Anushka Kangesu

Anushka welcomes instructions to advise and represent clients across all Chambers’ practice areas.

Anushka is a sought after and persuasive advocate known for her diligent and conscientious approach and strong client care skills. She is sensitive to the stresses of litigation and combines her expertise with an approachable and empathetic manner. She has given various seminars within her specialisms and was invited to speak at the Yres Herts Webinar Series, 2023.

Anushka’s matrimonial finance practice encompasses all areas of financial remedy proceedings and she is regularly instructed in more complex matters including contested divorces and cases with an international aspect. She accepts instructions in Schedule 1 and TOLATA claims.

Anushka’s private children law practice includes applications for relocation, child arrangement disputes and cases where there are serious allegations of domestic abuse and parental alienation. She has gained experience across a wide range of public children law work, and represents local authorities, parents and children in public children proceedings. Her family practice also includes representing clients in applications relating to injunctive relief under the Family Law Act 1996. She is regularly instructed to represent vulnerable clients and those with learning difficulties.

In Civil Law, Anushka was on the Government Legal Department’s Attorney General’s Junior Junior Panel of counsel and has experience in drafting grounds in judicial review challenges. She has advised on areas including PI, infant approval, small claims, possession, and housing related matters. 

Other experience

Prior to pupillage, Anushka taught Public Law for the African Prisons Project to inmates in a maximum-security prison in Kampala, Uganda. She volunteered at the Bar Pro Bono Unit as a caseworker and has written for The Justice Gap. During pupillage Anushka qualified as a CPS Panel 1 Advocate and practised in criminal law. She has appeared in the Magistrates and Youth courts, handling a wide range of cases involving multiple defendants, vehicle interference, domestic violence, assault and criminal damage.  Anushka accepts work pro bono, in appropriate cases. She is qualified to accept instructions under the Bar Council Public Access scheme.

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