Stefanie Alvarez

Stefanie joined Imperium Chambers as a tenant in June 2023 following the successful completion of her pupillage under the supervision of Jay Gajjar.

She has developed a broad range of experiences within immigration, family and civil law. She appears regularly in different tiers of court and has represented a wide range of clients.

Stefanie regularly attends the First-tier on behalf of Appellants in respect of appeals and bail applications and accepts instructions on the behalf of the Home Office. This approach allows her to obtain a unique perspective on cases and grasp the issues quickly and effectively.

Prior to commencing pupillage at Imperium Chambers, Stefanie was a court advocate and was instructed in over 500 cases covering a wide range of civil practice areas. She regularly represented clients across small claims trials, applications, and final hearings. She has also had significant experience in landlord and tenant disputes, HMO licencing, road traffic accidents, personal injury, flight delay, credit hire, consumer rights, debt recovery, and bankruptcy.

Prior to becoming a barrister, Stefanie worked as a family law McKenzie Friend and attained invaluable court experience of first hearings right through to permission to appeal in private family law proceedings, including child arrangements, applications under the Family Law Act 1996, international relocation and child abduction matters.

She is particularly adept at dealing with cases where there is a cross-over between applications for child arrangement orders, non-molestation orders and occupations orders. She strives to ensure clients feel like their voices are being heard during proceedings.

Stefanie accepts instructions on all areas of family law, including applications under the Children Act, domestic violence and matrimonial finances.

Stefanie is licensed to accept instructions from clients under the “public access” scheme – meaning that you are able to instruct her without the need to go to a solicitor.

Stefanie sits as Co-Chair for Save Latin Village, a community interest company opposing the destruction of a migrant Latin American community and works alongside Urban Lawyers to educate youths on the criminal justice system and criminal law.

She holds a brown belt, second dan in Karate and has practised mixed martial arts for various years. She also enjoys Latin dancing, hiking and hot yoga.

BPTC – BPP University (2017)

LLB Joint Honours – Law with Philosophy – University of Hertfordshire (2015)

The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple

English (Fluent)
Spanish (Fluent)
French (Beginner)