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Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey

  • Called to BAR: 2007
  • Contract Law
  • Family & Children
  • Immigration
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Money Claims & Debt

Summary

Yaa Dankwa has a mixed common law practice and accepts instructions across a range of family (children) and civil matters.

Specialist areas of law include

  • Contract Law
  • Family & Children
  • Immigration
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Money Claims & Debt

Profile description

Family law

Yaa Dankwa has a busy family law practice. The lion's share of her experience lies in disputes relating to Child Arrangements Orders and contested non-molestation order proceedings. She accepts instructions to represent clients at all stages of family law proceedings, from initial advice on merits and procedure through to contested Final Hearings and everything in between. Recent instructions have included proceedings featuring the following:

  • Applications for Child Arrangements Orders
  • Applications to vary Child Arrangements Orders
  • Contested non-molestation order against ex-partners
  • Applications to discharge an undertaking and to grant a non-molestation order
  • Applications to relocate a child outside of the jurisdiction
  • Contested non-molestation order against parents of the applicant
  • Contested non-molestation order against siblings
  • Applications for a court-appointed guardian

  • Advising an Appellant regarding his appeal for Child Maintenance (Child Support Appeals)

Prior to joining the Bar, Yaa Dankwa worked as a legal advisor for the Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC). CCLC provides free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals. Yaa Dankwa gained her initial experience of family law and cases involving the Children Act as a result of her position with the CCLC. She now uses that experience to support her career as a specialist family law barrister.

Civil litigation

Yaa Dankwa is an experienced civil practitioner, having appeared successfully in several hearings whilst working at a national court advocacy service. She is highly adept in dealing with a wide range of civil and commercial cases, with an emphasis on the following:

  • Bankruptcy & Insolvency
  • Landlord & Tenant
  • Property Law
  • Transport & Regulatory Law
  • Contractual Disputes & Debt Claims
  • Consumer Credit

Yaa Dankwa is passionate about helping her clients find the best possible solutions to their family related problems and will often ‘go the extra mile’ to achieve this. She is a personable and approachable individual, often commended for her ability to put lay clients at ease, and to instil absolute confidence and trust in those instructing her. She is particularly skilled in assisting nervous clients and litigants in person.

Yaa Dankwa is dual qualified and a member of the Ghana Bar Association.

Yaa Dankwa works in London and the South East but is willing to travel.  

Client testimonials:

I am very impressed with the way Yaa handled my case with The Family Law Court, owing to the Social Services only entering their report within 24 hours of the Court hearing, Yaa had very little time to prepare and spent her evening talking to me on the phone having had our first contact at 7pm. Yaa went above and beyond what I would deem is her call of duty and did all she could to represent me with very little time to prepare. Yaa was very forthright in Court and gave me great confidence in her ability.

Mr G (Lay Client)

I just wanted to say thank you for this barristers ( Yaa Dankwa Ampadu - Sackeys) help. She was given a very short amount of time to prepare and represent me. With the short amount of time given she was able to achieve a positive result and successfully achieved what I needed. I'm extremely grateful for her efforts and will definitely consider her for any future legal proceedings. Very professional barrister. Thank you

C. B (Lay Client)

Education

  • 2003 -  B. A. Arts (Economics and History), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • 2005 – Graduate Diploma (GDip) Legal Studies, University of Birmingham
  • 2007 – Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law
  • 2009 – Post Call Law Course, Ghana School of Law

Professional Associations

  • The Honourable Society of Inner Temple
  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Ghana Bar Association

Appointments

  • 2018 - Local Authority Governor at St. George’s New Town Junior School
  • 2020 – Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre

Languages

Fluent in all major Ghanaian dialects including Ga, and Twi (Asante, Akuapem and Fante)

Hobbies and other interests

In Yaa Dankwa’s spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, baking and trying out recipes.

Testimonials

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