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Mehvish Chaudhry
Position
Mehvish specialises in children law and regularly represents all parties in both private and public law proceedings. Mehvish has a particular expertise in cases involving an international element and regularly appears in High Court proceedings brought under the Forced Marriage Act, inherent jurisdiction, cases involving international child abduction under The Hague Convention and Brussels IIR, stranded spouses and applications for leave to remove. Reported cases: Re B (a child) [2016] UKSC, F (Child’s Objections) (was Re N on appeal) [2015] EWCA Civ 1022, AT v SS [2015] EWHC 2703 (Fam), Dad, Re [2015] EWHC 2655 (Fam), J (A Child), Re [2015] EWHC 1627, A (A child: Wardship: Fact Finding: Domestic Violence) [2015] EWHC 1598, Dad, Re [2015] EWHC 2655 (Fam), J (A Child), Re [2015] EWHC 1627 (Fam), A (A child: Wardship: Fact Finding: Domestic Violence) [2015] EWHC 1598 (Fam), Re M (Republic Of Ireland) (Child’s Objections) (Joinder Of Children As Parties To Appeal) [2015] EWCA Civ 26, King (A Child), Re [2014] EWHC 2964 (Fam), In re K (A Child) (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre Intervening)[2014] 2 WLR 1304, I (Wardship: Removal From Country of Habitual Residence [2014] EWHC 3163 (Fam), FB v IB [2014] EWHC 759, N v K (No.2) [2014] EWHC 507 (Fam), O v O [2014] 2 WLR 1213, N v K [2013] EWHC 2774 (Fam), FT and NT (Children), Re [2013] EWHC 850 (Fam), ML v KW and Anor [2013] EWHC 341 (Fam), N v A (Abduction from Pakistan) [2013] EWHC 3954 (Fam), MP v MH [2011] EWHC 3467 (Fam). In 2013 Mehvish received the Jordans Family Law ‘Young Barrister of the Year’ award.
Career
Called 2008; Lincoln’s Inn. Hardwicke Scholarship (2007); Sir Thomas More Scholarship (2006). Publications of note: Immigration aspects of stranded spouse cases” International Family Law Summer 2012, “An Introduction to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act for Immigration Practitioners” Tolley’s Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law summer 2010.
Languages
Conversational Urdu.
Memberships
FLBA.
Education
King’s College London, LLM, 2(1); University College London, LLM, Distinction.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Mehvish Chaudhry –Harcourt Chambers ‘Mehvish is a brilliant advocate who is never fazed by anything or daunted by anyone. She is always very well prepared and extremely good with clients. She is a go-to for complex international children’s cases.’
Harcourt Chambers is a ‘very reliable set with a wide range of excellent counsel’. The head of chambers is ‘hard-working and great tactician’ Nick Goodwin KC, who has been handling a lot of cases involving the death of or serious injury to children of late. Other silks include Edward Devereux KC, who successfully represented a father seeking his children’s return to Dubai in the case Re A and B (Children), and Damian Garrido KC, who is ‘personable, approachable and hugely articulate’ and regularly represents clients in difficult domestic and international children cases. Mehvish Chaudhry is a ‘dedicated and thorough advocate’ who handles a range of international child law.