Misha specialises in all areas of child protection. She has represented local authorities for many years in the North West as an In House Advocate and has particular experience in Deprivation of Liberty applications, care order applications with an international element and complex finding-of-fact hearings. She is a very popular advocate with both clients and opponents, and is fearless in her approach.

Misha specialises in all areas of child protection. She has represented local authorities for many years in the North West as an In House Advocate and has particular experience in Deprivation of Liberty applications, care order applications with an international element and complex finding-of-fact hearings. She is a very popular advocate with both clients and opponents, and is fearless in her approach.

2024 - Present | Senior Consultant Barrister, Unit Chambers

2008 - 2024 | Local Authority in-house advocate including at Manchester CC

2005 - 2008 | Unity Street Chambers, Bristol

2004 - 2005 | Pupillage Renaissance Chambers, London

2003 | Called to the Bar

2002  | LL.B. Hons University of Southampton

2003  | BVC Bristol Institute of Legal Practice

2003 | Philip Teichman Award (Inner Temple)

2003 | Duke of Edinburgh Award (Inner Temple)

Member of Inner Temple

Family Law Bar Association

V, Re (Profound Disabilities) [2025] EWHC 200 (Fam) (31 January 2025) 

X Local Authority v M & Ors [2025] EWHC 3088 (Fam) (13 October 2025)