Christine Hughes LL.B
Christine is a Consultant in our Family Law Team. She is a member of Resolution (formerly called the Solicitors’ Family Law Association), and a qualified Resolution Family Law Mediator. Christine is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Law Society Mental Health Panel acting for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
Christine graduated with a degree in Law from the University of London in 1995 and was admitted as a solicitor in 2002. Prior to moving into Law, Christine worked in the oil industry in London after studying Mathematics at Cardiff University. Christine became the Planning and Economics Director of Phillips Petroleum’s UK organisation (now ConocoPhillips) and held that post for many years.
Christine’s interests relate to all aspects of Family Law but her focus has always been on “all things financial”. Coming from a commercial background, Christine strives to achieve sensible and fair outcomes for her clients, in the most constructive and cost effective way, having a caseload consisting of mainly medium worth asset clients, often involving businesses. Christine has from the very outset of her legal career endeavoured to evaluate and advise on the range of possible financial outcomes in order to reach fair agreements at the earliest stage in the proceedings.
Among her interests Christine lists travel, bridge and antiques.
