Tina Wüstemann, partner and head of the private client team at Swiss firm Bär & Karrer, is one of the top 10 private client lawyers in the world according to Who’s Who Legal’s list of ‘Most Highly Regarded Individuals’.
Chambers and Partners Global 2015 ranks her in the top tier and she has been honoured in the CityWealth Woman of... Read More
Vardags is spreading its wings and flying north. President Ayesha Vardag and Managing Director Catherine Thomas made their first visit to the brand new Vardags Manchester office space, right in the heart of this historic city, and took delivery of the keys on Wednesday. Of course, such an auspicious step called for a celebration, so both... Read More
The family court has once again showed that they will be taking breaches of orders seriously and that offenders should be prepared to face rather stark consequences.
The facts of W v S (Committal) EWFC B130 are simple: at the heart of the anonymised case was a Schedule 1 application. The respondent father provided a partial Form E in the course... Read More
Vardags is sponsoring its first polo team, aiming to give women’s polo a bit of a boost. It had its first outing on Sunday 9 August – in Vardags branded kit – at the Berkshire Festival, The team played exceptionally and won 9-5.5.
The new Handicap list marks the start of a new system whereby female players can
retain their current handicap... Read More
Nice to have you back in the Vardags offices! Everyone missed you terribly. Did you enjoy your secondment here?
Yes I absolutely loved it; I found it very hard to leave!
You chose to extend it didn’t you? Would you recommend the experience for other junior barristers?
I did. I ended up being here for almost three months. I loved it. It’s a... Read More
Welcome to the view from London, aka the “divorce capital of the world.” It’s a label that provokes as much bad press as good. But the fact is, it’s a feather in our cap for family lawyers in London. It’s a testament to the English courts’ reputation for fairness, for being incorruptible, that so many people... Read More
Not content with tackling dodgeball, Vardags are branching out in the world of team sports. This time, it was the guys’ chance to shine. In a manner of speaking.
Here is the match report from the Vardags football team debut last Thursday at the Simmons Gainsford 5-a-side tournament.
No doubt handicapped by leaving our best players back in the... Read More
Vardags and friends have had the pleasure of enjoying opera in the sumptuous surroundings of Syon Park this week… all in a good cause.
Children with Cancer’s annual event Opera at Syon is always a highlight of the Vardags
calendar, not least because Ayesha and the firm have been active supporters of this invaluable charity for some time and... Read More
2015 sees the celebration of Vardags’ first decade. It’s come a long way from the one-woman show with a phone line and a fax machine that was Ayesha Vardag Solicitors back in 2005.
To celebrate in appropriate style, the Vardags’ First Decade Party took everyone who’s been involved with the firm over the years back to where it all began: in... Read More
Vardags Managing Director, Catherine Thomas, dashed off to be interviewed on the 7 o’clock news on the hot topic of the Sharland and Gohil hearings that are getting underway at the Supreme Court. As the dual cases go before the highest court in the land, Catherine talked through the issues at stake, and what the outcomes could mean for... Read More