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England

Barristers

Gayan Samarasinghe

Gayan Samarasinghe

Fourteen, London

Position

Gayan acts in both private and public law children proceedings. He acts in a broad range of cases including international relocations, in fact-finding hearings concerning serious allegations of harm, and in cases involving allegations of parental alienation. Gayan is frequently instructed in family finance cases and is often instructed in claims involving intervenors, in TOLATA cases, and cases involving companies. He was recently successful in a seven day final hearing involving six parties to a dispute over the beneficial ownership of two properties.

Career

Call: 2017 Prior to coming to the Bar, Gayan worked for several years in a solicitor's practice which specialised in representing children serving indeterminate and life sentences.

Languages

French, Arabic

Memberships

Inner Temple

Family Law Bar Association

Resolution

Education

BA (Hons), Leeds University, 2008 LLM (and Qualifying Law Degree), Leeds University, 2010 BPTC, City University, 2016 (Very Competent)

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