Asha Groves > Chambers of Matthew White > Bristol, England > Barrister Profile

Asha Groves

0117 923 4700 asha.groves@stjohnschambers.co.uk

Work Department

Family

Career

Call : 2013

Asha practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. Her expertise is strengthened by having worked in the Children’s Services Legal Department of a local authority in the South West prior to coming to the Bar.

In her current practice, Asha has experience of a number of complex private and public child law cases involving the full range of issues including allegations of physical and sexual abuse, inflicted injuries, intractable contact disputes and cases with an international element.

Asha often represents vulnerable parties with cognitive difficulties including through the Official Solicitor and those who require the assistance of an intermediary. She has completed the FLBA Vulnerable Witness Training.

Memberships

• Family Law Bar Association
• Western Circuit

Education

• University of Birmingham LLB Law with French – First class honours with distinction in spoken French
• Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris Certificat de droit (Certificate of French Law) Mentions assez bien
• Honourable Society of the Inner Temple – Ashworth Scholarship Major Exhibition Award and Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award
• Asha has completed the FLBA Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training