Direct Access Barrister

Ahmed Malik

Ahmed qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and was called to the Bar in 2008. He practised full-time as a solicitor prior to transferring to the Bar. He specialises in family law, including divorce and financial remedies, children proceedings, property and trust disputes, and general civil litigation. He is a

Ahmed has an established legal practice and brings a wealth of experience across the areas of law outlined above. He is a pragmatic and solution-focused practitioner with a strong appetite for complex and challenging cases. He is known for being approachable, accessible, and conscientious in discharging his professional duties to clients. He frequently resolves disputes through negotiation and mediation, achieving cost-effective outcomes and avoiding unnecessary litigation.

Area of Law

Chancery

During my long career as a lawyer, I have dealt with and represented clients in significant number of cases in Trust, charity law, contentious probate, company/commercial and general civil litigation. I am in a privileged position to use those experience for the benefit of my new clients.

Family

I have represented huge number of divorcing or separating partners in their disputes over division of assets over the years and gained expertise in the field. I always advise my clients to reach amicable settlement and try my best to negotiate with my opponents to achieve the best possible outcome for my clients. I believe the litigation or adjuration by the Court should only be done as a last resort.

Property

Over the years, I have gained huge expertise in representing both property owners and tenants in courts on many aspects of commercial and residential property disputes, including contentious tenancy issues, possession, disrepair, dilapidations, unlawful eviction, harassment, rent repayment order etc.

What sort of work do I do?

Divorce and Financial Remedies
Ahmed is regularly instructed on complex financial remedy cases and disputes between unmarried partners after separation. He has a high success record and often supersedes client’s expectations. He is pragmatic and honest. He has considerable experience in the following:
- Financial remedy / division of assets
- TOLATA cases
- Co-ownership claims between co-habiting partners
- Co-ownership/trust claims involving third parties (typically parents)
- Third party interventions in divorce proceedings.

Family & Children

Ahmed has expertise on fact finding hearings and trials in relation to non-molestation and child arrangement orders, care proceedings, adoption and other cases under the Children Act. He is a strong advocate and his submissions are often referred to as robust and incisive.

Landlord & Tenant
Ahmed has gained huge expertise in representing both landlord and tenants in many aspects of commercial and residential tenancy disputes, including possession, dilapidations, unlawful eviction, harassment, disrepair, rent repayment order and others. He also represented both the landlord and tenants in social housing sector on different issues.

Who do I work for?

I receive instructions from both firm of solicitors and members of the public direct

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