St Philips Chambers

Family

Kavita Sandhu began a specialist Family Law Pupillage in October 2022 under the supervision of Nick Brown, Victoria Edmonds, and Jonathan Nosworthy and accepted tenancy in October 2023. She is the recipient of a major scholarship from The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

Kavita joins chambers having previously worked for 2 local authorities over 6 years. She initially worked as a legal assistant and thereafter as a lawyer managing a varied caseload of her own.

Kavita has experience in managing cases from PLO through to final hearings, as well as advising at LPM. As part of this, she has experience advising on threshold and placement applications.

Kavita also represented the local authority before magistrates, District Judges and Circuit Judges at a range of hearings, including s7/s37s, directions, part 25 hearings, issues resolution hearings and final hearings. This included matters before the Family Drug and Alcohol court.

Kavita has a wide understanding of cases concerning illicit substance misuse, mental health issues and neglect and looks forward to accepting instructions in Private Law Children, Financial Remedies and Family Law Act injunctions, as well as care proceedings.