I have recently been asked on a number of occasions about my rates for Arbitration which i had never published before. I would ask you to note that I charge £1900 plus VAT for a one day Arbitration with one lever Arch file of papers, the fee includes writing the award. If additional days are needed, or a full day is not required i am happy to send ...
Mena Ruparel, Solicitor and member of the Pension Advisory Group and Mark Penston of Bluesky Chartered Financial Planners and Resolution Accredited IFA present this webinar on pensions in divorce proceedings. In July 2019 the Pension Advisory Group published its final report about Pensions on Divorce, download the pdf via this link Mena and Mark us...
The following review was published in the Resolution Review magazine issue 194 following Mena's successful workshop on ethics for family solicitors.
Vanessa Fox, hlw Keeble Hawson LLP
Working with LiPs highlights the ethical dimension; this article was originally published in issue 189 of the Resolution review magazine.
Mena has recorded two new webinars with Alex von der Heyde of Esterase Ltd to discuss the compliance implications of the new CPD scheme especially with regards to Principle 5 and Principle 8. Please tweet us any comments or questions or else use our LinkedIn discussions page.
Our MD Mena Ruparel filmed this short clip to update conveyancers on the changes to the new CPD scheme.
Presented by Mena Ruparel (solicitor) with Richard Burnham (paralegal).
Mena Ruparel and Nicola Rowlings discuss implementation of centralised divorce processing and what it means for your applications now. - See more at: Family Hub
Mena Ruparel and Nicola Rowlings discuss implementation of centralised divorce processing and what it means for your applications now. - See more at: Family Hub
Mena was joned by Nicola Rowlings of Mills and Reeve Solicitors and they discussed the implementation of the centralised divorce process and the impact on Family Law Solicitors.
Thank you to Family Law hub for inviting Mena to present this webinar. The recording can be viewed here.
We are uniquely placed to offer ethics training to SRA regulated entities. There are currently two options:
26th September 2016
Are you confused by the array of financial products that appear in family law cases? Do you know the difference between various assets and the impact they could have on the outcome of your client's case?
Mena is kindly joined by Lisa Conway-Hughes of Westminster Wealth management, chartered financial planners, to explain various financial products and how they can affect the outcomes of cases for your clients.
I offer a full day in house course for any firms who are interested please contact me for pricing and availability. My online diary should give you an idea of when i am available so if you have a date in mind check my diary first! The course entitled "Hot Topics" can be made into a bespoke course for your firm.
18th March 2016
Mark Peston of BlueSKY Chartered Financial Planners kindly returned to give the second part of his very popular and informative webinar about pensions.
With over 19 million users in the UK, LinkedIn is a powerful tool to raise your profile, and attract more of your ideal prospects. For legal practitioners and law firms, it provides the potential for growing your network of contacts and increasing the number of referrals and sales leads you receive.
For this webinar, Mena was kindly joined by Emily Miller who is the Founder of Marshall Walker, an independent LinkedIn training organisation based in London. She is an experienced professional services marketer and business developer and has worked in the sector for over 15 years.
Pensions and pension sharing can be a highly complex and confusing area for family solicitors. But this area can have a potentially very high impact on the outcomes of matters for clients.
Mark Penston of Bluesky Chartered Financial Planners has very kindly joined us for this webinar to explain the ins and outs of this subject. Mark also addressed some of the most common questions solicitors have in regards to this area.
With the new CPD scheme becoming mandatory in a year's time we were kindly joined by Richard Williams from the SRA's Regulation and Education policy team. Richard explained the ins and outs of the new scheme and how it will affect training and competence going forward.
Richard has been a Policy Associate in the SRA’s Regulation and Education policy team since 2012. During this time he has lead on the development and implementation of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, the introduction of a new approach to continuing competence.
Every firm needs a robust and fair procedure for dealing with client complaints to enhance the client experience and the reputation of the firm. For this informative webinar, we are joined by experienced complaints handler Barbara Spoor from Esterase Practice Management to explain what is currently seen as best practice.
In this webinar we looked at the thorny issue of instructing a pension expert. Mena Ruparel, family lawyer and MD of Law CPD Solutions Ltd was joined by Mark Penston, Resolution accredited pension expert at Bluesky IFAs.
