Expertise and experience
Sherma is recognised as an expert in cases involving child care law, notably international child abduction cases and care proceedings (including cases of Fabricated Induced Illnesses (FII), Non-Accidental Injuries (NAI) and sexual abuse).
She has developed a particular specialism in cases involving children that include issues relating to race and religion and LGBTQ+ families.
With many years’ experience, Sherma has been recognised as a ‘recommended lawyer’ in the Legal 500, and is a thought leader.
Notably Sherma was published in the Law Gazette on “Family Courts can deter people threatened with being outed” (April 2018) and has given a series of webinars in conjunction with 42 Bedford Row on ‘Parental Alienation and the interface with Public Law proceedings’.
Notable cases include:
Warwickshire County Council v the Mother & others [2022] EWHC 2146 (Fam)
A,B,C&F (Children) [2015] EWHC 3663 (Fam) (16 December 2015)
EC-D & Anor v GH & Anor [2025] EWHC 1403 (Fam)
Sherma represented a grandfather who was a Respondent in two sets of Wardships proceedings brought by two different relative relating to the removal and retention of his grandchildren in Pakistan. Sherma successfully obtained the grandfather’s passport and travel documents that were seized as part of Court proceedings and had the grandfather, as per his wishes, discharged from both sets of Court proceedings with no findings of abuse being made against the grandfather.
Practice areas
- Non-accidental injury to children
- Fabricated or induced illness in children
- Supervision orders
- Secure accommodation orders
- Emergency protection orders
- Contact with a child in Local Authority care
- Child protection investigations
- Forced marriage
- Female genital mutilation
- Obtaining legal responsibility for a child
- Care orders
- Adoption
