One day, my firm decided to recognise the role and impact of women in law by amending documents to begin with “Dear Sirs/Madams”. Before that day, everything was addressed only to “Sirs”. That day was 15 September 2016.
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Joan Stanley Rubinstein, pioneer female solicitor, marriage guidance counsellor, psychotherapist and founder member of Resolution was born in Kensington on the...