Roman Holiday
Situated just outside Rome, a respectful distance from two seaside resorts where Romans come to escape the heat of the city, La Posta Vecchia was built in the 17th century on the ruins of a Roman villa.
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Keep calm and carry on?
When Wendi Deng married Rupert Murdoch in 1999, I must admit that I wondered what she really thought of him. She was so much younger than her new husband, and so beautiful and bright. Was she marrying for power and money? After yesterday’s …
Stowe Family Law goes to Buckingham Palace
As you will note from the photo, I spent yesterday out of the office! Stowe Family Law’s chief executive, Andrew Williams, had been invited to tea with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, in recognition of his excellent civic performance as the …
HuffPost Divorce: Top 10 Low-Down Dirtiest Divorce Tricks
I was recently invited to contribute to HuffPost Divorce, where you can now find a slideshow featuring my Top 10 Low-Down Dirtiest Divorce Tricks. Some of them appear to have struck a nerve with readers: of the 278 comments that have been left on …
The Experts: Has the sentencing U-turn furore buried the bad news on legal aid?
This is my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. What was really happening on Tuesday? Was Ken Clarke’s sentencing policy truly in tatters? Did his proposals ever stand a chance of implementation? Surely not. So …
Getting divorced: a client’s tale
As a family lawyer, I feel incredibly privileged to publish this post. I have written before about representing clients who are coping with serious health issues. None of us are machines and it can be very hard to sit, calmly, across the table from …
Lessons for Lawyers: NA v MA and D (A Child)
I spent much of yesterday looking over 24 of our files. I review all of the files at Stowe Family Law at least once a month, and it is tiring work. I’ll admit that when I review files I’m tough on our fee earners, even my partners, and …
Falling petals
Family lawyers are not trained to deal with the situation I am about to describe. It is for this reason that I have delayed writing this post, wondering if I should write it at all. I have decided to do so because, even when you least expect it, …
Meeting of Minds (From Solicitors Journal)
From my latest Solicitors Journal column “Family Business”, 22/02/2011. Meeting of Minds EXCLUSIVE! The words ‘interesting’ and ‘conference’ aren’t always mutually exclusive, reveals Marilyn Stowe Like many family …
Radio Gaga (From Solicitors Journal)
From my latest Solicitors Journal column “Family Business”, 22/03/2011. Radio gaga Marilyn Stowe offers her hard-won survival guide for going on air What is it about radio and television that leaves so many solicitors stricken by fear? I have …
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