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Anita Guha KC
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 1Anita Guha KC –7BR ‘Anita is a real force of nature. She is forceful, tenacious, and a formidable advocate through and through.’
7BR‘s ‘dynamic family law team consists of several impressive and focused advocates‘. The group garners praise for its strength in handling cross-border cases, often involving issues of international child abduction. Barbara Connolly KC is a ‘tough and able cross-examiner‘ who specialises in cases related to surrogacy and fertility treatment. Turning to the juniors, Helen Compton is regularly instructed in complex cases involving allegations of traumatic brain injuries. Bolstering the team at the senior end, Anita Guha KC and Susannah Johnson KC took silk in March 2024.