Samantha Woodham

Spear’s Review

Hailed by peers as ‘a new and innovative dispute resolution advisory service’ and ‘an important new firm in the family law market’, The Divorce Surgery was founded in 2018 by barristers Samantha Woodham and Harry Gates. 

The Divorce Surgery was the first regulated firm to enable couples to share a lawyer on divorce, and ‘business is really growing,’ says Woodham. ‘There are absolutely tonnes of law firms now offering “one couple, one lawyer”, because it’s really, really popular.

‘What’s different about us is that we created it. We pioneered the service, so we’ve done more of it than anyone else,’ Woodham tells Spear’s.‘Clients appreciate that, from the get-go, everything is done together ... We’re building them towards the advice that they’ll then get from a barrister.’