Ayshea Megyery

Year of call:

1997

Education:

1995 - University of Leeds LLB (Hons)

1996 - Inns of Court School of Law BVC

Harmsworth Scholarship Middle Temple

Career:

1996 - Pupil of HHJ Jennifer Kershaw QC at No 6

1997 - Tenant at No 6

2011 - Commenced teaching at BPP University Law School Leeds

2015 - No 6 becomes Park Square Barristers

Ayshea Megyery specializes in private and public children law.

Public Law Proceedings

Ayshea Megyery has extensive experience in representing parents, children and local authorities in complex family law cases incorporating issues such as serious non accidental injury, severe sexual abuse including historical allegations.  She is experienced and skilled at dealing with vulnerable clients with mental health issues and learning disabilities and has dealt with High Court cases concerning vulnerable persons.

 

Private Law – Children

Ayshea has extensive experience in handling complex private family cases including serious domestic violence, implacable hostility, sexual abuse.  She has also dealt with High court cases concerning removal from the jurisdiction involving foreign jurisdictions and International legal treaties.

 

Lecturing

Ayshea has been a tutor on the Bar Professional Training Course at BPP University Law School in Leeds from 2011 – to date.  She has taught, produced teaching materials and examined in Family, Written Skills, Advocacy, Crime, Remedies, Professional Ethics and Personal Injury. If there is a particular area in which she can assist, her clerks will be extremely happy to arrange a lecture.

Contact Ayshea’s clerks

Claudine Cooper on 0113 202 8604

Paul Foster on 0113 213 5209

Lucy Peacock on 0113 202 8607

Ayshea has extensive experience in all aspects of Court of Protection law including Deprivation of liberty, Mental health act and Mental capacity act. She has regularly appeared in the High Court representing Local Authorities, the Children’s Guardian, ICB and protected persons. She has given a recent seminar on the cross over between the inherent jurisdiction and the Mental Capacity Act and is well versed in this rapidly evolving and complex area of law.

Recent Seminars

22.1.24 – Crossover between Private and Public Family Law – Family law conference

20.3.24 – Deprivation of Liberty and Children Seminar – PSQB Chambers

Contact Ayshea’s clerks

Paul Foster (Senior Court of Protection Clerk) on 0113 213 5209

Claudine Cooper on 0113 202 8604

Lucy Peacock on 0113 202 8607