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Tamsin speaks to Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer Graham Bowcock. They discuss instructing a valuer rather than an estate agent, how a Single Joint Expert works and whether they might change their valuation.

Graham Bowcock is a Shropshire farmer’s son (but points out he was born in Chester) who studied Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He returned to Cheshire to work in land agency before spending three years with Co-operative Group, advising on their extensive rural estate and farming portfolio across the UK. He subsequently established A G Bowcock and Co in 1992 and after various mergers became part of surveyors Berrys in 2001, retiring from the Partnership in 2018. He has now created Oakwood Valuation Surveyors to specialise in valuations and associated professional work in the north West and North Wales. Graham has significant property experience and has undertaken hundreds of property valuations in his career. His clients include private individuals, family enterprises and household name organisations.

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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce 
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode, Tamsin speaks to Ampla Finance's Nigel Shepherd. They discuss the options around paying your legal fees on divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when you don't have the money but your ex does.

Nigel brings over 40 years of family law experience to Ampla, being the only person to have twice chaired family justice association Resolution and with extensive experience as a solicitor, collaborative family practitioner and financial arbitrator. In 2019, Nigel was awarded the prestigious Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law and in 2022 the Manchester Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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Tamsin speaks to international divorce lawyer Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law. Whether you have assets abroad, a spouse living abroad, assets in the UK but you live abroad, this episode is for you. 

Melanie Bataillard-Samuel founded MBS Family Law in 2022 to provide specialist divorce and family law advice to international families based either in England & Wales or abroad.

With over 14 years’ experience as an English family lawyer, Melanie is an expert in all areas of divorce and family law with a particular emphasis on cross border matters with France and Switzerland. Family law matters can often require input from other specialist professionals, such as barristers, accountants, or foreign lawyers, and Melanie has an extensive network that can be relied upon to assist in all matters.
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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS

Chartered Financial Planner

Smart Divorce Ltd

https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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Tamsin speaks to therapist Anna Jackson about handling trauma in divorce. She discusses some of the methods which can help to deal with and recover from trauma.

Anna has over 30 years experience as a therapist working in the field of mental health within the NHS and private sector. She is an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. She is also a qualified Occupational Therapist, Hypno-psychotherapist and EMDR therapist.

Anna understands the emotional complexities of a relationship breakdown and the enormous value that experienced support and therapy can provide in the process of recovery. She has lived experience of the divorce process and specific knowledge and skills in the following areas:

Narcissistic abuse
Coercive and controlling abuse
Anxiety and stress management
Self-Compassion
Assertiveness training
Self-esteem work
Loss
Low mood
Sleep issues
Trauma
Anna specialises in providing support and therapy for people experiencing and recovering from a relationship breakdown. In addition, Anna supports local domestic abuse services by offering free sessions to teach anxiety reducing skills to people who have escaped abusive relationships. https://www.outsidetheboxtherapies.co.uk
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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode, Tamsin speaks to child inclusive mediator Louisa Whitney. They discuss how this works and how it can help parents to understand what their children really want, rather than just what they think they want.  

Louisa Whitney is an accredited family mediator and a child inclusive trained mediator. She's also a PPC supervising and mentoring other family mediators. In addition to this she also offers training to mediators and lawyers - drawing on her experience as both a lawyer and a mediator. she is hugely passionate about keeping discussions in a separation in line with the 4cs: calm, constructive, conscious and compassionate.

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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode, Tamsin speaks to Emma Nash from the Family Law Language Project. From their website, “the language of law needs to be understood by those who need to engage with it. This is so important when it comes to family law as the implications of misuse of language can translate into genuine suffering for children and families. We also need to re-think how we practically apply family law. We need to move away from language that promotes conflict and leads to Court proceedings, towards a language that puts the welfare of children first.

The Family Law Language Project has a simple mission: to help make family law easier to understand, less hostile and more accessible for everyone. We intend to do this by improving the understanding and use of language.

Emma Nash is a solicitor and Head of the Family Department at City law firm Fletcher Day. In addition to her family law practice, Emma writes and speaks extensively on family law issues. Emma is also the founder of The Family Law Language Project, an initiative that launched in November 2021 with the aim of making family law more accessible and reducing conflict by improving the understanding and use of language.

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Tamsin Caine is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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Tamsin Caine discusses planning for life after divorce with fellow divorce financial planners Ceri Griffiths and Lottie Kent. They talk about what happens after the orders are issued, planning for the life you want, starting to think about retirement and living your best life.

