Our Barristers

Experience and Expertise

Ahmed is an experienced barrister with a diverse background who specialises in family/children, property and Immigration laws.

He has a busy practice and is able to accept instructions to advise and represent clients in England & Wales. He has been providing legal services since 1990. He qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and practised as such until 2007. In 2008, he became a barrister to fulfil his long term ambition as a Higher Court advocate. He is the founder of Westminster Law Chambers. He has also been a full member of a large national chambers of barristers since 2022. He is happy to have free initial online/telephone consultation with his direct access clients (subject to his availability).

Ahmed is a realist with a good appetite for challenges. He is friendly, approachable, down-to-earth, easily accessible and conscientious about his professional obligations towards both his lay and professional clients.

Practice Areas

Divorce and Financial Remedies

Ahmed has been representing divorced/separated couples in their disputes over financial/property matters over the years. Naturally he has gained substantial experience and expertise dealing with large number of cases. His expertise involves:

• - Financial remedy / Division of matrimonial assets
• - TOLATA (Trust of Land and Trustees Act 1996) cases
• - Co-ownership claims between co-habiting partners
• - Co-ownership/trust claims involving third parties (typically parents)
• - Third party interventions in divorce proceedings
• - Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989

He has a high success record and often supersedes client’s expectations. He is pragmatic and honest.

Ahmed’s professional services are well appreciated by his clients as reflected in their comments:

Mr. Y Mo sent a note to his clerk:

"I was represented by Barrister Ahmed Malik, who presented excellent work on my behalf. He was thorough and persistent in addressing the issues before and during the Court hearing".

Children Matters

• Contact/Living Arrangements
• Parental Alienation
• Child Abduction/Custody
• The Hague Convention cases
• Prohibited steps orders
• Adoption proceedings
• Care Proceedings
• All other matters regarding children

Ahmed has expertise on the areas of law mentioned above and other cases under the Children Act. He is a strong advocate and his submissions are often referred to as robust and incisive.

One of his clients’ (‘RB’) recently sent the following note of appreciation regarding her child arrangement case:

“I can’t even thank you enough for, Mr Ahmed Malik will represent me , he has excellent communication skills and has been so prompt. You have no idea how much relief you have brought me. I am ever so grateful and may God bless you and the work that you do.”

An email from another of his satisfied client (‘MA’) said:

‘Ahmed has been absolutely amazing throughout this whole week in the final hearing a great credit to have had to support me through this difficult time, he was very patient with me and very caring and we have been up against a tough team as they have created issues for us throughout this whole process.’

Property

Ahmed has gained huge expertise in representing both landlord and tenants in many aspects of commercial and residential tenancy disputes, including possession, dilapidations, forfeiture of lease and relief from forfeiture, lease extensions, rent reviews, unlawful eviction. He also represented both residential landlords and tenants in harassment, disrepair, rent repayment order and other issues.

Immigration & Human Rights.

Ahmed has been practicing Immigration laws since 1990 and is able to offer the best advice in all types of immigration, asylum and nationality issues using his expert practical knowledge. He frequently advises on complex visa related issues, drafts grounds of appeals and represent clients before the First Tier and the Upper Tribunals. He also settles grounds for Judicial Reviews challenging the decisions of the relevant authorities and represents clients at the High Court and Upper Tribunals.

A very happy client (‘KH’)recently sent him the following email:

‘My family and I extend our heartfelt gratitude to you. This has been a profoundly significant part of our lives, made possible through your invaluable support. We are truly overjoyed, and no amount of thanks can fully express our appreciation. Once again, we wish to sincerely thank you for your remarkable efforts’.

Trusts, Wills & Probate

Ahmed has considerable experience in representing clients in disputed wills and trusts and regularly advises on contentious probate cases.

A probate client (‘JB’) recently commented about his work:

“Thank you so much for your excellent work and swift action; I could not be more grateful to you for taking this on. What a relief it was made without the need for a hearing, so thank you again for your stellar work Kind regards and very best wishes”.

General Civil

Ahmed is an all-rounder civil litigation advocate and regularly appears for clients in the High Court and County Court. He has expertise in all stages of litigation, from drafting initial statements of case to appearing at hearings, trials, and appeal.

Direct Access & conducting litigation

Ahmed is authorised to undertake direct access work and to conduct litigation, where he is instructed directly by a member of the public rather than a solicitor. He is very considerate and often accepts instructions on reduced fee from those of moderate means, as he is passionate about facilitating access to justice.

Mediation

Ahmed is a qualified and experienced mediator for civil and commercial disputes. He has represented parties on numerous mediation sessions and settled disputes before proceeding to the costly Court trials.

Generally, he works hard to settle cases during pre-hearing skilful negotiations saving clients substantial costs.

Ahmed is a member of Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He is multi-lingual and can speak Arabic, Bengali, English, Hindi and Urdu languages.