Education

Eastham Scholar

Buchanan Prize Winner

BA (Joint Hons.) Law & Arabic, SOAS, University of London

Specialist in Islamic Law

Affiliations

Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)

Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA)

Publications

Forced Marriage & Honour-Based Violence, Counsel, June 2009

Gujarat: Ongoing Genocide, IHRC, November 2002

Languages

Arabic, Gujarati, Urdu

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Immigration & Asylum
• Public Law
• General Civil Litigation

Khadija’s practice encompasses all aspects of family law. She has experience of dealing with both private and public law children work, international child abduction cases, domestic violence matters, matrimonial disputes and ancillary relief. Khadija has also written on the recent forced marriage legislation and honour based violence. She has a significant understanding of cases with a foreign element and those involving an interplay with other areas of law.

Khadija’s public law experience derives mainly from her family, housing and immigration & asylum work, however, her interest in this area is wide ranging. She has experience of dealing with applications for judicial review involving duties under the Children and Housing Acts as well as urgent applications to prevent removal in the High Court. 

In addition to her main areas of practice, Khadija also undertakes instructions in other areas of civil work including, in particular, matters relating to housing, trusts, contract and employment law.

Other:

Alongside her practice at the Bar, Khadija is actively involved in community work. She is a Founding Trustee and Joint Head of Pro Bono in the LMC (PBLMC), a Trustee of University House Legal Advice Centre and the Chair of Prevent in Action Community Trust (PACT). In 2009, Khadija was nominated for an Equality and Human Rights Commission award for Muslim women of influence and was also selected to be the youngest delegate at the Qatar Law Forum, an unprecedented event bringing together global leaders in law to mark a shared commitment to the Rule of Law across the world.