Direct Access Barrister

Artis Obonyo Kakonge

Direct Access Barrister

Artis Obonyo Kakonge

I was called to the Bar in England & Wales and specialise in family, cohabitation and divorce law (including financial remedies).


I provide advice and representation to individuals coping with relationship breakdown and parents, step-parents, grandparents, and other concerned relatives seeking to make arrangements in the best interests of a child. I also help individuals and couples looking to start or grow their family through adoption and surrogacy. In addition, I provide advice and representation in relation to applications for protective orders (e.g. domestic violence, FGM/Forced marriage).

What sort of work do I do?

I can help with:

Divorce, dissolution and financial remedies on separation
LGBTQIA family law related issues
Fertility law and Surrogacy
Child arrangements (contact, sole or shared residence);
Enforcement of contact orders
Disputes around relocation, holiday travel, name change, medical treatment, religion and schooling (specific issue or prohibited steps orders)
International Child Abduction
Local Authority involvement (child protection/safeguarding concerns)
Adoption and special guardianship applications
Domestic violence injunctions
FGM and Forced Marriage protection orders

Who do I work for?

Parents, prospective parents, grandparents, concerned relatives, kinship carers, spouses and cohabitees.

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