Divorcing wives seeking to salvage family assets from a husband’s looming  bankruptcy can draw some comfort from a decision in the Court of Appeal – but the law is still full of pitfalls, warns Rachel Hepworth of Hawkins’ Family Department.

It’s been 90 years since Mr Alan Hawkins opened for business as Hawkins Solicitors in Kings Lynn – little dreaming that his one-man-band would grow to become one of West Norfolk’s most prestigious and old-established firms.

Hawkins young solicitors Ruth Johnson and Dean Payne met up again with Law Society President Andrew Holroyd at a Cambridge seminar to discuss solicitors' core values.