Harpreet Giani

Child Arrangement Orders (contact and residence), Parental responsibility, Prohibited Steps Orders, Specific Issue Orders, Non-molestation and Occupation Orders, Applications to enforce, Divorce and financial settlement, Business assets, Pensions, Non-disclosure, Non-matrimonial property, Overseas business and property assets (Harpreet is happy to accept instructions in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu), Variation applications, Applications to intervene, Maintenance pending suit, Enforcement, Child Maintenance

Child Arrangements

Harpreet is frequently instructed to advise and represent clients in relation to contested child arrangement order proceedings (contact and residence) and the associated injunctive remedies that often crop up in such cases, for example prohibited steps orders, non-molestation orders and occupation orders.

Harpreet's child arrangements practice includes:

•  Child Arrangement Orders (contact and residence)
•  Parental responsibility
•  Prohibited Steps Orders
•  Specific Issue Orders
•  Non-molestation and Occupation Orders
•  Applications to enforce

Harpreet offers considerable experience of proceedings featuring allegations of domestic violence and abuse (including substance abuse) and welcomes instructions to represent clients in contested fact-finding hearings.

Divorce and financial settlement

Harpreet has extensive experience of divorce and matrimonial proceedings (financial settlement). He is content to accept instructions from Applicants and Respondents to deal with proceedings from the First Directions Appointment (FDA), to Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) and Final Hearing.

Harpreet's caseload includes proceedings featuring high value and complex assets including pensions, businesses and property (including property held overseas). He also has experience of dealing with enforcement proceedings relating to financial orders and has dealt with applications to vary long-standing orders due to a material change to the circumstances of one or other party to the order.

•  Business assets
•  Pensions
•  Non-disclosure
•  Non-matrimonial property 
•  Overseas business and property assets (Harpreet is happy to accept instructions in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu)
•  Variation applications
•  Applications to intervene
•  Maintenance pending suit
•  Enforcement
•  Child Maintenance

He has worked with clients from a wide range of backgrounds and is experienced in dealing with various cultural issues that arise from divorce proceedings.

Languages

Harpreet is a dual-qualified barrister, having been called to the Bar in India in 1999 and in England & Wales in 2006. Harpreet speaks and understands Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.

•  Called to the Bar in 2006
•  B.A. (Panjab)
  
•  LL.B. (Panjab),
  
•  Master of Business Laws (National Law School, India),
  
•  LL.M. (London School of Economics)
  
•  Certification in International law (Hague Academy of International Law)
  
•  Certification in Sharia Law (International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy)