1GC | Family Law

Jyoti specialises in Family law, Public and Administrative and Human Rights law. Her family practice encompasses all areas of Family law with a particular focus on children and cases involving domestic abuse. Jyoti has appeared at all levels up to the Court of Appeal.

Her practice has included a number of cases of particular importance: PP v AB [2025] EWHC 3609 (Fam) where the High Court allowed an appeal against a Family Court Final Order permitting the relocation of 3 young children: the appeal turned on complex issues relating to parental mental health;  Lill v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 3192, a landmark statutory interpretation case in a ‘special court’ convened by the Court of Appeal; GM v GF [2022] EWFC 84 a case concerning allegations of sexual abuse of a child by the father,  DPP v Barreto [2019] EWHC 2044 which was a 'case stated' appeal which prompted legislative change and Re LM (A Child: Return Order to the UAE; Humanitarian Protection [2026] EWHC 1988 which is now the leading case on the interplay between return orders made under the court's inherent jurisdiction and Humanitarian Protection. 

Human Rights Lawyers' Association

Family Law Bar Association

Resolution

BA English Language and Literature, Magdalen College, University of Oxford 
GDL  City Law School 
BPTC, City Law School