Mr Hasnat Bashir > Chambers of Elizabeth Isaacs KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Hasnat Bashir

0121 236 0863 hasnat.bashir@stiveschambers.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Hasnat is a Barrister specialising in Financial Remedy and Private Law children matters.

Position

During his long practice as a Solicitor, he regularly appeared for applicants, respondents and interveners at all stages of proceedings.  This included multi-day final hearings in Private Law Children, Financial Remedy proceedings and claims under ToLATA.

Hasnat draws on his experience as a solicitor and is able to meet client expectations with robust and thorough advice. He has the ability to put forward a convincing argument highlighting relevant points to further his clients position whilst identifying any weaknesses in the oppositions case.

He is adept at swiftly building a rapport with clients, to ensure that they feel at ease and have confidence in his representation. Hasnat often relies on his experience as a Solicitor Advocate who understands the clients and solicitors expectations whilst not losing sight of the best possible outcome for his client.

Career

Year of Call: 2018

Family – Finance

Hasnat has wide ranging experience in Financial Remedy cases, which he regularly deals with from inception to conclusion. He has represented very high net worth clients with complex issues relating to the law and their personal position, as well as the more modest net value cases which often require as much care as any financial remedy case.

Hasnat has a particular interest in cases under the Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act. He has extensive experience in dealing with long term relationships where parties have not married.

Hasnat has the ability to assist client’s with ease and taking instructions whilst explaining complex issues to client’s in a manner which allows them to provide effective instructions paving the way for the best possibility of a satisfactory outcome.

Private Law Children

Hasnat has extensive experience in representing clients in Private Law Children’s Act proceedings.

Hasnat is experienced in acting for parents, children and members of the extended family in all aspects of private-law disputes. He is quick to identify the clients goals and draws on his experience as a specialist children law practitioner to address the particular challenges which are posed in private law litigation whilst maintaining a tactically-driven approach.

Hasnat has represented clients in complex cases in the High Court’s dealing with matters of wardship and serious cross allegation relating to domestic and child abuse. He has regularly appeared before the family courts dealing with Children’s Act matters ranging from variation of order.

Hasnat has had extensive exposure as a solicitor dealing with Private Law Proceedings and is aware of the necessity to work closely with solicitors allowing the client the best possibility to achieve the outcome they desire.

Hasnat has recently been instructed in cases with issues including:

• Alleged serious physical and sexual violence
• Alleged parental alienation
• Alleged drug and alcohol misuse
• Internal and external relocation, including to non-Hague Convention countries
• Challenging section 7 reports
• Transfer of living arrangements
• Transfer of living arrangements, contact and schooling
• Change of name Declarations of parentage
• Special Guardianship

Languages

English

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association

Lincolns Inn

Education

LLB (hons)

Legal Practice Course -Post Graduate Diploma in Law

Qualified as a Solicitor in 2012