Sital Kellar (Partner)
Sital is a partner in Hanidel Jones LLP’s family team, where she specialises in complex financial matters within a divorce, including international jurisdictional cases, negotiating and drafting pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements as well as every aspect of private children law cases.
Sital’s areas of practice include all aspects of private family work, with particular expertise in financial remedy proceedings often involving an international dimension. Sital has extensive experience in complex cases involving off-shore trusts, family businesses, tracing assets and inherited wealth.
Sital is an active member of the Resolution Cohabitation committee and has considerable experience in dealing with claims arising for cohabiting couples and their children.
Sital is also highly experienced in all private children matters including applications for leave to remove from the jurisdiction, change of school and child arrangements generally.
Sital is known for her tactical approach and likes to push boundaries to find a solution for her clients when they are dealing with a difficult time in their life. She provides constructive and pragmatic advice to achieve her client’s goals and strives to obtain a positive result for all concerned.
Sital is recognised as a leader in her field in the legal directories, including Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2021, Legal 500 UK 2022 and Chambers UK 2022 as well as being listed in the ‘Recommended’ tier in the Spear’s 2021 Family Law Index. She won silver in the Woman of the Year – Future Leaders (Partner) category at the Powerwomen Awards 2020. She was also shortlisted in 2018 for the Family Lawyer of the Year – Partner in the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2018.
Reported cases
- X v Y (Child Arrangements Order) [2019] EWHC 2872 (Fam) – Appeal to the High Court in respect of first instance judge’s decision unilaterally to make an order that the child live with his mother. Permission to appeal granted and substantive appeal resolved at hearing.
Professional societies/memberships and awards
- Listed in the ‘Recommended’ tier in the Spear’s 2022 Family Law Index
- Resolution
- Committee member of Cohabitation Working Party