Lottie Kent, founder and owner of True Financial Design Ltd
As an Award Winning Chartered Financial Planner and Resolution Accredited Divorce Specialist, Lottie is on a mission to see a world where no woman feels worried about their finances when faced with divorce. Her company, True Financial Design Ltd, helps remove financial uncertainty by imparting their expert knowledge in a simple way so their clients have the confidence to make informed decisions about their future. This ensures they don't make a financial mistake they live to regret. True’s clients are women either facing divorce or already divorced who feel scared about their finances for the future and are desperate to feel in control. True’s unique Visualise your Future process gives people back their spirit and freedom by lifting that dark cloud of uncertainty that finances often cause.

I look forward to hearing from you and if you have any questions, please let us know and we will be happy to answer them.

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Ceri Griffiths is Founder of Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning, She has been a financial adviser for over 20 years and is both Chartered and Fellow. She gives advice exclusively to women divorcing wealthy and powerful men and her mission is to remove financial vulnerability and disadvantage for these women, but she also stands for much more than this. Her business plan and objectives run along the UN Sustainable development goals, specifically Gender Equality and Quality Education, in recognition of this on International Women’s Day Mo2vate Magazine recognised her as an inspirational woman for 2021, and she is currently a finalist in the nation of women awards, Empowerment category for change makers.

Ceri Griffiths FPFS CeMap Bsc Hons
Chartered Financial Planner
Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning
www.willowbrooklfp.co.uk 

Tamsin Caine is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode, Tamsin is in conversation with Lucy Burt of Nest Interior Design. They talk about how to make the former marital home your own and how to make small changes that make a big difference. Whether you're selling your marital home and buying a new place or want to change up your former marital home, this one is for you.

Lucy founded nest some fifteen years ago after re-training at Chelsea College of Art & Design and has been designing interiors of all shapes and sizes ever since. Her previous life was in IT and now she channels all those skills gained in managing clients, suppliers, budgets, projects and teams into organising interior projects – much more fun!

All this time later, she still feels very lucky to ‘do interiors’ for a job. Projects are so varied, working with different clients, budgets and briefs each time so there is always something new to learn and never a dull day.

Lucy lives in Sale, Cheshire with her various unruly animals and children.

Instagram @designbynest
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hello (at) nestinteriordesign.co.uk
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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode Tamsin speaks to CV expert Suzie Henriques of the CV Bee about how to present your CV in the best possible light if you are looking for a new job, promotion, change of direction or returning to the workplace after a career break. Post-divorce, this is often a course of action people need to take. Suzie’s advice will help you to be as well prepared as possible.

Known as The CV Bee, Suzie Henriques offers CV writing services that support professionals to showcase their skills, strengths and experience. She specialises in a personalised approach, working closely with each client to build their confidence and help them achieve their career goals through expertly written documents and knowledgeable guidance.

Suzie has over 18 years of professional experience and began her career with John Lewis, the UK’s leading employee-owned business, where she held a range of project management, leadership and HR positions. She joined the Civil Service in 2017 as a talent manager with the flagship cross-government Fast Stream programme, enabling high-potential future leaders to learn, grow and develop, before moving to the Department for Work and Pensions where she delivered digital apprenticeships, internships and skills pathway programmes.

She established her business in 2020 and as a Level 7 qualified coach, Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), has the insight and experience to help people identify their strengths and demonstrate their value on that all-important CV. She also provides support for LinkedIn profiles, covering letters and application forms, enabling clients to present their best professional self when it really matters.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cv-bee

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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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In this episode, Tamsin speaks with Matt Anson about daily habits, journaling and appreciative inquiry to help to keep you on the right track with your mental health and well being.

Matt Anson is a leadership coach, originally from Sheffield but now based in Ireland. He felt a calling into coaching after he himself learned about, and used, tools and techniques such as a daily routine and journaling. These enabled him to learn to live with imposter syndrome and to overcome anxiety to achieve a number of life goals and dreams, such as launching his own business and writing a book which got picked up for publishing.

my website - www.mattanson.com

to book time with me directly to discuss coaching - https://calendly.com/mattanson/general

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Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at [email protected] or arrange a free initial meeting using https://calendly.com/tamsin-caine/15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS
Chartered Financial Planner
Smart Divorce Ltd
https://smartdivorce.co.uk

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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