Adiba Bassam

Call: 2017

abassam@36family.co.uk

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Telephone: 020 7421 8019

Email: clerks@36family.co.uk

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Barrister

Areas of Experience:

Child Abduction
Court of Protection
International
Private Law Children
Public Law Children
Schedule 1 Children Act Disputes

Practice Profile

Adiba is a family barrister accepting instructions in all areas of family law, with specific interest in private and public children law and international family law. Adiba has a multicultural background having been educated in Finland, as a result of which she speaks five languages and is able to cater to a wide range of clients and cultures. Adiba has a deeper understanding of especially the South-Asian culture and the impact of the same on cases and has delivered seminars on the topic.

Adiba has represented clients successfully in multi-day final hearings and fact-finding hearings in both public and private children law. Adiba recently represented a Father in 4-day fact-finding hearing, and managed to ensure not a single finding was made of the eight findings sought.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Adiba worked as a family paralegal at a Tier 1 firm gaining valuable experience in international family law, high net worth financial remedy cases, prenuptial agreements and private children law.

Testimonials

"Ms Bassam represented the client prior to and at the 4 day fact finding hearing at which numerous cross allegation of abuse, including sexual and child abuse, were the subject of the court's focus. Ms Bassam represented the client very well and succeeded in securing the majority of the findings sought by the client and protecting her from the disputed findings sought by the applicant. Ms Bassam had thorough knowledge of the evidence, had clearly prepared well and was able to argue each point persuasively and calmly; a style which worked well with the court."

"Ms Bassam was plainly thoroughly prepared both in relation to the facts in dispute and in respect to the legal principles that appertained. Her cross examination was to the point and conducted without any unnecessary repetition. She was polite to her opposing Counsel and to all witnesses challenging them when she needed to do so in a proportionate manner."

"Your language skills are a huge advantage for you and, indirectly, they assist the court because you can take instructions without the need for an interpreter, saving time and the risk of things being lost in translation."

Work Undertaken

Public Law children (Care and Adoption)
Private Law children
International family law

Appointments & Memberships

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Family Law Bar Association
Resolution
Women in Family Law
Themis: The Intersectional Alliance of Women at the Bar - head of mentoring
The Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL)

Publications

July 2022 edition of Counsel Magazine “Find your allies, advocate for change”
October 2021 edition of the Family Law Journal "Shedding light into the South Asian culture and the impact in family and children cases"
July 2021 Prospects Case Study 'Family Barrister' click here to view
April 2021 edition of Counsel Magazine "Welcome to Themis" click here to view
February 2021 The Times "There are incredible highs and crashing lows" click here to view
January 2021 Bar Council Campaign ‘Becoming the Bar’ click here to view
December 2020 edition of Counsel Magazine "2020 pupils, how are you doing?" click here to view
July 2020 edition of the Family Law Journal "Fact-finding hearings, what can we learn from JH v MF?"
March 2022 Counsel Magazine "IWD 2022: Find your allies, advocate for change" click here to view

Seminars

April 2022 Seminar for the Association of the District Judges (SES) Meeting “Insight into South Asian culture and the impact in court proceedings”

Scholarships

Middle Temple Terence Fitzgerald scholar

Languages

English
Finnish
Bengali
Swedish
Hindi