Samantha Woodham

Family law barrister and Cofounder of The Divorce Surgery

Samantha Woodham

Samantha Woodham is a family law barrister considered a leader in her field in the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Spears and the Tatler HNW Guide.

Along with fellow barrister Harry Gates, she co-founded The Divorce Surgery, the first service in the UK to provide joint family law advice to couples together (www.thedivorcesurgery.co.uk). She is a contributor to BBC news on family law, regularly writes about de-stigmatising divorce, was shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year at the Women in Law Awards 2020, won Champion of the Year in the Citywealth Powerwomen of the Year Awards 2021, and was one of 40 women awarded the Government’s Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award in April 2021.

Our mission here is for you to continue to be a family, our mission here is for this child to have a better relationship with each of you on the other side of the divorce because you are going to be better co-parents because you are going to get rid of the intimate stuff that was going wrong.