Direct Access Barrister

John Edward Gerard Hudson

Direct Access Barrister

John Edward Gerard Hudson

Barrister, previously a solicitor specialising in Family Finance.

John has a niche matrimonial finance and divorce practice, he has specialised in this area of law for over 27 years, particularly cases involving businesses. As a company director himself, his practice extends beyond family law to providing advice, drafting anddrafting

His forensic attention to detail matched by his calm bedside manor makes for a formidable counsel to have on your side, particularly when there are complex issues such as a business, foreign property and pension issues arising from divorce.

Experience shows that whilst these situations are never easy, if you get the right expert working on your case from the start – a speedy resolution is achievable, cheaper and is more likely to get the result you want.

As a formidable advocate (twice recommended in the legal 500), John is a fighter for his client, eloquent in delivery and thorough in his preparation, his years of experience also allow him the ability to see when taking a case in front of a Judge is the wrong decision and the right one should be to negotiate early in proceedings







What sort of work do I do?

Recent matters include representing:

Husband in an application for a financial remedy following foreign divorce proceedings.
Wife in a financial remedy application involving substantial farm assets.
Wife in a financial remedy case involving a husband with a dramatically shortened life expectancy.
Intervenor in a case involving a family farming business.
Husband in a financial remedy case involving a husband and wife and family owned transport business.
Wife in a financial remedy case involving property abroad.
Husband in a financial remedy case involving substantial pension assets.
John is a keen horseman and keeps a Clydesdale and and IDxTB hunter together with a small flock of rare breed sheep on his land in the Yorkshire Dales.

Who do I work for?

“Thank you, John, not just because you got me the result I wanted, but for how you did it. Clear advice, fairly priced, delivered frankly and with a compassion that helped hugely, in a difficult situation.” MJ







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