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Jo O’Sullivan

Jo runs her own non court family law practice: https://www.osullivanfamilylaw.com/. She’s an accredited mediator, collaborative solicitor and pioneer of the solicitor neutral process and has expertise in working with others to help her clients avoid court. Jo is the author of the much-lauded (Almost) Anything but

Professor Sharon Thompson

Professor Sharon Thompson is Professor of Law at Cardiff University. Her research specialises in adult relationships, with particular focus on power, inequality and the gender of money. She has published widely on family law, including two monographs: Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Quiet Revolutionaries

Dr Charlotte Bendall

Dr Charlotte Bendall is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Birmingham. Her research to date has focused on a range of topics, including same-sex relationship breakdown, couple finances, and the position of grandparents in the event of family fragmentation.

Philip Tait

Philip Tait is a barrister at 29 Bedford Row, which he joined in October 2019 and where he specialises in private family law. He is ranked as a rising star in the Legal 500, where he is described as a ‘formidable barrister’ and an ‘excellent advocate’.

Harry Campbell

Harry Campbell is a barrister at 29 Bedford Row, specialising in financial remedy proceedings. Harry is listed in the Legal 500 2023 in the ‘Rising Stars’ category. He is described as ‘a future star of the junior Bar’ and as being a ‘very bright, tenacious and well organised barrister’. Harry

Sir Mathew Thorpe

Sir Mathew Thorpe, Barrister from 1961, in silk from 1980, Family Division Judge (1988 to 1995), Lord Justice of Appeal (1995 to 2013) and Deputy Head of Family Justice and Head of International Family Justice (2005 to 2013).

Lucy Taylor

Lucy Taylor is a Partner at Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP, specialising in Investment Management. She has managed portfolios for private clients, their pensions, charities and family trusts for 25 years. Lucy is a Graduate of Durham university where she read Economics & Economic History. Lucy sits on the Investment