I was fortunate to be at an event organised by Rix & Kay Solicitors http://www.rixandkay.co.uk/ a week ago where Steve Billot of Duff and Phelps http://www.duffandphelps.com/expertise/our_team/Pages/bio.aspx?itemid=546&list=People gave a presentation on opportunities and challenges in the legal market. What struck me was that whilst law firms are playing in an increasingly Read More
As a psychologist and trainee psychotherapeutic counsellor, a consultant who works with many family lawyers, a divorced mum who ensured my children’s father played a major role in their lives and as a long-time supporter of the not-for-profit organisations OnlyMums http://www.onlymums.org/ and OnlyDads http://www.onlydads.org/, I was delighted to attend my Read More
A couple of months ago there was a bit of a furore about reports that some business development and marketing people at London’s top law firms were being paid as much as £477,000 (even though this turned out to be a combination of the highest base salary awarded (£345,000) combined Read More
I have a long association with the single father organisations Onlydads http://www.onlydads.org/ (see, for example the Westminster Fathers debate http://kimtasso.com/westminster-debate-for-fathers/ and also the research into the cost of divorce http://kimtasso.com/the-price-of-divorce-survey-results/ . Dadshouse http://www.dadshouse.org.uk/ is a related organisation for single dads. So I was interested to see that a new members Read More
I noticed some interesting divorce and family statistics relating to the family law market today: At a Resolution event it was reported that the cost of relationship breakdown in the UK is in the region of £44 billion a year The Daily Telegraph ran a report on the hidden Read More