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Kyri Lefteri
- Phone020 7583 5123
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Position
Kyri has a specialist family practice with particular emphasis on children work.
Kyri has experience in all aspects of children law, including Public and Private law proceedings, Adoption and Child Abduction. He is regularly instructed in lengthy finding of fact hearings, final hearings and appeals, together with interim hearings and interlocutory applications.
Kyri also represents clients in international family law cases and has appeared in the High Court in child abduction matters. An increasing proportion of Kyri’s practice relates to jurisdictional disputes in Family Law cases, including acting for clients who reside overseas.
Kyri’s practice also includes Ancillary/Financial Relief and Family Law Injunctions. Notable cases include:
Re S (Withholding Evidence) [2022] EWFC 76
Re I [2020] EWCA Civ 281
Re S (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 249
Re P [2016] EWHC 1170 (fam)
Redbridge v SNA [2015] EWHC 2140 (fam)
P (A Child: Use of s.20 CA 1989) [2014] EWFC 775
Re SJ (A Child) [2011] EWHC 473 (Fam)
Career
Called to the Bar 2006; Inner Temple. Undertook his pupillage at New Court Chambers in 2006.
Languages
Modern Greek (Fluent).
Memberships
FLBA.
Education
LLB (Hons) University College London. BVC City Law School (ICSL).
Leisure
Kyri is a keen footballer and plays regularly. Kyri also enjoys cycling and attending the gym.