In today’s episode Melanie Bataillard-Samuel is joined by a Family Law & Lattes alumni, Graeme Fraser, Partner and Head of Family at BBS Law in London. Graeme has considerable experience in advising on financial settlements involving complex assets and substantial wealth, and on cohabitation, for which he holds the Resolution specialist accreditation. Graeme is a regular media commentator including the BBC and national media. He is a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee (FPRC) and sits on Resolution’s Family Law Reform Group. In 2018, he won the Family Law Commentator of the year ..read more

In this episode Melanie is joined by a Family Law & Lattes alumni, Graeme Fraser, Partner and Head of Family at BBS Law in London. During the pandemic many family law specialists found themselves with time to look at their lives, careers, and ultimately consider the changing landscape of family law. Over the last few years Graeme has written several thought provoking articles looking at the changes. Today I’ll be picking his brains about what he thinks are the topics to consider. Graeme has considerable experience in advising on financial settlements involving complex assets and substantia ..read more

Today Melanie Bataillard-Samuel is joined by Angharad Lynn, a partner in the private client team in the London offices of VWV. Angharad is experienced at drafting Wills, administering Estates and also advises on trusts, inheritance tax planning and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She specialises in international work and cross-border estates (in particular France!) and speaks French, Italian and Welsh. Before training as a solicitor Angharad was a national newspaper journalist specialising in personal finance, and her knowledge in this area provides a useful background to her current role. She enj ..read more

Today Melanie is joined by Ian McArdle, a family law barrister at Atlantic Chambers in Liverpool and Magdalen Chambers in Exeter. Prior to being called to the Bar, Ian was a solicitor practising in all aspects of criminal law and children law. Admitted to the Roll in 2010 and being a member of the Law Society Children Panel since 2013, Ian practised in Liverpool before moving to North Devon in 2014 where he worked in a niche, award-winning practice specialising in all aspects of children law, with a particular focus on complex cases in which he represented local authorities, parents, children ..read more

In today's episode Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law is joined by Steven Bradley, cybersecurity expert with Our Family Wizard. Steven had an extensive law enforcement career focusing on investigating crimes against persons, specialising in sex crimes, child abuse, domestic violence, and crimes against the elderly in the United States. He was recruited by the FBI to start a task force that would investigate technology and cyber-related crimes. After returning from the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, he began combating many types of technology crimes including child pornography, cyberstal ..read more

In today's episode Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law is joined by Zoe Fleetwood of Mills & Reeves.  Zoe is a highly experienced children lawyer and heads Mills & Reeves’ children law team.  Well-known for handling complex cases, Zoe’s experience includes child abduction, wardship, care proceedings, surrogacy, adoption and forced marriage, as well as disputes involving allegations of abuse. Zoë’s cases often have an international dimension. In this episode Melanie and Zoe discuss a topic that is being raised more and more in family law – Parental Alienation. Melanie ..read more

In today's episode Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law is joined by Gillian Bishop. Gillian is family law solicitor, she's a trained collaborative lawyer, children's law arbitrator, mediator and family law supervisor. She's also a lawyer at Family Law in Partnership of which she is a founding member. Gillian for many year chaired resolution's skills and support committee. In this episode Melanie and Gillian will be discussing family law supervision. Melanie Bataillard-Samuel - MBS Family Law Gillian Bishop - Family Law in Partnership Show Notes: Flip Faculty  - https://www.flipfa ..read more

In this Christmas Special we've decided to flip the script. James Evans of Our Family Wizard will be hosting a very special guest, Melanie Bataillard-Samuel. Melanie Bataillard-Samuel - MBS Family Law James Evans - Our Family Wizard ..read more

In today's episode Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law is joined by Matthew Richardson of Coram Chambers. Matt is a barrister and a mediator. As a barrister he specialises in financial remedy and family property cases including divorce, the separation of unmarried people, the interests of wider family members (TOLATA), and financial support for children (Schedule 1). As a mediator, specialises in family disputes across all areas of family law, including but not limited to family finances, the arrangements for co-parenting children, and the involvement of wider family members relating b ..read more

In today's episode Melanie Is joined by Graeme Fraser, Partner and Head of Family at BBS Law. Graeme has considerable experience in advising on financial settlements involving complex assets and substantial wealth, and on cohabitation, for which he holds the Resolution specialist accreditation. He maintains a keen interest in the legal rights of unmarried parents, and is chair of Resolution’s Cohabitation Committee, which has an agenda to reform cohabitation.  He is a consultant editor and author for LexisPSL Family on cohabitation. Additionally, he is the editor of Resolution’s Cohabitat ..read more