1KC CHAMBERS

Zarina Sulaiman-Zeb

Deputy Head of Chambers

Barrister – Date of Call, July 2004

Zarina has over 17 years of continuous practice including 12 years as a solicitor. She was a Partner and owner of a Solicitors firm, as well as a BSB authorised law firm, for over 14 years. She has represented on cases both as a Solicitor and as a Barrister and fully understands the needs and requirements of clients and solicitors. She specialises in Family Law, divorce and financial relief (including division of assets).  She regularly represents clients in financial remedies proceedings involving property, TOLATA/cohabitation claims, prenuptial agreements, separation agreements, and periodical payments.

Zarina also provides specialist, advisory, and drafting services in relation to non-contentious property (including commercial Landlord & Tenant).

AREAS OF PRACTICE

FAMILY – DIVORCE & FINANCIAL RELIEF

  • Divorce applications
  • Cohabitation
  • Property disputes

Legal work involved:

Drafting Form A applications, advising on Form E & disclosure, advising on witness evidence & statements, negotiating settlements, liaising with clients, solicitors and Courts. All types of hearings including Directions, Case management up to trial.

RECENT CASES

  • Family law– Zarina successfully represented a client and negotiated a high value divorce settlement on behalf of the wife. She dealt with the proceedings from the initial application to the dispute resolution hearing and including the final drafting of the settlement. The result was that the client retained over 60% of the assets
  • Family Law – Zarina was instructed to take over a divorce case from previous lawyers on behalf of the Applicant wife. The previous solicitors had advised the wife to accept a low offer to settle. However, Zarina represented the client all the way to trial and succeeded in obtaining over £200k. An award 3-4 times higher than the original offer.

CIVIL LITIGATION – PROPERTY DISPUTES

  • Commercial disputes
  • Leasehold Property
  • Ownership disputes
  • Trusts/TOLATA disputes
  • Injunction Applications
  • Landlord & Tenant
  • Residential Property disputes

Legal work involved:

Drafting court documents, advising on disclosure, advising on witness evidence & statements, negotiating settlements and costs, liaising with clients, solicitors and Courts. All types of hearings including Directions, Costs and Case management up to trial.

Memberships:

  • The Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn

Qualifications:

  • LLB (Hons)
  • PGDip Bar Vocational Course
  • MA Diplomacy
  • Called to the Bar 2004
  • Admitted as a Solicitor 2006

Public Access and Authority to Conduct Litigation 

Public Access qualified and authorised to conduct litigation.

Zarina can be instructed directly by members of the public as well as by solicitors.