Vanessa Lloyd Platt is the proprietor of Lloyd Platt & Company which firm represents many celebrities in the world of television, radio and entertainment as well as Judges and MPs. The firm also represents men and women from all walks of life.
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 her client base. The firm has been involved in several leading divorce and cohabitation cases in the Court of Appeal and continues to campaign about many important family issues including the closure of the Child Support Agency, Fathers rights for contact and change in the law relating to cohabitation.
Vanessa Lloyd Platt has two children, Michael aged twenty six and Gary aged twenty four. Michael works in forensics and Gary is training to be a lawyer.
Vanessa regularly appears as an expert contributor on “GMTV”, “BBC Breakfast”, “Richard & Judy” 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 Britain. She also can be heard on radio broadcasts in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Her first media client was Lady Bienvenida Buck, thereafter known as Countess Bienvenida Sokolov. This notorious and much reported case took her to the headlines of the tabloids and broadsheets where she has remained ever since in relation to successive clients or comments on legal points of current interest. Her other clients have included Anne Diamond, Les Dennis, Bridget Rowe and Fiona Wright as well as a succession of pop stars, models, footballers etc.
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 Daily Mail, the Express as an expert to 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 a smash success and the second series was screened in September 2004.
Vanessa has been more recently involved in the “30 Minutes” series for Channel 4 and has participated in several documentaries to be screened throughout 2007.
Her expertise is to take complex legal points and explain them in simplistic terms to members of the public.
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.
Her hobbies are: Swimming; writing, theatre, shooting, music and regularly seeing friends and family.Dateline: March 2007
