About Red House Consultancy

In 2018, I caught viral myocarditis and suffered three cardiac arrests while recovering! As you can imagine, I was extremely lucky to survive. I was ordered to take two years off for recovery and, accordingly, I left the firm and gave up my practising certificate.

I am now largely recovered (although I still can’t do anything too energetic, so no more running or playing tennis). However, I soon discovered that early retirement was not really for me. I needed to keep occupied! I had no wish to return to a formal law firm, so instead, back in late 2019, I set up The Red House Consultancy and it’s been trading since that date. It is not a formal law firm but a consultancy whereby I use my significant experience to provide advice.

I no longer practice as a solicitor, and I do not hold a practising certificate, operate a client account, or handle any client funds. I, therefore, following the Legal Services Act 2007, do not offer advice on any reserved legal activity such as conveyancing, probate activities or representing you in litigation. I also do not advise on family law issues, debt recovery, commercial or domestic property matters, criminal law and landlord and tenant issues.

Finally, many organisations have an employed solicitor on their payroll (known as an ‘in-house counsel’) who acts as a step between initial legal analysis and appointing an external law firm to act. This saves on costs. I can provide a similar service for those smaller businesses that cannot afford to employ a solicitor full-time but also want an option for the provision of basic initial legal services without incurring the expense of going to external solicitors.

I understand that you will want to use a regular law firm for some issues (and I will tell you when you need to and make some recommendations), but if you want my help first, then I am happy to provide it to you. It will save you some money in the long run.