Malvika Jaganmohan

Call - 2017 Joined Chambers - 2019
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Awards

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Qualifications

London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB Law (First Class Honours)

Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton (Exchange Programme)

Nottingham Trent University, LLM BPTC (Very Competent in BPTC; Distinction in LLM)

Memberships

Resolution

Family Law Bar Association

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

Young Legal Aid Lawyers

Awards/Scholarships

Herbert Smith Freehills Prize for Best Performance in Part I, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2014

Joint Winner, Mike Redmayne Prize for Law of Evidence, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

Slaughter and May Prize for best overall degree performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

Marchant Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, 2016

Nottingham Law School Dean’s BPTC Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Nottingham Trent University, 2016

St Mary’s Family Law Second Prize, Nottingham Trent University, 2017

Hubert Greenland Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, 2018

Pegasus Scholarship, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, 2022

Recent Publications

‘A tale of two experts’, October 2022, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘TT (Children: Discharge of Care Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 742 What test does the court need to apply when faced with an application for discharge of a care order and what now for GM v Carmarthenshire County Council?’, Summer 2021, St Ives Chambers Newsletter. To read more, click here.

‘What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N?’, August 2021, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘Relinquishing a baby for adoption: the legal framework for local authorities’ (co-authored with Madeleine Whelan), August 2020, Family Law Journal. To read more, click here.

‘Now, more than ever, transparency matters’, May 2020, The Review. To read more, click here.

‘UPDATE: Z (A Child: committal proceeding) – a reminder that no one can be committed to prison without being named publicly’, May 2020, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘Remote hearings: a gulf between lawyers and lay parties?’, March 2020, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘How technology almost thwarted the family courts again (Z (A Child: committal proceeding))’, March 2020, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘“I hurt you because I love you” – what did TV’s Silent Witness get right and wrong about the treatment of domestic violence in the family courts?’ January 2020, The Transparency Project Blog. To read more, click here.

‘No take-backs? The parents who changed their mind about adoption and the local authority who got it very, very wrong’, October 2019. To read more, click here.

‘F (A Child: Fact-Finding Appeal) [2019] EWCA Civ 1244: what’s the difference between an expert witness and a witness with expertise?’ August 2019. To read more, click here.

 

 

Reported cases

  • K (Forced Marriage Protection Orders; Abuse of process) [2021] EWFC B94
  • Re Z (Care Proceedings: Reopening of Fact Finding) [2023] EWFC 137

Recommendations

Legal 500 2023: “Malvika is very strong on the technical side of matters, presenting strong and well-constructed skeleton arguments on difficult points of law, but also with respect to her advocacy.”

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