Teertha Gupta KC

Practice Areas

International Children Law

Private Children Law

Public Children Law

Collaborative Law

Mediation

Private FDR and Early Neutral Evaluation

Direct Access

Career

Teertha is a specialist senior barrister and trial advocate with over 30 years of experience.

He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2012 and a (Family) Deputy High Court Judge in 2016. Teertha also sits as a part time Circuit Judge (a Recorder) in the Criminal and Civil courts.

Teertha is an award winning barrister including the Jordan’s Family Law Barrister of the year and Chambers and Partners Family Junior before taking silk.

As a silk has been nominated many times and won the prestigious Legal 500 Family Law Queen’s Counsel of the year award in 2018 additionally Teertha was the Lexis-Nexis National Family Law QC of the Year in 2021/22.

He often lectures and chairs at prestigious, highly regarded family law events and has been interviewed on Radio Four: Face the Facts and Law in Action. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l7wq5

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/law_in_action/3965871.stm

In the last year alone, Teertha has lectured in Abu Dhabi, Armenia and Cape Town.

Teertha Represents NGO’s pro bono and conducts many trials and consultations on a Direct Access basis.

Teertha is a father of four and knows how difficult parenthood can be. He is unshockable.

International Children Law

Teertha’s practice is widely spread geographically across England and Northern Ireland (and the Eastern Caribbean) in all levels of court from County court to the CJEU (before Brexit) . He has been involved in over 10 full appeals in the UKSC/House of Lords.

Private Children Law

His areas of expertise include complex domestic and international children cases such as relocation, cross-border parental abductions and acrimonious private law disputes.

Teertha is also the ‘go to’ person for Forced marriage, FGM and stranded spouse cases. He has spoken in the House of Commons and was named by Lord Lester in the House of Lords as one of the four senior pro bono lawyers behind the Forced Marriage Civil Protection Bill which became a statute in 2007.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70126-0001.htm

Hotly contested proceedings for clients who are running unpopular arguments before the courts are his forte. He has developed the ability present any case in its best possible light and has been known to have changed Judges’ minds in the most difficult of cases. He examines cases in detail and leaves no stone unturned.

Public Children Law

Teertha has conducted many public law matters over the years, representing Local Authorities, parents and children in complex matters. He travels extensively throughout the jurisdiction and abroad when he is needed.

Teertha successfully led a team of lawyers in the UK Supreme Court in Re T Children [2012] UKSC 36) for CAFCASS making submissions

“…on behalf of all future children who are subjects of fact-finding hearings in care proceedings, to ensure that their interests are protected and are seen to be protected..”

Non-court dispute resolution

Teertha has trained as a mediator and a collaborative lawyer. His aim is to provide a cost effective, knowledgeable and straight forward service. In recent years, because of his diplomatic and unflappable manner, Teertha’s mediation practice has been on the increase, as parties try to avoid far more costly, lengthy proceedings . Teertha’s model is “shuttle mediation” (where the parties do not meet and sometimes attend with their respective lawyers). Please note Teertha does not provide MIAMS mediation.

Inquests and Public Enquiries

Teertha been the Advocate to the Court -instructed by the Attorney General (Re S a child [2008] EWHC 3013 (Fam). He intervened on behalf of the Attorney General in MA and JA and The Attorney General [2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam).

Appointments

Deputy High Court Judge 2016

Recorder (Civil, Crime and Family) 2009

Member of Football Association’s Judicial Panel (Independent Chair of Regulatory Commissions) (Specialist Chair of Appeal Board)

Professional Memberships

Barristers Benevolent Association

Inner Temple

Family Justice Council (Diversity sub-committee)

FLBA

Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands Circuit

Member of The British Association of Sports Lawyers

Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers

Bencher of Inner Temple