Marisa Allman

Practice Areas

Marisa specialises in complex private law children and financial remedies cases, particularly international cases and those involving multiple businesses, family trusts, and third-party interests, including Schedule 1 and TLATA applications. Her international expertise extends to issues of cross border personal status – marriage, divorce, gender, parenthood, international adoption and parental responsibility. Marisa has provided expert evidence as to English family law to overseas courts in a number of cases.

She has additionally developed a niche practice in family creation, fertility law, donor conceived children, surrogacy and gender identity and is co-author of “Children and Same Sex Families: A Legal Handbook” aimed at family lawyers, professionals and people in same sex relationships (published by Jordan Publishing in March 2012). She continues to train professionals around the country in this area, as well as acting in a number of high-profile cases.

A tenacious advocate when she needs to be, Marisa is known for her clear advice and creative, pro-active approach to negotiating settlement. She is an arbitrator in financial cases and also practices as an Early Neutral Evaluator for Private FDRs. Clients particularly welcome her calm and collected approach.

Career

Call 1998

Recorder (family) 2020

CIARB IFLA Arbitrator

Professional Memberships

• Fellow IAFL

• Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)

• CIARB

• Associate Member of Resolution

- Family Law Institute