Author: Catherine Bates

It’s a cat eat dog world   I sometimes hear people talking about themselves as a cat or a dog person, as if you can only be one or the other. I’m a fan of all animals, except perhaps any that might want to kill me.   As a child I had a cat who […]

I’m not one for being smug and arrogant.  Seriously, I’m not, and I can prove it.  If I wanted to have lots of opportunities to show off, I wouldn’t be a Southampton season ticket holder.  I’d support a certain North London team, whose fans take very great delight in texting me after every match saying […]

The word “common” can have many uses.   Yesterday I went for a walk on the common, closely followed by my usual (or common) afternoon tea and a read of the papers which was filled with ordinary (or common) people making the usual (or common) mistakes.   The most common mistake being talked about at […]

Stop press – the cameras are rolling!!!   The BBC were in our offices last week to interview Shivani Varma following her huge success in court on the ongoing saga of Universal Wealth.  Watch out for more details of when she’ll be going live!

  In a few weeks’ time, I will have been working in Whetstone High Road for 18 years, as I started when my eldest son was 4 months old and he celebrated his 18th birthday just before Christmas!  During that time I’ve worked in different buildings and for different companies, but always in the same […]

With Valentines Day out of the way, and having shared the love, I thought I’d now share a laugh (or perhaps two!).   Solicitors are often the butt of other peoples jokes, and usually with good reason.  You only have to walk into a court room to see how the barristers are dressed and how […]

    No one can have failed to notice that it’s Valentines day this week.  No matter how expensive it is for you, be grateful that you don’t live in places like Japan where you’d be expected to buy gifts for friends and colleagues too.  Which explains why 70% of their annual chocolate sales are […]

  Doing family law means we have to wear many hats.   Obviously, you need to know about family law.   You also need to understand finances.  It’s not just how much is in the bank account (which is quite straight forward) but how much a pension is worth and what each side’s share should […]

Stephanie was delighted to be invited to the Harrow Means Business event on 22nd January where the topic was how you can improve your cashflow and profitability.  Her advice was to have good contracts in place, to make it hard for people to avoid paying you, and to know how to go about collecting debts […]

You think I’m joking! If you’re a nursing mum, breast feeding can be painful, especially once the little darlings start developing teeth, not to mention the ability to grab things.  There are also more indirect consequences, such as when you’ve been woken so many times in the night to feed a hungry baby that you […]