Tahir's family law practice includes child arrangements and matrimonial finance. He has won multiple awards and is cross-qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate, too. This has given him a unique understanding of the challenges faced by lay clients.
Family (Children & Financial Settlement)
An experienced family barrister, Tahir is frequently instructed to deal with the following issues within the context of Child Arrangements Order proceedings:
He offers extensive experience of contested final hearings and fact-findings and is used to working on cases that feature serious allegations of various types of abuse and domestic violence.
Tahir is also choice Counsel in cases involving matrimonial finance on the separation of parties. His recent cases include advice and representation on applications under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, such as Property adjustment orders in connection with divorce proceedings, advising on interim arrangements applications and dispute resolution hearings. Tahir is available for instruction on the above and of course on ancillary reliefs proceedings.
Tahir also offers experience of dealing with trusts and property (TOLATA) within the context of financial settlement proceedings.
BACKGROUND
Tahir’s introduction to law came during journalism training at the BBC in the 1990s. Tahir was thrust into voluntary interpreting which became the eventual springboard for a legal career.
Spotted and encouraged by his law lecturer, Tahir undertook legal work experience and spent time observing independently and discussing court proceedings with High Court judges. Mentored by a commercial Queen’s Counsel and two Chancery Commercial High Court Judges, Tahir became a qualified advocate in 2008, upon completion of his Bar Vocational Course with BPP.
After completing the academic and professional stages of qualification, Tahir trained in part at The Insolvency Service where he developed a passion for insolvency law. Tahir went on to train in commercial, insolvency, employment and property matters at chambers in the Temple area of London.
Given the changes in the Legal profession, Tahir decided to develop an additional skill set and cross qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate at a commercial litigation firm. There, Tahir focussed again on insolvency, employment and commercial matters with an emphasis on litigation and dispute resolution, until 2013, when he joined Chambers at Gray’s Inn. In 2016, he founded a set of specialist commercial Barristers at 5 Chancery Lane. Since 2015, he is a part of the editorial board at the LexisNexis Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.
“Tahir is very personable, calm and empathetic, a barrister of the highest calibre. He is professional, attentive and tirelessly dedicated. He gets his client thoroughly involved in the process and preparation for the case, which has the added value of helping the client understand the stage by stage process. His approach, analysis, applied logic and attention to detail, mark him as a master strategist. A valuable asset in any situation.”
Personal Interests
Alongside his passion for the law, Tahir is known as “The Singing Barrister” and has an active interest in the creative arts. He is an actor, songwriter, presenter and performer. He currently hosts his own drive time radio show on current affairs and human-interest stories and has performed in theatre productions, TV shows, as well as feature films
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