< BARRISTERS
SASHA ALLISON
大律師
CALLS
Hong Kong 2015
Hong Kong (Solicitor) 2008
High Court of Australia (Barrister & Solicitor) 2004
Western Australia (Barrister & Solicitor) 2003
Practice Areas
Family Law
Education
Mst. in History (Cantab) 2022
LLB / BEcon University of Western Australia 2001
STEPS Certificate in International Trusts Management (Distinction)

Profile


CONTACT

sasha.allison@centralchambers.com.hk



PRACTICE

Sasha practiced as a family law solicitor in Hong Kong for several years prior to joining the Bar, where she continues to specialise in family law.

She has advised and appeared as an advocate on children matters relating to jurisdictional disputes, custody, care and control proceedings, ouster and non-molestation applications, parental child abduction (both Hague and non-Hague) and relocation applications, as well as various financial relief applications including maintenance pending suit, discovery, enforcement and Financial Dispute Resolution hearings.

In 2020, Sasha was elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of of Family Lawyers.

In 2023, Sasha sat as a Deputy District Court Judge in the Family Court.

Prior to specializing in family law, Sasha handled general commercial litigation matters both in Australia and Hong Kong.



Selected Cases
DJA v OFI, FCMC 1342/2015
Ancillary relief trial; section 17 MPPO application
LZ v LY, FCMC 7207/2018
Maintenance pending suit; legal costs contribution
K, KM v K,H, FCMC 6816/2016
Maintenance pending suit
YBH v TYC, FCMC 1091/2015
Ancillary relief trial
JFMC v DJH, FCMC 11755/2015
Trial on permanent relocation, custody, care and control and access
NLT v LYKJ, FCMC 8680/2012
Trial on custody, care and control and access
LCH v JMC [2019] 4 HKLRD 242
Forum; return of child to juridiction; non-Hague convention removal
Awards & Appointments
Deputy District Court Judge 2023
Part-time lecturer at Hong Kong University (PCLL course) in Family Law
PUBLICATIONS
"Testamentary Freedom in the shadow of Cap 481", Hong Kong Lawyer, January 2020, p39 2020
"Is it time for Hong Kong to adopt no fault divorce" Hong Kong Lawyer, October 2019, p46 2019
"Industry insight - Hong Kong case applying Prest v Petrodel" Hong Kong Lawyer, September 2013, p56 2013
"Should Hong Kong consider arbitration in family disputes" Hong Kong Lawyer, July 2013, p48 2013
Headnote contributor for the Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest and Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports
Memberships
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Member of Hong Kong Family Law Association

Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society

Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Languages
English
Mandarin