Giorgia Sessi
About
Giorgia’s practice encompasses the areas of Financial Remedies, Chancery and Private Children, with a particular focus on ADR. Giorgia prides herself on giving pragmatic advice to clients, both during the court process and in the context of alternative dispute resolution.
Giorgia is known for her hard-working nature, attention to detail and client-handling skills, which she derives from her combined life and professional experience. Prior to coming to the Bar, Giorgia worked as a sworn interpreter and translator for 10 years in the Italian and English courts; she is fluent in Italian and Spanish.
In addition to her busy practice, Giorgia is a member of the FLBA national committee.
Financial Remedies
Giorgia has a broad experience in the field of financial remedies and her practice encompasses modest to high value cases involving issues such as dissipation of assets and add back, companies and joinder of third parties. Giorgia accepts instructions on all aspects of relationship breakdown, including disputes between cohabitees and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Giorgia also accepts instructions for drafting pre and post-nuptial agreements.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Giorgia regularly accepts instructions to represent clients in Non-Court Dispute Resolution settings, such as mediation, private FDRs, Early Neutral Evaluation and arbitration.
Chancery: Inheritance and Trusts
Giorgia deals with claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and disputes between cohabitees under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
Private Children
Giorgia is regularly instructed to represent clients in complex private law disputes. Her experience in private children practice ranges from implacable hostility to non accidental injuries to enforcement proceedings resulting from multiple breaches of court orders. Giorgia also has experience in disputes involving internal and international relocation and child abduction.
Giorgia is qualified under the Direct Access scheme.
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Giorgia Sessi
About
Giorgia’s practice encompasses the areas of Financial Remedies, Chancery and Private Children, with a particular focus on ADR. Giorgia prides herself on giving pragmatic advice to clients, both during the court process and in the context of alternative dispute resolution.
Giorgia is known for her hard-working nature, attention to detail and client-handling skills, which she derives from her combined life and professional experience. Prior to coming to the Bar, Giorgia worked as a sworn interpreter and translator for 10 years in the Italian and English courts; she is fluent in Italian and Spanish.
In addition to her busy practice, Giorgia is a member of the FLBA national committee.
Financial Remedies
Giorgia has a broad experience in the field of financial remedies and her practice encompasses modest to high value cases involving issues such as dissipation of assets and add back, companies and joinder of third parties. Giorgia accepts instructions on all aspects of relationship breakdown, including disputes between cohabitees and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Giorgia also accepts instructions for drafting pre and post-nuptial agreements.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Giorgia regularly accepts instructions to represent clients in Non-Court Dispute Resolution settings, such as mediation, private FDRs, Early Neutral Evaluation and arbitration.
Chancery: Inheritance and Trusts
Giorgia deals with claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and disputes between cohabitees under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
Private Children
Giorgia is regularly instructed to represent clients in complex private law disputes. Her experience in private children practice ranges from implacable hostility to non accidental injuries to enforcement proceedings resulting from multiple breaches of court orders. Giorgia also has experience in disputes involving internal and international relocation and child abduction.
Giorgia is qualified under the Direct Access scheme.
Giorgia advises and represents clients in all stages of financial remedy proceedings and accepts instructions from both private and publicly funded clients. She is experienced in modest to high value cases and accepts instructions to represent clients at private FDRs.
Giorgia’s practice encompasses all areas of financial remedy proceedings, and in particular:
- Interim maintenance
- Matrimonial and non-matrimonial assets
- Add-back
- Pensions
- Adverse inferences
- Pre-nuptial and separation agreements
- Third-party interests
- Costs
Giorgia also accepts instructions on matters arising from relationship breakdown between cohabitees under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Private Law
Giorgia regularly acts for parents and children in private law disputes. She often appears against Litigants in Person and advises clients on all stages of litigation, including on the prospects of success in relation to pursuing or defending allegations of domestic abuse.
Giorgia’s practice encompasses all areas of private children cases, including:
Parental alienation
Allegations of domestic abuse including coercive and controlling behaviour
Allegations of sexual abuse
Transfers of residence
Psychological and psychiatric assessments
Intractable contact disputes
Internal and international relocation
Separate representation of children
Enforcement of private law orders
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
Family Law Bar Association
Re S and H-S (Children) (Care Proceedings: Harm) [2018] EWCA Civ 1282 - [2018] Fam Law 1109
Modest assets at the time of Covid-19: practical considerations and cost-effective case management - [2021] Fam Law 116
Laurea (BA (Hons)) in Conference Interpreting, University of Bologna, Italy (2.1)
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law (Distinction)
Bar Professional Training Course, BPP Manchester (Very Competent)
