Our Team

Having spent 26 years supporting thousands of people with immigration issues, I know just how important it is for them, to get specialist, experienced and caring legal representation and advice. I never tire of helping people with what can be life changing issues for themselves and their families.

Daksheenie also continues to practice in family and property law and she is a committed Christian. When she is not working, she enjoys cooking and feeding the five thousand.

 

Guiding people to both plan ahead and to resolve any wills and probate issues gives me the chance to make a real difference”

As the Managing Partner, Esteddar’s work includes ensuring the smooth running and development of the firm, and the marketing and staffing of Ziadies Solicitors. She is committed to providing easy access to the law within a professional and friendly environment.

Esteddar is also the Head of Wills and Probate, and she supervises an experienced team of lawyers who advise clients on matters relating to wills, probate administration and probate disputes. 
She is a Cambridge University law graduate and she practised at the Bar before transferring to become a Solicitor. Esteddar is a Church Trustee and, when time permits, she enjoys archaeology and reading.

Thejaka is a senior Consultant. His background is that he was a practicing solicitor for 9 years, specializing in Immigration & Nationality Law, Human Rights, and Civil Liberties. He built up a substantial reputation in these fields and has helped Clients obtain corporate visas, business visas, student and visitor visas. In his spare time Thejaka likes travel and golf.

He declined to disclose his golfing handicap, citing “duty to uphold the spirit of the Data Protection Act!”

When people contact us for the first time, it is a difficult call for them to make. Behind every legal situation are a range of personal and emotional issues. We do our best to keep that in mind as we help.

John has specialised in family law for many years and helps people with divorce, financial matters, private and public children issues and injunction work. He has been a member of the Law Society’s specialist family law panel for 7 years and has been a Resolution accredited specialist for 2 years.

John has been married for over 30 years to his long suffering wife Janet. He tells every-one he is an expert in non-league football and most Saturday afternoons can be found watching his team Kingstonian of whom he is a proud patron.He is also a self –confessed Dr Who and Blakes 7 fanatic and sci-fi comic collector but tells us he still manages to live in the real world!

John is also an active Rotarian, a Past President of Brixton Rotary Club and now a member of the newly created amalgamated club of Battersea Brixton and Clapham. He is pleased and proud of the fact that he is now a Paul Harris Fellow award for service in Rotary. Any persons interested in joining Rotary please contact him.

We know many people find property transactions stressful. Whether it is a personal home moving issue or a commercial property deal, my role is to make things as easy and hassle free as possible for them.

Having been a solicitor for 27 years, Alphonso has looked after thousands of property clients. He specialises in property law including commercial and residential conveyancing (sales, purchases re-mortgage) business sales and acquisitions, landlord and tenant, and lease renewals.

Alphonso is a former president of the South London Law Society. He is also a committed Christian and Trustee of his local church. When time allows, he enjoys photography and gardening.

I never underestimate how difficult it is for people thinking about making a will, even though they know it needs doing. I go out of my way to be as sensitive as possible. The aim is to give people peace of mind.

Louisa has been a qualified solicitor for 11 years and over that period has helped hundreds of clients plan ahead and put their affairs in order. After taking a few years break following the birth of her daughter, Louisa is now at Ziadies advising upon and drafting wills, lasting powers of attorney and acting for executors, administrators or beneficiaries in both contentious and non-contentious probate matters. In her spare time Louisa enjoys swimming, going to the theatre, reading and travelling.

I have found a niche and a real calling helping people through very difficult times such as bereavement.

Manal Fouad qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and has dealt with many high profile cases which have received media coverage.
Manal specialises in probate, wills and trusts serving clients both in the UK and overseas.
In her spare time Manal is a youth leader at her Orthodox church. She enjoys foreign travel and enjoys reading a range of literature with an emphasis on Christian writings.

Louis qualified as a solicitor in 1981. He worked for many years at James Pyke & Co, and was appointed Partner there until September 2010. He holds an LLB in Law and an MA.

He is an experienced Conveyancing Solicitor and is a member of the Property Section of the Law Society. He has built up considerable experience in advising Clients on a wide variety of property issues, including residential and commercial transactions, leasehold matters, sale and purchase of freeholds and lease extensions. Louis prides himself on always being able to offer his Clients a professional, quick and courteous service and has many Client testimonials to this effect.

He enjoys sports, especially cricket. On weekends he puts on his dancing shoes and is seen tripping the light fantastic around the ballrooms of London. He has been awarded many medals and awards by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), achieving the top level Alex Moore Award for Ballroom and Latin American and the same level Cecil Rualt Award for Sequence and Old Time.

Watch out strictly, here he comes.