Anita Guha KC > Chambers of Rachel Langdale KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Rachel Langdale KC
7BR
7 Bedford Row
LONDON
WC1R 4BS
England

Position

Specialist in child & family law with expertise in international cross border movement of children and jurisdictional disputes including child abduction cases, relocation, overseas surrogacy, forced marriage and honour based violence cases; care and adoption proceedings and private law proceedings. Reported cases include Re O(Abduction: Settlement) [2011] EWCA Civ 128; Re 5 (Contact Order) [2012] EWCA Civ 6.17; M v M [2010] EWHC 3350 (Fam); G v B [2010] EWHC 2630 (Fam); Fam Div (Sir Nicholas Wall (President Fam)) 25/10/2010; ReS (Abduction: Custody Rights) [2002) EWCA Civ 908.

Career

Called 1997; Middle Temple. Practising barrister since 1997. Tenant at Renaissance Chambers 1999-2009. 7 Bedford Row 2009 to date. Publications of note: author of articles on forced marriage for lnaugaral periodical of ‘Centre of Family Law and Practice’ (April 2010) and Family Law Week on ‘Disclosure Issues and the role of the Special Aclvocate’. Delivers judicial training on forced marriage, and advocacy training at Middle Temple.

Memberships

FLBA; ALC.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse

(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Anita Guha KC7BR ‘Anita is an absolute powerhouse. She fights the client’s corner until the end, and her written work is impeccable. She really takes her time to read the case and discuss strategy.’

7BR’s child law practice offers legal advice across all areas of public and private children law proceedings. Barbara Connolly KC frequently handles cases involving international issues, such as relocation, child abduction, and trafficking. Other key members of the team include Rachel Langdale KC, who has an ‘extra-ordinary work capacity and drive, and a level of attention to detail’ and Anita Guha KC, who successfully represented a mother in the Court of Appeal, appealing against a return order issued by a High Court judge in Re S (A Child).