Hannah Butcher

Areas of expertise

Hannah has particular expertise in advising on:

• All stages of divorce, dissolution and judicial separation proceedings, including international cases where proceedings could be issued in more than one jurisdiction;
• Financial arrangements following separation, specialising in complex cases involving business interests, trusts and overseas assets;
• Applications to enforce, vary or set aside existing financial orders, including spousal maintenance orders;
• Wealth protection, including drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements; and
• Arrangements for children following a separation and representing clients in contested Children Act proceedings, including relocation cases.

Further Information

Hannah studied Law at the University of Nottingham where she graduated with First Class Honours and obtained a Distinction on completing the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School.

Hannah trained at a full service regional firm where she gained experience in a number of areas of law and qualified as a solicitor in September 2016.  She has since been based in London, but also enjoys working for HNW clients living in the South West where she grew up.

Hannah is a legal advice volunteer for Rights of Women, an organisation which supports women who are at risk of experiencing domestic violence.

Recent cases

• Mario Michael v Stalo Michael [2025] EWCA Civ 1668: Court of Appeal decision dismissing the husband’s application for permission to appeal the High Court’s decisions on tax treatment and valuations.
• Michael v Michael (No 3) [2025] EWFC 245 – Representing Mrs Michael in securing an award of £15m plus costs and maintenance arrears.
• Michael v Michael (No 2) [2025] EWFC 244 – Representing Mrs Michael in securing the appointment of Receivers.
• Michael v Michael (No 1) [2024] EWFC 463 – Representing Mrs Michael in successfully establishing a finding of sham trust.
• PS v NB [2023] EWHC 3485 (Fam) – Successfully acting for a wife in high value and complex financial proceedings, in her interim applications for maintenance and historic and ongoing legal fees from the husband.

Publications & Press

• Unmarried parents are the norm — financial rights are overdue – The Times, April 2023
• Why is the Government letting abusers bully their partners in court? – The Telegraph, October 2019

Professional Societies, Memberships & Awards

• Resolution
• YRes London
• Women in Family Law
• Doyle’s Guide 2025, Family Law Rising Stars