Shabina Begum

Described as an “exceptional lawyer” and a “pioneer in her field“, Shabina is featured in Management Today’s “35 Women Under 35, 2020 ” List of Britain’s Brightest Young Business Leaders and is one of the 2023 Law Society Legal Heroes.

Shabina is an UN recognised authority on child, early and forced marriage. She is an expert in domestic violence, honour based violence, forced marriage, stranded spouse and female genital mutilation cases; and additionally has specialism in children disputes, divorce and financial orders with expertise in Shariah law; both family law and Islamic financing. Shabina is a Resolution accredited Specialist in Child Abduction & Forced Marriage and Honour-based Violence and she has worked as an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate handling high risk cases and extremely vulnerable clients.

Su especialidad es la disputa de menores, violencia doméstica, divorcio y resoluciones económicas con experiencia en Sharia Law, tanto para derecho de familia como para para temas económicos. 

Shabina ha trabajado como abogada independiente en temas de violencia doméstica con un alto riesgo y con clientes vulnerable. En 2012 ganó la Winston Churchill Travel Fellowshippermitiéndole viajar por Sri Lanka, Cambodia e India haciendo una investigación sobre víctimas de violencia con ácido.

Shabina was formerly a part time lecturer in law: she taught Sex & Gender in the Legal Process, a module led by the prominent Dr Jocelynne Scutt, and Legal Skills & Procedure at the University of Buckingham and she also taught Advocacy & Professional Ethics at the University of Greenwich.

Shabina is a member of Resolution, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Careful Child Relocation and she is a Member of Middle Temple.

Shabina habla con fluidez Bengali, Hindi y Urdu. También puede comunicarse con el lenguaje de signos, habiendo obtenido el certificado nivel 1 de lenguaje de signos británico.