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AREAS
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Family Finance and
Property - Public and Private Law Children |
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Sabuhi
Chaudhry is a dedicated specialist family
practitioner, who practises in the fields of both
family finance and property and public and private
child law. She has practised exclusively in
family law from her first day of call and has
considerable experience in the field. Her
practice particularly includes ancillary relief
and private law children work. In the public
law domain she is often instructed to represent
guardians and local authorities. She has
also become particularly recognised as a
specialist in cases involving a cultural or
religious element. |
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Sabuhi
has an established and sound following amongst
solicitors and is regarded as a practitioner who
is able to provide robust advice, if required,
whilst continuing to be personable and down to
earth in her manner. |
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AWARDS |
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Thomas More Bursary and
Megarry Scholarship from Lincoln's Inn |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
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Family Law Bar Association |
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LANGUAGES |
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Fluent Punjabi |
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Conversational Urdu and
Hindi |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Caught in the Crossfire -
The Courts' Approach to Religious and Cultural
Issues in Children Act 1989 Cases |
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CASES OF INTEREST |
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Abbassi v Abbassi
[2006] EWCA Civ 355 (CA) [2006] 2 FLR 415 |
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Talak
divorce – Recognition of foreign divorce –
Deferral of issue to Pakistani courts for
determination – Proper exercise of judicial
discretion |
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Re S (Change of Name:
Cultural Factors) [2001] 2 FLR 1005 |
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Name change – Divorced
Muslim mother and Sikh father – Child bearing Sikh
names – Hindrance to child’s acceptance by Muslim
community |
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Re K (Specific Issue
Order) [1999] 2 FLR 280 |
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Specific issue order –
Telling child of father’s existence – Mother’s
implacable hostility – Balance of interests |
