Farhana Butt > Hunt & Coombs LLP > Peterborough, England > Lawyer Profile
Hunt & Coombs LLP Offices
Westpoint, Lynch Wood
PETERBOROUGH
PE2 6FZ
England
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Farhana Butt
Work Department
Family and Divorce
Position
Farhana is a Partner and leads the Family Team at Hunt & Coombs.
Farhana is a leading family law solicitor who helps clients with separation, divorce, pre-nuptial contracts, cohabitation agreements and children’s residence and contact arrangements. She has considerable experience of handling divorces involving complex financial arrangements and substantial property holdings. Farhana is one of the most prominent Asian family lawyers in the local area and has frequently advised on the validity of religious ceremonies under English law.
Career
After qualifying as a solicitor in 1999, Farhana has worked exclusively in family law in the Peterborough area. She is a qualified family mediator and a member of the Family Mediators Association. Farhana belongs to the Peterborough Collaborative Family Law Group, a way of resolving family law matters without court action. She is one of only two lawyers in Peterborough accredited by Resolution in ‘dealing with complex financial arrangements following the breakdown of relationships’.
Memberships
Peterborough Collaborative Family Law Group
Family Mediators Association
Resolution
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Family
(Leading partners)Hunt & Coombs LLP has a family law group that is ‘very personable and excellent at managing the cases of vulnerable clients‘. ‘Meticulous, diligent‘ lead partner Hannah Byatt in St Neots handles private children law matters, including complex disputes where guardians are appointed on behalf of the children, as part of her broad practice. In Peterborough, Farhana Butt is highly recommended for financial matters, particularly high-income and complex financial arrangements and substantial property holdings. Consultant Edward Owen remains a key part of the practice. Denis White retired in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia