Robina Aslam

Robina Aslam is a Partner and Head of the Family Law Department at Shaar Bridge Solicitors. She specialises primarily in family law, advising clients on all aspects of relationship breakdown, financial disputes and children matters. With extensive experience in both negotiated settlements and contested court proceedings, Robina has built a strong reputation for providing strategic, pragmatic and compassionate legal advice. Alongside her family law practice, she also assists in high-value personal injury matters and civil litigation, including dilapidation claims.

Known for her empathetic and approachable manner, Robina understands that family disputes can be emotionally and financially challenging. She takes the time to understand each client’s individual circumstances, providing clear, practical advice tailored to their objectives whilst ensuring they feel supported and informed throughout the legal process. Her calm and reassuring approach, combined with meticulous preparation and strong advocacy, has earned her the trust of clients navigating some of the most significant events of their lives.

Family Law

Robina has extensive experience advising clients across the full spectrum of private family law. Her practice includes divorce, financial remedy proceedings, private children disputes, relocation applications, non-molestation orders, occupation orders, TOLATA claims, applications involving intervenors, and other proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996.

She regularly advises clients in both straightforward and highly complex matters, representing individuals in cases that are resolved through negotiation as well as those that proceed through the Family Court to fully contested final hearings. Robina is committed to resolving disputes constructively wherever possible but is equally experienced in robustly representing her clients where litigation becomes necessary.

Robina has considerable expertise in financial remedy proceedings involving substantial matrimonial assets, including property portfolios, business interests, pensions and complex financial arrangements. She regularly advises clients in both negotiated settlements concluded by consent and contested financial remedy proceedings, ensuring that outcomes are both fair and commercially sensible whilst protecting her clients’ long-term financial interests.

She also has significant experience in Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act (TOLATA) proceedings, advising clients in disputes concerning the ownership and beneficial interests in property. Robina understands the complexity these disputes often present, particularly where family relationships and property ownership intersect, and provides clear, strategic advice to achieve practical and cost-effective resolutions.

Robina has also acted in cases involving intervenors, where third parties assert an interest in matrimonial assets or property. These matters often involve complex factual and legal issues, and her detailed preparation and strategic approach ensure that her clients’ positions are effectively advanced throughout proceedings.

In relation to children matters, Robina regularly advises parents and family members on Child Arrangements Orders, Specific Issue Orders, Prohibited Steps Orders and relocation applications, including cases involving both domestic and international relocation. She appreciates the profound impact these proceedings have on families and works tirelessly to achieve outcomes that promote the welfare of the child whilst protecting her clients’ relationships with their children.

Personal Injury & Civil Litigation

Whilst family law remains Robina’s principal area of practice, she also advises clients in high-value personal injury claims, acting for individuals who have suffered significant injuries and supporting them throughout the claims process to secure the compensation they deserve.

Robina also has experience dealing with commercial and property litigation, including dilapidation disputes arising from breaches of repairing obligations under commercial leases. She adopts a practical and commercially focused approach to resolving these disputes efficiently, whether through negotiated settlement or litigation where necessary.

Her broader litigation experience enables her to provide well-rounded advice, particularly where family disputes overlap with property ownership, financial issues or wider civil litigation.

Regulatory Matters

In addition to her family law practice, Robina has experience advising professionals facing regulatory investigations and disciplinary proceedings where their careers and professional reputations are at stake.

She has successfully advised clients on complex regulatory matters, including preparing detailed grounds of appeal and developing strategic legal arguments to challenge adverse decisions. Her thorough preparation and analytical approach have contributed to a strong track record of achieving successful outcomes.

Notable Experience

Robina has successfully advised and represented clients in a broad range of complex matters, including:

1. Represented a father in contested relocation proceedings, securing an order requiring the children’s mother to relocate back to the local area. The outcome enabled the father to have regular and meaningful time with his children, significantly improving the children’s ability to maintain a close relationship with both parents.
2. Successfully represented a client who had previously entered negotiations without legal representation and was at risk of receiving little to no financial provision upon the breakdown of her marriage. Following Robina’s advice and strategic representation, a substantially improved settlement was achieved, securing a pension sharing order, the transfer of a property, and a significant lump sum payment. The outcome ensured the client received a fair settlement that properly reflected her legal entitlement and provided long-term financial security.
3. Advised and represented a professional facing regulatory action which placed their career at risk. Robina prepared detailed grounds of appeal, challenged the regulator’s decision and achieved a favourable outcome, allowing the client to protect their professional standing.
4. Successfully represented a father following the children’s mother’s relocation overseas. Through strategic negotiation and court proceedings, Robina secured a comprehensive child arrangements order ensuring the father continued to enjoy regular and meaningful time with his children despite the international relocation. The outcome preserved the children’s relationship with their father whilst providing a clear and practical framework for future contact across international borders.
5. Represented a parent in highly contested private law Children Act proceedings involving extensive cross-allegations of domestic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour. Following detailed preparation and close collaboration with counsel, the Court rejected all of the allegations advanced by the opposing party whilst upholding the majority of Robina’s client’s allegations. The findings enabled her client to secure a favourable child arrangements order, safeguarding both the welfare of the children and the client’s ongoing relationship with them.

Approach

Robina is widely recognised for combining technical legal expertise with genuine empathy and understanding. She appreciates that every client faces unique challenges and believes in providing straightforward, practical advice tailored to each individual’s circumstances.

Clients value her approachable nature, honesty and unwavering commitment to achieving the best possible outcome. Whether negotiating a settlement, protecting a client through urgent injunction proceedings or representing them in contested litigation, Robina remains focused on delivering exceptional legal advice together with the highest standards of client care.

Her meticulous preparation, strategic approach and dedication to securing positive results have established her as a trusted family lawyer and respected Head of Department, committed to guiding clients through complex legal issues with confidence, compassion and professionalism.