About us
Divorce Aid Team
From small beginnings in 1999, Divorce Aid now helps thousands of people across the UK and internationally every week. Our motto is: 'Whatever your situation and wherever you are, we hope to provide divorce advice, support and information on any matter concerning you.' Experts from the legal and therapy professions enable us to provide this service by volunteering their time.
The welfare of the child is paramount and we promote mediation and counselling as well as good, professional legal advice. We also promote collaborative family law as a new dignified approach to divorce.
For more details, see Team profiles or click on a name.
Christina Tait
Founder and editor, Christina runs the site and co-ordinates services.
Her background is in export sales management, having travelled all over
Central and South America. For the last nine years she has been involved
in family law. Christina passionately believes in the provision of good
legal information in a simple format.
Jeremy Ferguson
We are very fortunate to benefit from the services of Jeremy. You may have heard him on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2. Qualified as a solicitor in 1958, he specialises in family law and civil mediation. He campaigns for the provision of legal aid and promotes mediation. In his spare time he is a keen pilot.
David Hodson
It is aprivilege to have David Hodson as a member of our Team. In the
legal profession, he is well known and respected both nationally and
internationally as a leading family lawyer specialising in international
cases. He is also a trained mediator and arbitrator. David was admitted
as Solicitor of Supreme Court, New South Wales, Australia in 2003. He
was appointed Deputy District Judge Principal Registry of the Family
Division, London in 1995 and was a past member of the Lord Chancellor's
Family Proceedings Rules Committee.
Elizabeth Tait
Liz Tait, no relation to Christina, is an inspiring family law solicitor
and collaborative lawyer. She is a partner of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors,
a leading UK firm, based at their Manchester office. She is always keen
to promote settlement via the most peaceful means including alternative
dispute resolution. We are grateful to her for her valued contribution,
exchange of information and contacts.
Jill Curtis
Jill is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working in private practice in London. She is a frequent broadcaster on family matters and has written several books. We are indebted to her for all the compassionate replies she has written to our enquirers.
Dr Alan Bradley
Alan is a consultant clinical psychologist, author and presenter/psychologist in the BBC1 series 'I didn't divorce my kids'? We are grateful for his support and kind contribution to our services.
Dr Richard Dobbins
Richard is our Treasurer. He is a management consultant, chartered certified accountant, author, editor and lecturer. He spent 20 years at the University of Bradford's Business School, focusing on MBA and PhD programmes.
Barefoot Doctor
Doc is a healer, t'ai chi expert, self-help expert, best-selling author,
media presence, creator of the Barefoot Doctor Chi/Qi range of perfumes,
lotions and potions and general spiritual entertainer. He is also a
musician.
David Briginshaw
David is our editorial consultant, a world train expert and magazine
editor. We value his advice.
Heather Wass
Divorce Aid would not have existed without the enthusiastic support and encouragement of this determined woman. She is our assistant editor and admin assistant.
Richard Copping
Richard and his team at Isle Interactive in Ely have created this new
website for Divorce Aid with professionalism and great patience. If
you would like to upgrade your site or have a new one designed, you
can contact this team via our page links.
Mark Ayres
We are all indebted to Mark who stepped in to the breach as our Webmaster and unwilling 'teacher' some years ago. He now acts as our consultant on the promotional side and oversees Christina's lack of technical ability.
Laurie Heizler
Laurie is a partner of Wright Hassall LLP in Leamington Spa. He is a
solicitor and barrister, specialising in intellectual property and technology.
We welcome his expertise in these matters. To contact him, please see
our Copyright article in this section.
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