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04 February 2016
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Manisha Hurchurn—Mackrell Turner Garrett

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Firm appoints family law specialist with international expertise

Mackrell Turner Garrett has recruited a new solicitor to its family law team.

Manisha Hurchurn joins Mackrell Turner Garrett’s family law team having spent more than eight years practicing family, and childcare law

She has experience in a wide range of contentious family issues including private children law encompassing the full range of Section 8 Children Act applications and others with international elements, such as permanent removal of children from the jurisdiction, wardship and child abduction. She also has a wide breadth of experience in divorce, judicial separation and nullity cases, including defended and undefended suits. She is fluent in Mauritian Creole and conversational French and Hindi.

Manisha says: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining such a highly-regarded and experienced law firm. Mackrell Turner Garrett’s family law team have a strong reputation of delivering exceptional solutions and achieving excellent results for their clients, and I look forward to being able to continue this trend.”

Nigel Rowley, managing partner at Mackrell Turner Garrett, said: “Manisha has significant specialist experience in some particularly niche areas of family law and will be a real asset to our highly-qualified family law team.”

 

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