Jane Simpson (solicitor)

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Jane Simpson is the Chairman of Manches,[1] [2]of the few women who head City of London law firms. Admitted Solicitor of Supreme Court 1967.[3]

A family lawyer who specialises in complex ancillary relief cases and those involving children.[4]

Simpson is the founder and head of the family law department at Manches, and Chairman of the firm. A fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML), Simpson is a trained marriage guidance counsellor and collaborative lawyer. She has been described as the “doyenne of family lawyers”. In 2008 Simpson was one of the founders of the group, Collaborative Family Law (formerly the Central London Collaborative Forum)[5][6]which aims to bring collaborative law to high value cases.

In 1982 Simpson co-founded, and from 1993-95 chaired, the Solicitors' Family Law Association[3] (now Resolution). It is the national organisation for solicitors specialising in family law and now has over 5,000 members. She also served as a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Family Law Advisory Board and was a non executive director and Vice Chairman of the Tavistock Portman NHS Trust.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jane Simpson". Manches. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  2. ↑ The Times on the death of Judith Manches
  3. 1 2 "Jane Simpson". International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  4. ↑ Legal500
  5. ↑ Collaborative Family Law - CFL
  6. ↑ The Times on the launch of the Central London Collaborative Forum
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