“Sobiah is a well organised Family Law solicitor with an almost instinctive mind for effectively managing her client’s cases. She is unafraid to give robust advice when needed and is well trusted by the counsel she instructs”
Adam Kayani - Harcourt Chambers
“Sobiah Hussain is super bright, knowledgeable and a great strategist. She is really passionate about her work and works tirelessly on behalf of her clients.”
Legal 500, 2025
Sobiah Hussain is a Partner, Solicitor-Advocate, Collaborative Law Practitioner and Head of Private Family Law at Reeds Solicitors. Based in Oxford, she advises clients across England and Wales, as well as internationally, on complex and sensitive family law matters.
Sobiah specialises in high-net-worth divorce, financial remedy proceedings, complex private children disputes, nuptial agreements, domestic abuse injunctions and Islamic divorce. She is known for combining strategic legal advice with a calm, practical and reassuring approach, helping clients protect what matters most and move forward with confidence.
Specialist Family Law Advice
As Head of Reeds’ Private Family Law team, Sobiah regularly supports individuals, parents, professionals and high-net-worth clients through difficult and often urgent family law issues. Her work includes divorce and separation, complex financial settlements, children arrangements, relocation disputes, protective injunctions and family agreements.
Sobiah’s approach is clear, organised and outcome-focused. She takes time to understand each client’s priorities, explains their options in straightforward terms, and works with them to identify the best route forward, whether through negotiation, collaborative law, alternative dispute resolution or court proceedings.
Areas of Expertise
- High-net-worth divorce and financial remedy proceedings
- Complex financial settlements involving property, pensions, businesses and international assets
- Private children law, including Child Arrangement Orders, relocation, change of name disputes and parental alienation
- Pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and separation agreements
- Domestic abuse injunctions, including Non-Molestation Orders and Occupation Orders
- Forced Marriage Protection Orders
- Islamic divorce and the interaction between religious divorce and the legal process in England and Wales
Memberships
Sobiah is a member of Resolution and is Chair of Oxfordshire Resolution Committee.
She is a Chair of Oxfordshire Resolution Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee which was set up in April 2023.
Recognition
Sobiah has been listed as a key lawyer in the Legal 500, 2025 edition. She is mentioned as “super bright, knowledgeable and a great strategist. She is really passionate about her work and works tirelessly on behalf of her clients”.
Background
Sobiah read Politics and International Relations at Oxford Brookes University before completing the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the University of Law. She trained with Reeds in Oxford, qualified as a solicitor in 2016 and has specialised in family law since qualification.
How Sobiah Can Help
If you need clear, strategic and sensitive advice about divorce, finances, children matters, family agreements, domestic abuse or Islamic divorce, Sobiah can help you understand your options and take the next step with confidence.
