Meera Yagnik

Summary

Meera is a barrister that has more than 10 years experience, she specialises in family law (both children and finance) and associated general commercial and motoring law matters. Her experience is unique as her expertise is complemented by her knowledge in other specialism especially in areas of criminal law. She can give you targeted strategic and dependable advice and representation in court. Her goal is to ensure you are put at ease, reduce the stress levels that arises in any matter by using her knowledge, skills and experience to ensure that you are aware of all the options that are available to you so that you can put forward your best case at court, inform and guide you so that you are able to make the appropriate decisions that enables you to receive the outcome you desire at each stage. She is happy to discuss any matter pre-instruction.

Specialist areas of law include

Profile description

Family Law - Children

Meera represents clients at all stage of private law children disputes.  She represents spouses, civil partners, guardians, parents and other family members who are involve in or wish to make applications in family proceedings.

• Care and Adoption
• Special Guardianship
• Emergency remedies for domestic violence including non-molestation and occupation orders
• Emergency orders in children cases, including injunctions and proceedings for location/return of children in this jurisdiction and abroad
• Media injunctions protecting privacy in family cases
• Wardship

Family Finance

• Financial remedies upon Divorce
• Cohabitee disputes
• Injunctive relief
• Children Act

Motoring offences

Meera regularly acts for individuals on all types of Road Traffic motoring matters.

Meera recognises the serious impact that losing a license will have upon the lifestyle and job prospects for the individual and she has built a fierce reputation at court and is well known to achieve the best outcome for her clients.

Meera can provide advice and representation on:

• Special reasons arguments
• Exceptional hardship argument
• Potential totting up bans
• New driver provisions
• Drink driving offences and failing to provide evidential specimens
• Dunk in charge offences
• Driving whilst under the influence of drugs
• Dangerous and careless driving
• Speeding offences
• Driving without insurance
• Mobile phone offences

Regulatory

Meera has worked as In House Counsel for various pharma and health care companies, she is well aware of he professional codes of practice of many professions and what can happen when they are breached, she understands that this can be very stressful if you are at risk of losing your license to practice and she can provide representation at various professional and disciplinary hearings such as:

• The General Medical Council
• The General Dental Council
• Nursing and Midwifery Hearings

Property

Meera has worked as In House General Counsel, in her roles she has had to deal with many commercial property issues such as lease renewal, extensions, break clause and dilapidations.

• Real Property: all types of constructive and resulting trusts
• Adverse possession
• Commercial lease- termination and renewal, break clause, disrepair and dilapidation claims

Languages

Meera speaks fluent Gujarati.

Personal

Meera did her law degree at SOAS (UCL), where she combined traditional law subjects with chinese law, ethnic minorities and the law and human rights. This has armed her with the knowledge of culturally sensitive issues that comes to play in legal matters her clients face and adds a cultural dimension to her practice. Meera is accredited to provide representation under Direct Public Access. Meera will revert to you promptly to assess if she can assist you with absolutely no obligation.