Jim Thorn

I moved to the Isle of Wight in 1987 when my parents retired here. Our first act was to all join the local golf club, which I re-joined in 2018 and where I am now Chair of Directors. After going to University in the 1990’s I returned here to start working for a law firm in Ryde, and I qualified in January 1999. Dealing with legal aid work, I then moved to a larger firm in Newport in 2001 in order to also do criminal work. An opportunity then arose to head my own department in Family law, and so in 2005 I changed firms and very much enjoyed my time there, but Legal Aid reforms were on the horizon come 2010. I took that opportunity, having then been qualified for 11 years, to become a Sole Practitioner in my own firm, in Newport.