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    When I first set up by myself, the bit about running my own business that terrified me was business development.  I had no clients, no contacts, no money and NO idea what I was doing or how I was going to do it.  You wouldn’t believe it now, when you bump into me […]

  Moving house can be a very stressful time.  Even more so for your pets.  What could be even more stressful is finding out that the flat you’ve just bought restricts or even forbids pet ownership.  I’m sure plenty of people think that they can do whatever they like inside their own property.  In reality, […]

  When my kids were little, the ultimate threat was to send them to bed if they’d misbehaved.  When they got a little older (and a little more bolshy) they would occasionally threaten me with being sent to bed if I did something they didn’t like.  This, of course, would make me laugh as the […]

      I’m a big fan of mediation.  This is nothing new.  I’m a strong believer that if you can get around the table with a sensible mediator and everyone is keen to do a deal, then it’s highly likely that a sensible deal will be done, and even if it isn’t, you’re likely […]

Time and tide wait for no mother   I’ve never been too bothered about things like Mother’s Day.  The idea that you have to get together on a particular day to show your appreciation for your mum is as alien to me as the idea that your partner has to be romantic on Valentine’s Day […]

  I’ve never really thought of myself as a trend setter.  I might be original (loud, outgoing solicitors are not that common on the networking scene) and I may be unusual (litigators who like to avoid court are not the norm) but that’s quite different from leading the way.   Today, however, I found out […]

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!