About Me

Me.

I'm John Bolch. I studied law at Reading University and The College of Law, Chester. I was admitted as a solicitor on April Fool's Day 1985, which has always seemed somehow appropriate. For the next twenty-four years I worked almost exclusively in family law, dealing primarily with divorce, ancillary relief (financial/property settlements on divorce), private law children matters and cohabitee disputes. I was also a member of Resolution and of the Law Society's Family Law Panel.

I started writing Family Lore in January 2006,  which I believe makes it the first family law blog in this country.

I gave up practising in 2009 and now work freelance as a writer of family law. My first book, Do Your Own Divorce was published in August 2009.

I also run the website Family Lore Focus, which includes Family Lore News, and the Family Lore Case Digest.

You can email me at: john[at]familylore.co.uk

Please note that I will not be able to give advice via this email address.