Hannah Wood

Family - Children, Family - Finance

Hannah specialises in matrimonial finance and private law children cases.

She is regularly instructed in complex Child Arrangements Order applications involving allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

She also has extensive experience in cases where there are allegations and/or evidence of a parent’s implacable hostility towards the other parent.

Hannah spent a number of years at the Criminal Bar before transferring to Family Practice. Her wealth of advocacy experience in Crown and Magistrates’ Courts is invaluable in contested hearings where she excels at the cross-examination of witnesses. Hannah has considerable experience of dealing with finding of fact hearings in domestic abuse cases.  She has recently been instructed in a finding of fact hearing involving allegations of rape and attempted murder.

Hannah is also instructed in enforcement applications, appeals and both internal and international re-location cases.

One of Hannah’s key strengths lies in her negotiation skills and that, coupled with an eye for detail, renders her a strong choice for matrimonial finance matters. She provides settlement advice pre issue and beyond and takes instructions in all hearings including FDAs, FDRs, and contested final hearings. She is approachable with clients and is happy to speak to solicitors on an informal basis throughout the duration of a case.

Hannah regularly receives instructions to advise in respect of the validity of separation agreements, the merits of appealing final orders and the merits of applications to set aside final orders. She has considerable experience in both advising on and representing at MPS and LSPO application hearings.