Month: May 2016

Suzanne Todd

Known as Shere Khan (the tiger in The Jungle Book) to her son’s Scout troop, Todd knows when it’s time…

Catherine Thomas

‘We’ve had a series of really great wins and some incredible settlements,’ Thomas, Vardags’ managing director, says of the year…

Emma Hatley

Hatley’s international expertise has seen her take on some of the most complex cases, recently acting for the mother in…

Jane Keir

A high-calibre practitioner with an excellent reputation and a top client base, Keir succeeded Christopher Murray as Kingsley Napley’s senior…

Charles Hale QC

Hale says family law is unique in the array of cases it throws up, ‘but it always involves people, which…

Roger Bamber

Described by one influential peer as ‘one of the most constructive and imaginative family lawyers I have ever met’, the…

Camilla Baldwin

Baldwin doesn’t like to put her feet up. Even when she took some time off to look after her children…

Sandra Davis

Davis almost singlehandedly grew the family department of Mishcons, which she has headed since 1981, into its current behemoth. She…

Renato Labi

A respected family lawyer, Labi started out as an insurance litigator going up against rich and powerful opponents. He certainly…

Pauline Fowler

Complex cases, both legally and emotionally, seem to be Fowler’s natural habitat. A children’s case in recent years ‘involved the…

Alex Carruthers

Most of us have heard of faking your own death but never faking your own divorce. That’s what Carruthers had…

Review: Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels in Covent Garden

Zak Smith visit’s Neal’s Yard’s most reclusive gem and finds sunshine, wine, cheese and cheesecake. As springtime gently rolls into…

The University of Cambridge is planning one of the most expensive business degrees in the world

The University of Cambridge has proposed a new business program that will cost students £80,000 in the first year, with…

Review: London Craft Week 2016

Rasika Sittamparam visits London Craft Week and peeks into the creative hinterland of some of the country’s most talented artisans.…

Matsuhisa Paris opens at Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris

World renowned Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris, a Palace hotel vibrant with culture and inspiration,…

Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum 2016

Diana Parker

‘There is no one who can match her intellectually or her wide-ranging experience. Her clients are fortunate to be advised…

Could the Queen’s Speech reform family law?

Fiona Davidson has high hopes for binding nuptial agreements, no-fault divorce and cohabitants’ rights. There will be a whole host…

Post Panama Papers: a litigious era?

With a plethora of issues unleashed by the leak, Dominic Crossley says this is a busy period for lawyers. Journalists…

Can death supersede divorce settlements?

Charmaine Hast and Andrew O’Keeffe on the complications of death before divorce. The High Court case brought by Mari Vindis…