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Maria-Amália Walker

Call 2003
Telephone 020 7831 0222
Email amalia.walker@42br.com

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Maria-Amália Walker - 42 Bedford Row

Introduction

Maria-Amália is an experienced family practitioner with a busy practice covering all areas of family law work with a particular focus on the following principal areas of practice:

  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Advising on and drafting nuptial agreements
  • Claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
  • Financial claims under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (including where these combine with cohabitant claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996)
  • Private law Children Act matters, including applications for leave to remove from the jurisdiction
  • Child support appeals
  • Family violence

Family Law

The majority of Maria-Amália’s work involves representation and resolution of financial and children disputes in Court proceedings. Maria-Amália enjoys long established and effective professional relationships with a pool of highly reputed solicitors, built on a shared commitment to client welfare, empathy and delivery of clear and realistic advice.

Maria-Amália brings experience and pragmatism to her practice. Maria-Amália uses her calm manner and creative thinking to save her clients the emotional and financial expense of hard-fought litigation wherever possible, however when not possible Maria-Amália matches strong advocacy with clear advice as to the potential outcomes and risks for her clients in the discretionary field of family law.

Reported cases

  • CTL (Children: Fact finding: Protection from Sexual Harm), Re Family Division, 01 March 2013 [2013] EWHC 2133 (Fam)
  • Traversa v Freddi Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 14 February 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 81; [2011] Fam. Law 464
  • Traversa v Freddi [2010] EWCA Civ 640 (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • K v K & Ors [2008] EWHC 1561 (Fam)

Areas of Expertise

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Professional Memberships

  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Bar Pro Bono Unit
  • Inner Temple

Education

  • University College, London (BA (Hons) Geography)

  • City University (Postgraduate Diploma in Law and MA in Law)

  • Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Vocational Course)

Other information

  • Maria-Amália is married with three young children, and lives in London

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