About Vanessa Lloyd Platt

Vanessa Lloyd Platt was born and educated in London. She graduated from University College London with a LLB (Hons) in Law after initially studying Philosophy. She completed her training in the legal profession with a media orientated practice in Central London.

She opened her specialist matrimonial practice, Lloyd Platt & Company in 1992 from which time the firm has rocketed. Each successful case has added to the client base and the firm has been involved in several leading and ground breaking divorce and cohabitation cases and continues to campaign about many important family issues including Fathers rights for contact and pushing for changes in the law relating to cohabitation.

Vanessa regularly appears as an expert contributor on GMTV, BBC Breakfast, The Wright Stuff, The Alan Titchmarsh show and Sky News. She regularly appears on news and current affairs programmes for Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV and BBC. In addition she contributes to regional television programmes and radio broadcasts including LBC, Radio 4 and BBC radio stations across the UK.

Her first piece of journalism appeared in the Daily Mail in 1995, since which time she has and continues to contribute to many daily newspapers. She wrote a column for the Daily Mail for a year and a half known as The Relationship Doctor.

She regularly contributes to the Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, and the Daily Express and as expert providing newspaper articles and features across the spectrum. Her particular brand of journalism, which blends commonsense and humour with legal facts have made her an expert of choice by the media.

In January 2001 her book Secrets of Relationship Success was published by Vermillion and has now become a best seller.

She appeared as a presenter on Made for Each Other a ground breaking Channel 4 production which was first screened in February 2003. Together with leading Psychologist, Malcolm Stern, she observed couples filmed in their homes and gave them advice to improve their relationships. This series was very successful and the second series was screened in September 2004.

Vanessa was involved in the 30 Minutes series for Channel 4 in relation to cohabitation and has participated and continues to do so in relation to many documentaries. During 2008 she was the roving reporter for the GMTV coverage of the Paul and Heather McCartney divorce case as well as reporting for NBC, CBS, ABC News and many other channels. Similarly she reported extensively during the coverage of the Madonna and Guy Ritchie divorce and is regularly seen as the leading contributor regarding high profile divorces as well as interesting family points of law.

Her expertise is to take complex legal points and explain them in simplistic terms to members of the public.

In December 2009 Lloyd Platt & Company invented the Divorce Voucher creating a worldwide first and a global phenomenon. The Divorce Voucher provided third parties, for the first time with an opportunity to buy legal advice for an hour or half an hour for the friends and family to allow them the opportunity to know their rights and understand their legal position.

During 2010 Vanessa will be working together with her team on very high profile divorce cases as well as new campaigns and projects which will impact dramatically on family law.

Vanessa Lloyd Platt is currently writing a cookery book as a result of the success of the Recipe Page on the website. This book will have a very new and interesting theme.

Professional Societies: The Family Law Association (now known as Resolution); Member of the Family Law Panel; Mediator with the MA; Member of the Law Society.