Nazia Rashid

Nazia Rashid is a partner in the family law team at Thomas Mansfield Solicitors. She advises on a wide range of family law matters, with a particular focus on high-value financial disputes and issues concerning children.

Much of her work involves sensitive situations and difficult relationships, where she brings a calm, thoughtful approach alongside clear and practical advice.

Specialisms

Nazia advises on a broad range of complex family law matters and specialises in:

• Complex financial remedy proceedings, including high net worth cases involving business interests, property portfolios and international assets.
• International divorce and jurisdiction disputes, advising on where proceedings should be issued and how to protect your position across different countries.
• Cases involving non-disclosure, dissipation of assets and conduct issues, including economic abuse and controlling behaviour.
• Children matters, including international relocation, abduction and child arrangements, often involving sensitive and high-conflict situations.
• Cases involving allegations of domestic abuse, requiring careful handling alongside a clear and robust legal strategy.
• Matters involving Islamic marriage and divorce, guiding clients through the interaction between English law and religious considerations.

Approach

Nazia is known for her strategic thinking and careful preparation. She provides clear, pragmatic advice so clients understand their position and options from the outset.

Clients value her direct and reassuring style, particularly in high-conflict situations where steady guidance is essential. Her work often involves complex and sensitive issues, and she maintains a clear focus on achieving the best possible outcome while keeping children’s welfare at the centre of her advice.

Nazia is a Resolution-accredited specialist in advanced financial provision and domestic abuse and Co-Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Resolution.

Experience

Nazia has extensive experience advising on complex financial disputes, including cases involving uncooperative spouses or non-disclosure, where a robust approach is required. She frequently advises on matters involving international elements, complex business interests and detailed financial investigations.

She regularly works alongside forensic accountants, pension experts and valuation specialists to build a complete financial picture.

Her children work includes advising on international relocation and abduction, as well as cases involving serious allegations of domestic abuse requiring fact-finding hearings. She works closely with professionals such as child psychologists, independent social workers and medical experts where needed.

Nazia also advises on cross-border family law matters, working with lawyers in other jurisdictions to ensure coordinated advice where clients have international connections.

Nazia is recognised for her expertise in advising clients on matters involving Islamic marriage and divorce. She holds an LLM from UCL (LSE/SOAS), specialising in Islamic family law, and authored the chapter on ‘Distinctive Aspects of Islamic Law’ in The International Family Law Practice — a leading practitioner guide to cross-border family law.

Nazia is described in The Legal 500 as ‘a national expert in Muslim marriages and relationship breakdown’ and is frequently recommended for cases where religion and cultural considerations are a factor.

Nazia is an award-winning family lawyer, recognised as Associate Solicitor of the Year at the 2018 LexisNexis Family Law Awards and as EDI Champion of the Year at the 2022 Resolution Awards.