire County Council [2007] EWHC 2364 (Admions)

Cave v Portsmouth City council [2008] UKEAT/0608/07/ZT

Family life,  Sport (including attending AFC Wimbledon matches), Theatre, Gardening (time permitting!)