Farhana Shahzady
Consultant – Lawyer
About Farhana
Farhana is an experienced and approachable family law expert and mediator practising for over 20 years. She specialises in all aspects of family law with considerable expertise in complex matrimonial finance and arrangements concerning children.
Farhana is passionate about helping clients navigate the legal process as constructively as possible. As a trained collaborative lawyer and mediator, Farhana will always assess whether matters can be resolved amicably and effectively at an early stage. She recognises the importance of problem solving rather than point scoring especially when it comes to sensitive family and children matters.
Regularly ranked in the Legal 500, Farhana works with individual clients, business owners and professionals who value her strategic and pragmatic approach that often leads to an early settlement.
Farhana has a special interest in issues concerning maintenance and achieving fair settlements. She has co-authored an important publication on spousal maintenance, an issue presenting particular difficulty for so many clients. Farhana campaigns actively to raise awareness of the impact of the menopause on financial settlements and carried out some innovative and ground-breaking research on the impact of menopause on marriage with Dr Louise Newson which was reported widely across the UK. She is regularly asked to contribute to mainstream media stories or podcasts alongside the industry facing press.
Farhana has been elected to Resolution’s National Committee for three consecutive terms. She remains wholly committed to the Resolution ethos of practising in a constructive and family-centric way
Recent rankings
Legal 500 (2024): Farhana is “passionate about her clients…a joy to work with”
Legal 500 (2023): “Farhana is exceptionally hardworking, she goes the extra mile for her clients. She is passionate about the people and causes she works for”
Legal 500 (2022): “Farhana is an especially strong and impressive component. Farhana radiates confidence and dynamism”
Representative bodies
The Law Society
Resolution’s National Committee
Resolution’s Publications Committee
Accreditations
Resolution Accredited Specialist: Financial Remedies and Children
Law Society Family Law Panel Member
Resolution trained Mediator
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This is to say a BIG thank you from **** and I for steering our family through a major crisis and bringing us to a fair conclusion, from which *** can begin again. You have always been unfailingly supporting to ***, because you have always had a deep and compassionate understanding of his situation. This divorce has been a tragic chapter in the life of *** and our family but *** and I are so very glad that it was you who has been able to help us all through
What a Brilliant Lawyer – I was very lucky indeed to discover Farhana at a difficult and stressful time when I was embarking on my divorce. Farhana is not only a brilliant lawyer, highly professional, strategic and hugely knowledgeable, but is also extremely approachable and has a very open, friendly manner. She provided me with excellent legal advice and support and guided me through the complexities of the divorce proceedings and all of this through the turbulent Covid period. Thank you Farhana, you are a total star!
It has been a pleasure working with you. Although there are no “winners” in divorce, you have helped me to ensure that I don’t lose one of the few assets I am confident that my ex-partner is not entitled to half of – my mind!