FAMILY LAW
Yasmin is an established Family Law practitioner. She is praised by solicitors for her forensic attention to detail and compelling and effective advocacy.
Yasmin specialises in private law children matters, all aspects of specific issue and prohibited steps applications, surrogacy, injunctive relief, occupation applications, removal for holiday, internal or external relocation, child abduction, baby shaking, Civil Partnership, Pre-nuptial agreements, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and ‘honour’-based violence.
Yasmin also has extensive experience in public law adoption and fostering, as well as Court of Protection.

Relevant Cases:
Z -v- A 2006 1 FLR 286 Mrs Justice Black – 6 day Fact-Finding re: honour killing
T -v- Stockport MBC 2006 LJ Wall – appeal by paternal aunt re: Local Authority failure to conduct viability assessment

CIVIL LAW
Yasmin’s depth and wealth of knowledge developed in her early years where she formulated her precise drafting and negotiating skills in high level Personal Injury cases involving fatal injuries, accidents in the workplace, industrial disease, occupiers liability, psychiatric injuries, and claims against local authorities.
In the field of Employment Law, Yasmin tackled systemic institutional practices of racist bigotry and sex discrimination in the workplace, unfair dismissal, and ground breaking aspects of law concerning transferred redundancy. Yasmin represented the employee’s position before Mr Justice Kean at the EAT at first instance on a novel point of law in the case of Church v West Lancashire NHS Trust 1998 1 IRLR 492 EAT and thereafter at second instance (No 2) where she was led by Cherie Blair KC.

IMMIGRATION LAW
Yasmin was one of the first female Asian Barristers on the Northern Circuit to practice in Immigration Law. She brings a wealth of experience and personal passion for the subject and practices in High Court Judicial Review cases, Asylum and deportation matters, business applications, dependents including spouses, children, and parents.

TESTIMONIALS
“No stone is unturned; her preparation and presentation is meticulous” – Equity Law Solicitors
“She reads everything and draws on her advocacy skills to offer a unique insight into complex challenging cases, she is always our first choice” – Silverdale Solicitors
“Her Immigration skeleton arguments explore each complex angle with care, clarity, and compassion” – Asian Legal Services
“Formidable is an understatement, robust in advocacy to the end with Yasmin and much valued by our clients!” – M by Mariah Legal solicitors