Hassan Sarwar

Hassan’s practice is exclusively made up of financial remedy claims in divorce.

Hassan has acted for business owners, professionals, and individuals with significant inherited assets amongst many others. His practice spans from “needs” cases to assets worth multi-million pounds.

He gives pragmatic advice to clients, with a primary focus on securing a positive outcome. Hassan is able to explain legal concepts surrounding financial remedy proceedings in a straightforward and friendly manner. He enjoys the cut and thrust of a final hearing and will put forward robust arguments in support of his client’s position.

He is experienced in cases involving interveners, trusts, arguments of non-disclosure, litigation conduct, overseas assets, ancestral farms, inherited assets, spousal maintenance, business valuations, non-matrimonial property, and pension disputes.

Recent cases include:

K v A, proved a trust deed purporting to hold the beneficial interest of a property on behalf of a family member was a sham, awarded costs.

B v S, in a case marked by non-compliance of one party with overseas assets in a non “needs” case, obtained 90% of the disclosed assets with adverse inferences drawn from non-disclosure, and obtained an uplift for litigation conduct.

B v B, entirely protected his client’s inherited assets of circa £2m in a medium length marriage with a child.

D V D + 2, protected assets held on behalf of interveners on a resulting & constructive trust basis where properties held in a party to the marriage’s name, in a case with 11 properties subject to dispute.

G v G, obtained a clean break on the sharing principle following a long marriage, defeating a claim for spousal maintenance where his client had a gross income in excess of £1m per annum and partner was not in employment.

K v K, retained family home following a medium length marriage on a needs basis in a departure from equality on capital for his client, plus awarded spousal maintenance payments.