Julian Hunt
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Family/Matrimonial
Band 1
About
Provided by Julian Hunt
Practice Areas
Julian is a specialist family lawyer with particular experience in resolving complex finance and children cases. Julian's focus is on resolving, not creating conflict, encouraging negotiations and finding solutions. Julian is a Mediator and Collaborative lawyer who will strive to steer clients away from the court process whilst being equally equipped to deal with complex and contentious issues in a calm, focused and if necessary, robust manner.
Career
Julian is the Head of the Family Department at Dean Wilson.
Julian qualified in 1998 and has specialised in Family Law ever since, becoming one of the first solicitors in the area to become a trained Collaborative lawyer. Julian is a trained Mediator.
Julian remains the youngest person to have been elected President of the Sussex Law Society.
Professional Memberships
Julian is a member of Resolution and a founding member of Brightpod a group of Collaborative lawyers , Sussex Family Solutions an inter-disciplinary network of family professionals and, Lawyers who Mediate.
Personal
Julian is a thoroughbred Brightonian with strong roots in the community. Julian is regularly to be found playing cricket and golf around the County and is particularly proud to have coached Preston Nomads U13's to the Sussex Championship in 2015.
Chambers Review
UK
Julian Hunt leads the family law practice at Dean Wilson. He advises on matrimonial finance and Children Act proceedings and is adept at advising clients through ADR as well as litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julian is professional, knowledgeable, compassionate and logical. He is a real gentleman, but extremely fierce at the same time."
"You breathe a sigh of relief when Julian is on the other side. He is very sensible and puts the needs of his client first."
"Julian's advocacy is very strong and he is one of the best family solicitors around. He is a charming person to be against but has great judgement and knows when to fight a case and when to settle."
"Julian is professional, knowledgeable, compassionate and logical. He is a real gentleman, but extremely fierce at the same time."
"You breathe a sigh of relief when Julian is on the other side. He is very sensible and puts the needs of his client first."
"Julian's advocacy is very strong and he is one of the best family solicitors around. He is a charming person to be against but has great judgement and knows when to fight a case and when to settle."
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