Monika Mugami

Head of Family Law | Solicitor-Advocate | Notary Public - Year of admission: 2018

About

Monika Mugami is an accredited family law solicitor, solicitor-advocate and Notary Public based in London. She was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2018 and has extensive experience advising and representing clients across all aspects of family law.

As a solicitor-advocate, Monika provides continuity of representation throughout a case, from initial advice and strategic preparation to advocacy before the courts. She adopts a firm but constructive approach, ensuring that clients receive clear, practical and sensitive advice during what are often difficult and emotionally demanding proceedings.
 
Monika is fluent in Polish and provides legal services in both English and Polish. She is also the founder and Director of MM Notary Public Limited, through which she provides notarial and document authentication services to individuals and businesses. She additionally serves as a director of a law firm and as the Head of the Family Law Department at one of the top 500 firms in the country. 

Her wider professional experience includes banking, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and international legal matters.

* Divorce, separation and matrimonial proceedings;
* Financial remedy proceedings and disputes concerning matrimonial assets, applications including intervenors to matrimonial assets;
* Private children matters, including child arrangements, prohibited steps and specific issue applications;
* Public law children’s proceedings and cases involving local authority intervention and care proceedings;
* Non-molestation orders, occupation orders and other domestic abuse matters;
* Cohabitation and property disputes between unmarried couples including TOLATA claims;
* International and cross-border family matters including divorces, finances, child abductions, spousal and child maintenance applications;
* Enforcement, variation and appeal-related proceedings; and
* Urgent applications involving safeguarding, jurisdictional or evidential complexities.

LLM in International Law from University of Law and a Diploma in Notarial Practice from University College London.

English
Polish
SANA MUSHTAQ
Year of Call 2011 – Deputy Head of Chambers

Sana is a passionate, skilled, tenacious and meticulous advocate.

Her initial practice encompassed only criminal law, undertaking both defence and prosecution work. She then moved to family law, having always had equal interest in this field and now exclusively practices in all areas of public and private childcare law specialising particularly in private law matters involving domestic and sexual abuse, child abuse, intractable child arrangements disputes, internal and external relocation applications and injunction proceedings.

Sana has developed a firm reputation for her forensic advocacy and sound case preparation.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Sana worked as a civil advocate and legal assistant within the housing and family department of councils. Shortly after being called to the Bar, Sana completed an internship at the Islamic Human Rights Commission where she wrote published articles. By way of legal volunteer work, Sana has been a panel list member of the Waltham Forest Youth Offending Team for several years and is a trained volunteer for the National Centre of Domestic Violence.

 

She provides tailored advice, robust representation and works to ensure her clients are placed in the best possible position. She is personable, approachable, quickly able to attune to the needs of her clients and commits to client care. She is often specifically requested by both professional and lay clients.

EXPERTS YOU CAN TRUST

EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND

  • Bar Professional Training Course
  • The College of Law (University of Law) – LLB (Hons) – Queen Mary, University of London
Sana Mushtaq was amazing. She won my case for me. She has been very supportive throughout and helpful. Such a relief for me as its been a very stressful time but she took the stress away. I am thankful to her and all her team. I would recommend them to everyone.
Gulwareena Gauhar
 
 
Dear Eustace Please express my gratitude to Counsel Sana Mushtaq for her patience and excellent work today. Kindly pencil her in for the crown court sentencing.
Ozzie Osaze Agho, Bridges Solicitors
 
 
Dear Sirs, I am writing to express my sincere thanks to Sana for the professional representation she provided my client. Sana’s responsiveness, hard work and patience has been greatly appreciated by myself and my client.
Amelia de Lima, deton solicitors
 
 
Dear Eustance,
 
  Thank you so much for your efforts in helping me identify the most suited barrister for my case – I’m grateful of your recommendation of Sana Mushtaq who was a perfect fit.   Below follows a review of my experience of having Sana represent me as Counsel for the 2 days final hearing.
 
 
I cannot recommend Sana Mushtaq highly enough – Despite taking on my case at very little notice and coming in at the tail end, she did an absolutely sterling job.  Sana demonstrates exceptional dedication and thoroughness throughout the entire process.   From our initial consultation, it was clear that Sana possessed a firm understanding of family law (and the nuances within) coupled with an impressive ability to grasp the intricacies of my case.  Her meticulous attention to detail  and strategic approach were evident in every aspect of her work. Sana’s communication skills are outstanding.  She kept me informed at every stage and explained legal terminology in layman language which was refreshing. Her professionalism and calm but firm demeanor provided much needed reassurance during a stressful time.  In court, Sana’s advocacy was nothing short of brilliant.  She presented my case with clarity and conviction.  Her ability to think on her feet, and respond effectively to unexpected developments was truly impressive, continuously pushing forward to make the points needed.  Thanks to Sana’s expertise and hard work, the hearing concluded in a day instead of the allocated two.  I am incredibly grateful for her support, and would highly recommend Barrister Sana Mushtaq to anyone in need of top notch legal representation.
 
 
Thank you
 
Sadaf Rayworth