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Experience
Whilst many lawyers turn to specialising in family law later in their careers, Gurjit Chahal has over 25 years of exclusive Family Law experience and has developed a passion for assisting couples to navigate through various issues arising from their separation. Gurjit took the brave step of leaving a well established firm in Berkshire ( where she trained and qualified for 7 years) to set up Charles & Co solicitors in 2004. Over the years and faced with intense competition she remains dedicated to ensuring that Charles & Co solicitors are able to continue to provide ‘niche and one to one services’ much needed by couples going through what is often the most difficult time of their lives.
Expertise
Gurjit is a keen advocate of Non Court Dispute Resolution and a skilled negotiator with her focus being on “narrowing issues and finding a solution” so clients can move on and rebuild their lives.
Where necessary she has a long track record of running litigation decisively and successfully with meticulous file preparation. Gurjit has trained in collaborative law and is a Member of Resolution.
Gurjit is well known in the Family Law community as a result of her dedication to raising awareness of Family Law issues.
Gurjit’s has a special interest and expertise on advising and assisting client on:
- Pre-action advice on asset protection;
- ‘in Court’ Financial Remedy claims with the over 90% of her cases being resolved at the second hearing ( Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing);
- Financial Remedy claims involving overseas assets/issues;
- Freezing injunctions/s37;
- TLATA/Intervenor cases involving joinder of extended family third party interest in matrimonial assets
- Private law child related disputes including internal and international abduction;
- Personal Protection- Non Molestation/Occupation Order proceedings;
- Cohabitation and Trust claims
Contact Gurjit
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