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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Roger Bamber
Described by one influential peer as ‘one of the most constructive and imaginative family lawyers I have ever met’, the…
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Camilla Baldwin
Baldwin doesn’t like to put her feet up. Even when she took some time off to look after her children…
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Sandra Davis
Davis almost singlehandedly grew the family department of Mishcons, which she has headed since 1981, into its current behemoth. She…
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Pauline Fowler
Complex cases, both legally and emotionally, seem to be Fowler’s natural habitat. A children’s case in recent years ‘involved the…
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Renato Labi
A respected family lawyer, Labi started out as an insurance litigator going up against rich and powerful opponents. He certainly…
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Alex Carruthers
Most of us have heard of faking your own death but never faking your own divorce. That’s what Carruthers had…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Diana Parker
‘There is no one who can match her intellectually or her wide-ranging experience. Her clients are fortunate to be advised…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Review: Divas & Scholars at The Lansdowne Club
Melinda Hughes enjoys a number of sterling performances at a convivial Divas & Scholars event. It’s not every day you…
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Helen Ward
A ‘tigress who never sleeps’ according to peers, the Spear’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner has had another stellar year dealing…
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Lord Carlile QC: HMRC is failing the Treasury and the taxpayer
Lord Carlile QC CBE argues the Revenue’s purpose ‘must be to project light, not shadow’ as misinformation and frequent U-turns…
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