Has been a barrister for 24 years and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in March 2012 as a specialist Family practitioner in International Family Law, namely the international relocation of children, cross-border parental abduction, and representing adults where there are allegations of forced marriage or of being stranded abroad by the other spouse. International jurisdictional instruments and treaties (such as The Human Trafficking Convention 2005, The Hague Conventions and Brussels II Revised) as well as ‘fact finding’ in hotly contested domestic private and public law matters are also his forte. His work is mainly in the Royal Courts of Justice in London: in the High Court and in the Court of Appeal. Has been involved in 9 full appeals in the UKSC/House of Lords and counting and has also made oral submissions in the ECJ. Won the Jordan’s Family Law Barrister of the Year Award 2011 in 2011. Has already successfully led in three UK Supreme Court cases in his first year of silk. Is a senior trial advocate. Because of the confidential nature of his work he cannot name his private clients but advises and represents people and children from all different walks of life, as well as institutions and charities (the latter pro bono). Advising in consultation on the law, the likely outcomes (which sometimes involves robust advice) and tactics are his routine work. Many of his private law cases involve parties of high net worth-See more at: http://www.4pb.com/barrister-profile/teertha-gupta#sthash.iPxH9Cof.dpuf
