About
Hughes Fowler Carruthers is a specialist family and matrimonial law firm based in Chancery Lane in central London, advising on a full range of divorce and family matters. The firm focuses on cases with significant financial complexity and international elements, including high-value nuptial agreements, trust and asset tracing disputes, complex pensions issues, and children/child abduction matters.
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Lawyers at this firm
Alex Carruthers
Partner dealing with matrimonial finance and children’s work. Most of his work is complex, involving jurisdictional questions and/or high-net-worth individuals. Regular speaker on issues concerning divorce , most particularly those involving trusts and complex financial structures. · Family / Matrimonial
Bryan Jones
Partner focusing on high net worth and high complexity matrimonial finance, including pre- and post-nuptial agreements, complex trust cases, cross border cases and private law children work. · Family & Matrimonial
Caroline Park
Partner dealing with matrimonial finance including complex and high net worth cases, pre and postnuptial agreements, cohabitation cases and private law children work. · Family / Divorce
Frances Hughes
Chair of board of family law niche practice and leading figure in family law for many years specialising in complex financial cases, including those with substantial business assets and partnerships; trusts and tax problem cases involving foreign jurisdictions; cohabitation cases; prenuptial agreements and also private children’s residence and other children’s matters including child abduction. · Family / Matrimonial
Kate Brett
Partner specialising in high net worth and complex matrimonial finance work, including pre and post-nuptial agreements. Cases involving foreign jurisdictions and complex private law children and Family Law Act work. · Family / Matrimonial
Mark Harper
Partner specialising in family law matters including financial matters with an international element involving trusts pre-nuptial agreements. Acted for John Charman in the leading case on the treatment of trusts in divorce. Also acted for Stuart Crossley in a leading case on pre-nuptial agreements. · Family
Pauline Fowler
Partner in top ranked niche family law practice; work includes complex financial matters with an international dimension; private children’s law including international adoption; pre- and post-nuptial contracts; cohabitation; mediation, particularly in complex financial cases. · Family / Matrimonial
Renato Labi
Partner in leading niche practice dealing with complex, high-value matrimonial finance often with an international element, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and private law disputes about children. · Family / Matrimonial