Giorgia Sessi
Giorgia Sessi is a barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, with premises in Leeds and Newscastle. Giorgia has a broad experience in the field of financial remedies and her practice encompasses modest to high value cases.
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Piercing Trust Structures in Switzerland in Aid of Financial Claims in England
[2026] 1 FRJ 26. Swiss courts possess domestic tools to pierce through foreign trust structures and make orders in respect of their underlying assets. This article examines what those tools are and how they may be deployed in aid of financial remedies proceedings in England.
Delaying Departure? Domicile in Divorce Cases
[2026] 1 FRJ 16. In Ramana v Kist Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022, [2025] 4 WLR 120 the Court of Appeal was concerned with the question of how a domicile of choice may be lost. This article explores the arguments made at the hearing, the court’s decision and reasoning, and the likely implications.
Stop! In the Name of the LSA: Why Your Favourite Legal Exec Can’t Touch That Form A after Mazur and XX v GH
HHJ Farquhar was confronted with the practical consequences of Mazur for family law cases. The issue arose when Family Law Partners, a highly respected specialist family law firm, sought an exemption permitting their senior Chartered Legal Executive, Ms Lisa Burton Durham, to conduct litigation.