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Family Law Barrister | 22 years experience

Chima Umezuruike

Dual-qualified at the English and Nigerian Bar, Chima is a highly experienced barrister with international legal expertise.

Chima specialises in family law and has extensive experience representing clients in complex cases in the English High Court and the Court of Appeal. 

Biography

Chima accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to contested divorce proceedings, financial settlement after divorce, child arrangements orders including international residency and child abduction, particularly between the UK and Nigeria.

Chima offers specific experience of financial settlement proceedings featuring an international element where assets (often in property) are held overseas, particularly in Nigeria. Chima also accepts instructions from clients to advise and represent them in relation to CMS Tribunal appeals.

Working remotely from Nigeria, Chima liaises closely with clients and solicitors in England, holding conferences, receiving instructions and drafting court documents.

He frequently travels to London for interlocutory hearings, case and costs management conferences, trials and appeals, as well as appearing in English courts remotely from Nigeria. Thanks to technology, he can work effectively from any location and clients often comment on the speed and accuracy of his work.

Professional qualifications and associations

  • Called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986
    Called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1991
    Master of Laws (LLM) – University of London, LSE
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons) – University of Nigeria
  • ILEX Diploma in Criminal Litigation
  • Elected full member of The Academy of Experts as a Nigerian Barrister
  • Elected member of The Expert Witness Institute 

 

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0330 822 5481

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