Jennifer is a specialist family law practitioner. She has a thriving practice in family finance, and has successfully represented high-net-worth clients in complex cases involving inherited wealth, family businesses, significant pensions, trusts, and nuptial agreements. Many of her cases involve tax complications, foreign assets and cross-jurisdictional issues, and the validity or otherwise of an overseas marriage/ divorce (including those relating to jurisdictions in Asia and Africa). Jennifer has appeared in high-profile reported cases, notably in Veluppillai v Veluppillai & Ors [2015] EWHC 3095 (Fam) (High Court), in LFL v LSL (McKenzie Friends & Breach of Court Orders) [2017] EWFC B62, and in N v N (Afghanistan: Validity of an overseas marriage: Procedure)[2020] EWFC B55. Jennifer also has an interest in Court of Protection matters, particularly where there are overlaps with divorce/financial remedies, and retains a niche practice in surrogacy/modern families, having acted for commissioning parents in the UK and abroad in HFEA cases. Jennifer is regularly instructed in arbitrations, private FDRs and mediations. She sits as a private FDR judge. She has been consistently top-ranked in the directories as a leading junior in her field, and has been highly commended for her attention to detail and her robust approach.
Called 2007 (Lincoln’s Inn). A member of Pump Court Chambers since 2008, having completed pupillage with Edward Boydell and Leslie Samuels QC. Appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the Tax Chamber (First-Tier Tribunal) in 2021. Head of the Court of Protection Team in chambers, and sits on the Pupillage/ Tenancy Committee (portfolio for pupillages). Jennifer specialises exclusively in family law, with a particular emphasis on high-net-worth family finance and complex children work. She is regularly invited to give seminars on family law, and has written articles for Class Legal, Resolution, Westlaw and HNW ThoughtLeaders4, amongst other publications.
English, basic Mandarin and Malay
University College London (LL.B, 2005), The London School of Economics (LL.M, 2006).
Scholarships: Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Entrance Award (2006), Cholmeley Studentship (2008)
Music and art, foreign travel.