This week, Adrian is joined by the brilliantly energetic and passionate Richard Port MBE, family solicitor specialising in domestic abuse and past president of Birmingham Law Society. Known for taking on the toughest cases and never backing down from a fight for justice, Richard shares a career built on purpose, persistence and a refusal to let victims go unheard.
This conversation dives into Richard’s journey and explores some urgent and compelling themes along the way:
- How an early taste of legal work at 14 led to a lifelong calling in family law and domestic abuse advocacy, even though he never planned to specialise there;
- Why too many victims are still given poor advice and how Richard empowers them to take back control, even after being failed by other lawyers;
- What really happens in family court: from legal U-turns and recorded confessions to Mafia-style wire taps and the lawyer tricks most people never see;
- Why he believes lawyers have a duty to raise the standard and how receiving an MBE for what he sees as working the benchmark, left him more determined, not satisfied; and
- How he used his year as Birmingham Law Society President to turn the spotlight on others, championing underrepresented voices and grassroots talent across the profession.
This one includes court drama, gold Converse and a near-fatal police station prank. No wonder Richard’s known as the “Jeremy Kyle of lawyers” to his peers.
