Yasmin Chawdhery has been a leading barrister/attorney in Family Law, Immigration and Human Rights Law and Education Law for over 20 years. She has regularly appeared at all levels of court, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

20 years ago, Yasmin completed her pupillage, (straight after she finished the Bar Vocational Course (BVC)), at a barristers Chambers in Central London now called Fourteen. (It was then known as “14 Grays Inn Square Chambers”). After years of practicing as a barrister in Chambers, Yasmin was headhunted by an LA Law firm (where the partners are Harvard and Oxford University graduates) and she worked as an International Attorney in America. She is therefore qualified in both the UK and the USA and has worked on many high-profile cases in both countries.

Yasmin recently decided to leave Chambers and set up her own practice after 17 years of being a member of Chambers. This decision came about after Yasmin became busy enough, with an extremely strong following and client base, to make the decision to set up on her own. Yasmin has currently been nominated as a Finalist in the Following Award Categories: Barrister of the Year 2024 by The Next Hundred Years (Winner to be announced November 2024); Glass Ceiling Breaker by The SHE awards (Winner to be announced 2025); Professional Woman of the Year 2024 by the Muslim Women Awards (Winner to be announced December 2024). 

Yasmin comes from a family of lawyers. Her inspiration was her (late) father who was a prominent Immigration and Human Rights lawyer in England for over 36 years; her paternal grandfather who was a lawyer in India at the time of British Rule; her paternal uncle who was a barrister qualified in London and then a High Court Judge and her siblings who are prominent lawyers in the UK with their own law firm.

Yasmin has been described as legal commentators as “captivating in the courtroom, winning any case she touches” with “incredible advocacy skills” and “known for her attention to detail and ability to remain in control even during the most complex of cases.”

Academically, Yasmin achieved the highest mark in the country when studying Advanced Level (A’ Level) Law and appeared in the newspapers the following day. She appeared in the top 5% during her Law Degree (First Class) at the University of Manchester before the went on to undertake the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in London. Even before she had completed the BVC, she had already been offered a pupillage at a prominent barristers’ Chambers in Central London.

Yasmin has received a string of awards during her career at the Bar including an International Grant Award from the UK Bar Council due to her work as an international lawyer over the years. Yasmin contributes regularly to legal journals and regularly speaks at legal conferences in both the UK and the USA.

Yasmin is fluent in Bengali, Urdu and Hindi and receives a large amount of clients from the Asian/Indian community as a result of this.