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A day in the life of ... Sally Fitzherbert
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Sally receiving her award for Family Law Chartered Legal Executive of the Year at The Family Law Awards 2018
What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?
I am a Chartered Legal Executive specialising in Family law and have recently moved to a small firm in Cardiff City Centre. In the mornings I get to work for 8.30 have a coffee and check the emails and diary for the day. I see clients regarding any family issues from divorce to private law children cases and everything in between. I deal with the case files from start to finish; attending court instructing barristers and experts when needed.
How long have you been in this role and what brought you here?
I have been in this current role for a few weeks! Prior to that I have worked for a number of firms in and around Cardiff. I left school at 16 and started work as a trainee legal executive in a large firm attending Pontypridd Tec on day release once a week to study for the CILEx exams. I qualified in 2000 but loved training in a big firm - every day was different and...
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