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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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- ^ "Jane Simpson". Legal500. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Jane Simpson". Manches. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Tsang, Linda (23 March 2003). "Interview with Jane Simpson". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ a b "Jane Simpson". International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
- ^ Collaborative Family Law - CFL
- ^ The Times on the launch of the Central London Collaborative Forum
- ^ "About us". Resolution. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ a b "History". Penningtons Manches LLP. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ Burton, Lucy (11 November 2013). "Manches: Life after debt". The Lawyer. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "About Penningtons Manches". Penningtons Manches LLP. Retrieved 11 May 2017.