Talking Family Law – the Resolution Podcast

Listen to Resolution’s podcast, with guest experts discussing topical issues in Family Law, with our hosts Simon Blain and Anita Mehta.

Join Resolution’s family law experts in our Podcast series

Each episode welcomes guest experts sharing their take on topical family law issues.  We cover the whole spectrum of family law, from abduction, surrogacy, and public law to financial remedy.

We invite our guests to take a deep-dive into a different topic each month.  On each episode we try and cover what is the current state of the law, or the leading authority, practical tips (if you are running one of these cases), and thoughts for reform.

Do expect some lively debates, and personal insights.  We try to find known experts in their field and ask them the things that we all want to know.  If you are an expert on a particular topic, either regionally or nationally, we would like to hear from you, so do please get in touch.

We were thrilled to be shortlisted for the Family Law Commentator of the Year award at the 2023 LexisNexis Awards.

Hosts Simon Blain and Anita Mehta with Resolution staff at the LexisNexis Awards 2023

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DISCLAIMER:  Nothing in any of the episodes is supposed to constitute legal advice.  We invite our guests to express personal views by way of legal commentary, this may differ from how they put their client’s case.

No liability is accepted for any error or omission about the law in respect of a particular topic.

S4 Episode 6: YRes takeover – Thriving in Law: Culture, Careers, and Community

About this episode

Hosted by: Annie Boxer and Lauren Guiler

Guests: Matthew Richardson and Trevor Sterling

Further information

This is the second Resolution podcast episode of 2025 and it is a special YRes takeover featuring YRes National Committee members, Annie Boxer (Solicitor at the International Family Law Group LLP) and Lauren Guiler (Associate at Birketts). However, this episode can of course also be enjoyed by more senior Resolution members.

We are hot off the back of the great success that was the YRes National Conference in November 2024 and there were some hugely interesting and engaging sessions that touched on topics such as wellbeing, mistakes, and career progression. The National YRes Committee thought about how we could we spread these conversations wider and we were kindly trusted by Anita Mehta and Simon Blain to host this podcast episode.

Annie and Lauren are joined by Matthew Richardson (Barrister at Coram Chambers) and Trevor Sterling (Senior Partner at Moore Barlow). In addition to being financial remedy practitioner, a mediator and a private FDR adjudicator Matthew has taken a leading role in developing and implementing his chambers’ wellbeing programme. Matthew was named as the “Wellbeing Champion” at the Resolution awards in 2023. Whilst Trevor is not a family lawyer, his work as head of the major trauma team means that he is regularly exposed to extreme client situations and helping those most in need. Trevor has an extraordinary passion for helping the next generation and creating a movement of “ladder builders”.

The topics discussed in this episode include law firm culture and wellbeing, mistakes made early in careers and lessons learned, mentorship and guidance, and diversity and inclusion. Annie and Lauren start the episode with an icebreaker by asking Matthew and Trevor to share and reflect on a mistake they made early on in their careers. They then delve into other topical discussions and Matthew and Trevor provide practical guidance along the way.
Resolution offers a 1-2-1 mentoring service and if you are interested in this service as a mentee or a mentor, please follow the below link.
Annie and Lauren hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as they did recording it with their special guests.
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