Tara Persaud

Bio

Experience

Tara joined Aston Bond in November 2022 as a paralegal and, after early completion of her training contract with the firm, she qualified as a solicitor in May 2025.

She has gained a wide range of experience across the gamut of civil and commercial litigation practice areas, in the County Court, High Court and First-Tier Tribunals. Her experience includes residential and commercial property disputes, debt claims, contractual and commercial disputes, contentious probate matters, and appeals in the First-Tier Tribunal (SEND).

Tara’s approach to litigation and dispute resolution is practical and outcomes-focussed, helping clients untangle often complex and acrimonious matters employing commercial and strategic thinking and clear communication.

Before joining Aston Bond, Tara had a 20-year career working in the classical music industry across a number of sectors: in publishing for Boosey & Hawkes, in artist management for IMG Artists and Solea Management Paris, in tour management for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and as a senior A&R manager for EMI Classics and Warner Classics.  Tara Persaud attended Royal Holloway, University of London, where she read German and Music (BA Hons), and German Culture (MA) with a full AHRC scholarship.  She retrained with the University of Law having earned partial scholarships, gaining distinctions for both the GDL and the LPC LLM.

Achievements

While at the University of Law, Tara came second in the CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition, going on to represent England and Wales in the 2021 International Student Negotiation Competition.  She has since been invited by CEDR on a number of occasions to judge the national competition.

Tara’s career highlights have included her involvement in appeals made by parents against local authorities in the First-Tier Tribunal (SEND), including where she cross-examined a witness in what was ultimately a successful appeal for the client, gaining a secondary school place for a child.

Tara is indispensable to the head of department on a variety of complex and high-value matters, and counsel and others in the profession with whom Tara works feed back regularly that she already operates at the level of a senior associate.

Outside the Office

In her free time, Tara is an active violinist, playing in a number of orchestras across London as well as playing chamber music with friends.  She has recorded at Abbey Road, played at most of London’s premier classical music venues, and has performed at several international music festivals and summer schools including Dartington, Minehead, Aldeburgh, Sherborne, Corsica, Blonay and Verbier.

She is an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction, and regularly goes to live concerts, opera, dance, and theatre.  She is fluent in German and proficient in French, and generally enjoys travelling and spending time with friends.

‘The Aston Bond team work collaboratively with each other so there will always be more than one person who knows the case inside out. They are very responsive to clients, quick to move, and work seamlessly’