Sarah Hunter

Sarah is a family lawyer, helping clients to resolve or avoid problems arising from family breakdown. Previously a civil litigator for many years, she uses that significant experience to good effect in handling matters involving an overlap between family and civil law including property disputes between former cohabitants and claims under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. 

With a focus on efficient resolution of problems, Sarah has helped to settle many disputes through negotiation and at commercial mediations, enabling clients to achieve a solution acceptable to both parties with an eye to the future. In complex cases, she has worked in a team with specialist tax, property and corporate colleagues to achieve the best outcome for Mills & Reeve's clients. She understands the stresses experienced by those involved in family disputes and works hard to provide flexible support. She can help clients to take positive steps to avoid future conflict through, for example, cohabitation or prenuptial agreements.

Sarah is the co-author (with Nick Stone) of Counting the cost of cohabitation and contributor to Mills & Reeve's award-winning website dedicated to cohabitation issues: cohabitation-law.co.uk.  She also writes for publications such as Private Client Business.

Sarah has a keen interest in safeguarding issues, having been the safeguarding representative for her local Church for many years.