Where to start? What to divulge?
Jamie came into my life at my lowest ebb. My 21 year career, my wife and children, my home, my wife's vocation and our foster children were all hanging by a thread. Your mind is all over the place in those first few days so you don't notice the humanity in any person that sits in front of you in business attire. It's only afterwards once the dust has settled that you remember those little moments of empathy and compassion. Those are the important moments. Not to say his direction and duty were any less so but what takes someone above and beyond. He never sugar coated. He never condescended. He never put me down for any decisions I made that may not have aligned with his thinking. I don't want to rabbit on but do want to point out that the courts decision being in my favour only has a very slight impact on my gushing praise of Jamie. To sum up, I those dark times you want someone that knows what they are doing, are organised, timely, communicative and compassionate. It's a tick box on all counts for Mr Simner.... a professional gentleman.