Jane Simpson (solicitor)

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Jane Simpson is a family lawyer who specialised in complex ancillary relief cases and those involving children. [1] Simpson is a trained marriage guidance counselor and collaborative lawyer. She was the founder and head of the family law department at Manches LLP, a UK law firm, as well as its chairwoman. [2] [3] making her, as of her appointment, one of few women who have led City of London law firms. [4]

Simpson was admitted Solicitor of Supreme Court 1967. [5] She was a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML). In 2008, Simpson was one of the founders of the group, Collaborative Family Law (formerly the Central London Collaborative Forum) [6] [7] which aims to bring collaborative law to high value cases. In 1982 Simpson co-founded, and from 1993 to 1995 chaired, the Solicitors' Family Law Association [5] (now Resolution). [8] 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 and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. [2] Jane was the chair at Manches until her retirement in 2011. [9] In 2013, Manches LLP merged with Pennington to form Pennington Manches. [10] [11]

Jane Simpson was the daughter of Sidney and Judith Manches, [9] [3] the first husband and wife team in the UK to practise law in partnership. [3]

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  2. 1 2 "Jane Simpson". Manches. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Gibb, Frances (18 March 2010). "The Times on the death of Judith Manches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Tsang, Linda (23 March 2003). "Interview with Jane Simpson". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460.
  5. 1 2 "Jane Simpson". International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  6. ↑ Collaborative Family Law - CFL
  7. ↑ The Times on the launch of the Central London Collaborative Forum
  8. ↑ "About us". Resolution. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. 1 2 "History". Penningtons Manches LLP. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Burton, Lucy (11 November 2013). "Manches: Life after debt". The Lawyer. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "About Penningtons Manches". Penningtons Manches LLP. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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