About Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Hughes Fowler Carruthers is a boutique firm operating at the highest level of family law, consistently cited for delivering results of magic circle quality in UHNW and high-profile financial remedy proceedings. Founded in 1997, the firm has built a formidable reputation for attacking and defending complex trust structures in ancillary relief proceedings, with particular expertise in offshore trusts and asset-heavy international cases. The team is also highly regarded for private children work and regularly appears in significant reported cases. The firm’s small size is a deliberate strategic choice, ensuring that every client receives genuinely partner-led attention throughout, and all instructions are handled with exceptional discretion.
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Our team
Meet the family law specialists at Hughes Fowler Carruthers.
Ellie Hiskett
Senior Associate
Ellie Hiskett joined Hughes Fowler Carruthers in 2022 after qualifying in 2019. Prior to HFC she was a tax lawyer at a Magic Circle firm (Linklaters).
View profile →Frances Hughes
Senior Counsel
Frances Hughes is Senior Counsel at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, one of the firm’s founders and one of the most highly regarded family lawyers in England and …
View profile →Alex Carruthers
Partner
Alex Carruthers is a founding partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, specialising in complex divorce and financial remedy matters, particularly for high and …
View profile →Caroline Park
Partner
Caroline Park is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, bringing a distinctive commercial perspective to complex family law work having joined from Freshfields …
View profile →Mark Harper
Partner
Mark Harper is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, specialising in family law and financial remedy matters, particularly international cases and those …
View profile →Renato Labi
Partner
Renato Labi is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, where he has been a partner since 2005 and has wide experience in financial disputes arising from divorce …
View profile →Bryan Jones
Partner
Bryan Jones is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, specialising in ultra-high net worth financial remedy litigation involving trusts, family businesses and …
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Kate Brett
Partner
Kate Brett is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, where she has focused on financial remedy and children matters since joining the firm in 2009 and becoming …
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Lauren Deane
Partner
Lauren Deane is a Partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, having qualified in 2013 at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before joining the firm in 2015 and being …
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Liam Bennett
Senior Associate
Liam Bennett is a Senior Associate at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, having qualified as a solicitor in 2016 following his training at Russell-Cooke and joining HFC …
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Oliver Heeks
Associate
Oliver Heeks is an Associate at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, having qualified as a solicitor in 2022 following his training at Birketts LLP and joining HFC in …
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Stacey De Souza
Senior Associate
Stacey De Souza is a Senior Associate at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, having qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and joined the firm in 2020.
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