Spear’s celebrates 10th anniversary in style at Philip Mould’s gallery
Spear’s friends, old and new, joined the Spear’s editorial team and founder William Cash for an evening of champagne, chocolates…
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Buzz Aldrin: on space, sobriety and scuba-dives
The moon is not enough for Buzz Aldrin, who insists we need to be taking giant leaps much farther afield,…
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Spousal maintenance: which is the most generous jurisdiction?
What is the truth behind a recent study by Penningtons Manches of awards made for spousal maintenance on divorce which…
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Whose house? How a publicly available property register can harm HNWs
New public register of beneficial ownership is a potential threat to privacy and security, says John Goodchild. On 12 May…
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Catherine Bedford
Star solicitor to CEOs, investment bankers, sports stars, supermodels and entertainers, Bedford established Lee & Thompson’s family team from a…
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Zoe Bloom
An artful negotiator who cuts through the jargon and to the heart of her cases, Bloom specialises in complex HNW…
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Stewart Leech QC
Before the Bar called him, Leech started out teaching modern languages at Shrewsbury and Eton. ‘If you can stand up…
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Bradley Williams
‘Gone are the days when super-rich people would come in and instruct lawyers on a huge retainer, and let the…
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Anna Worwood
‘Sometimes the distance involved in relocating a child within the UK is just as significant as relocating to the north…
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Rosie Schumm
‘The current court system is paralysed by delays, riddled with uncertainty and generally out of sync with the needs of…
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Nicholas Westley
‘The older generation are screwing it up,’ Westley says of some veteran divorce solicitors who ‘massively overcharge’. It is ironic…
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Elizabeth Hicks
Elizabeth Hicks – Irwin Mitchell It’s been ten years since Hicks was brought in to head up Irwin Mitchell’s family…
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Frances Hughes
Hughes is not a lawyer short of accolades. Peers described her as ‘a tour de force: a blend of fierce…
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James Freeman
‘“There was only one tiny, tiny problem with this plan. It was bollocks,”’ says Freeman, quoting Captain Blackadder. ‘I think…
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Michael Gouriet
Gouriet is one of the few lawyers in London with expertise in cohabitation issues (the breakdown of unmarried relationships) and…
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Suzanne Todd
Known as Shere Khan (the tiger in The Jungle Book) to her son’s Scout troop, Todd knows when it’s time…
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Catherine Thomas
‘We’ve had a series of really great wins and some incredible settlements,’ Thomas, Vardags’ managing director, says of the year…
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Jane Keir
A high-calibre practitioner with an excellent reputation and a top client base, Keir succeeded Christopher Murray as Kingsley Napley’s senior…
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Emma Hatley
Hatley’s international expertise has seen her take on some of the most complex cases, recently acting for the mother in…
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Charles Hale QC
Hale says family law is unique in the array of cases it throws up, ‘but it always involves people, which…
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