Family Law Partners
Member
Director & Family Lawyer & Mediator
56 Queen Anne Street, Marylebone
London,
W1G 8LA,
United Kingdom
020 3146 4280
http://www.familylawpartners.co.uk
Mediator | Collaborative Practitioner | Solicitor or legal executive
- Resolution accredited specialist
- Offers fixed fee interview
- Offers free advice
Farhana is a Director at Family Law Partners in the London office, Farhana is an accredited family law specialist, a collaborative lawyer and qualified mediator.
Farhana joined the Family Law Partners team in 2021, having built up more than 19 years’ experience in family law, including at various regional and City firms where she held Partner and Head of Department roles.
Farhana has extensive expertise across the full family law spectrum, including divorce and separation, cohabitation and children cases. She has additional skills in supporting clients in same sex relationships, modern families and clients from a faith background, including those of Jewish or Islamic heritage.
She is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in both financial and children cases as well as being a Law Society Family Law Panel member. Farhana has a reputation for her strategic, yet sensitive, handling of complex cases with both a financial and children component.
Ranked previously as a leading expert in family law by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, Chambers UK (2019 edition) remarked: ‘Farhana Shahzady frequently acts on acrimonious divorce claims involving property and company assets and also offers experience in child arrangement matters. One interviewee states “Her ability to quickly evaluate and assess as well as show empathy, provides the confidence and reassurance I seek as a client”.
A dedicated and forward-thinking family lawyer, Farhana holds various positions that reflect her commitment to the profession together with her dispute resolution credentials. She is a Resolution Director (one of only 20 nationwide) , a member of Resolution’s Publications Committee and sits the Resolution National Committee. Farhana is a skilled Collaborative Lawyer and is a member of North London Pod and South West London Pod.
A passionate advocate of women’s rights, Farhana is a volunteer family law advisor at Rights of Woman. She also regularly contributes to national and regional media stories on the subject of family law and co-authored the Resolution Family Law Handbook which launched in 2020. Farhana also presents on financial remedies for Resolution and has contributed to Westlaw Encyclopaedia, Reuters Masterclass and Expert Guides.
