Saiqa Chaudhry

Practice Areas

Saiqa is a specialist children law barrister, and skilled practitioner in all aspects of family law.

Saiqa regularly accepts instructions on behalf of local authorities, guardians and parents in both public and private law proceedings. Saiqa has a particular interest in cases involving injury to children, cases of sexual abuse and cases involving allegations of fabricated and/or induced illness (FII). Saiqa has also appeared in the High Court on cases with an international element, involving children unlawfully removed from the jurisdiction.

RE A (Children) (Pool of Perpetrators) [2022] EWCA Civ 1348

RE I [2020] EWCA Civ 2021

RE B (Uncertain perpetrators) (Rev 1) [2019] EWCA Civ 575

ZH v HS and Others (application to revoke adoption order) [2019] EWHC 2190

T (Children) (2014) EWHC 2164 Fam

Career

BA (Law Tripos) King's College, Cambridge 2003

MA (Cantab) King's College, Cambridge 2007

Called to the Bar 2005 (Inner Temple)

Appointed Deputy District Judge in 2015 sitting on civil, family (public and private law) and COP cases.

Registered pupil supervisor.

Professional Memberships

FLBA

Personal

Saiqa is fluent in Punjabi.