Rarely Black & White: It’s All About the Greys When Child Protection Meets Family Law

Vasu Naik is a founding partner of Robins Naik LLP. She practices in the areas of child protection, family law, adoption and as Section 3 counsel in matters involving the Substitute Decisions Act. Vasu appears regularly before the Superior Court of Justice in child protection and family matters where she has successfully represented parents, extended family members, foster parents, adoptive parents, children and persons whose capacity has been challenged. Vasu has assisted the Court in her role as Amicus Curie in complex child protection litigation. She has also had the opportunity to appear as counsel for Intervenors, Canadian Civil Liberties Association in the Ontario Court of Appeal relating to privacy rights and charter rights of caregivers and children involved with child welfare agencies. Vasu is also an Adoption Licensee and works with both birth parents and prospective adoptive parents toward formalising private adoption in Ontario.