In the spotlight - Wilson Finlay

You deal with high value commercial conveyancing from your offices in Hammersmith, but where else do you work and how does Pinpoint help you to do this?

In the winter I regularly work from Val d’Isere In the French Alps.  I was probably something of forerunner as I have been remote working for over 14 years.  Technological advances have made this easier and easier, particularly the development of instant ways of communicating and accessing information.

Pinpoint helped me to continue to do this when I set up my own practice with instant internet access to all my accounting records and data, and the immediate accessibility of time recording, without keeping (and invariably mislaying) paper records.  And knowing that the data is secure and backed up by them is a huge weight off my mind

What other job would you do if you weren’t a lawyer?

I never realised my ambition to become a vet!

What has been your greatest on-line discovery?

You mean apart from Pinpoint Interactive?

Easy access to Legal Know How (including document drafting).  This means the smaller firms of solicitors can harness the resources to compete on a more equal footing with the larger firms who have their own in house know how.

What is your favourite book and why (or what is your current read)?

I find I read for pleasure in concentrated phases.  Most recently I have read three books consecutively where the protagonists are all children: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; The Kite Runner.  I found them all moving beyond words, and I was overwhelmed by the respective writers’ abilities to convey the stories through the young boys in each book.

Notwithstanding tackling the subject of autism head on (and educating and informing the reader who may not have come across it directly as a result) The Curious Incident… was a very optimistic book and it made me laugh out loud many times.  I will be re-reading it soon and I know that, once again, I will not be able to put it down.

Which four people (alive or dead) would you invite to your dinner party and why?

My father, Max Wilson, who died when I was 23, shortly before I qualified as a solicitor.  I’d like to have an opportunity to catch up with him, and to find out more about his rather colourful and unconventional background.

My husband, Richard Finlay.  He never met my father and would like to have the chance to do so; particularly as in the 1950s and 60s my father was a pioneer of the travel industry, and one of the first to come up with the concept of the “package holiday”, and Richard has been a tour operator for the last 22 years.

Jo Calzaghe, Britain’s only undefeated boxing world champion.  I followed his career for years but never managed to make it to one of his fights. In terms of level of regret, that ranks alongside never having flown on Concorde!

The problem is my husband Richard loathes boxing with a passion and does not consider it a sport.  However my next guest will guarantee his attendance...

HRH The Princess Royal. Princess Anne is Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union.  Richard (who is Scottish and a staunch supporter) and I would like to know how she has managed to attend loyally all those Scotland rugby matches for only a rare glimpse of magic.

How would you like to be remembered?

With affection.

How do you see the legal landscape in five years time?

As even more of a jungle, so perhaps the best way to see it would be from a distance.

http://www.wilsonfinlay.com/

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