How meetings work
Two doors, one room.
Every Circle meeting opens with the same choice. Bring a referral, or bring a problem. Not both. Not neither. Whichever you've got this week.
Referrals go first, a fast, structured round where members with something to pass on do so, briefly, and members with a match pick it up. No scorecard. No count. No fine if you didn't bring one.
Problems come next, one or two per meeting, twenty minutes each, moderated, on the clock. You bring the problem in three minutes. The room helps you think, in confidence. You take what you take from it, and get on with it.
Come as an observer if that's what you need this week. Nobody is measured. Nobody is scored. The only rule is Chatham House.
The ninety-minute meeting.
- 0–10 min. Arrivals and settling.
- 10–25 min. Referrals round. One minute per referral.
- 25–30 min. Short break.
- 30–55 min. First problem. Three minutes in. Twenty moderated. Two out.
- 55–65 min. Informal break.
- 65–85 min. Second problem. Same format.
- 85–90 min. Close.
- Kent, in person
- Bi-weekly. Evening or late morning. Never 06:30. Max 30 members.
- Online
- Bi-weekly. At times that suit working parents and women. Same standard. Same rules.
- Every fourth meeting
- Speed-dating format. Sixty seconds each, everyone talks to everyone.
How we're different
- Meetings that suit adults
- Online, bi-weekly, at times that suit working parents and people with actual jobs. No 06:30 starts. No fines. No scorecards. In-person meetings in Kent will follow once the founding cohort has settled.
- Governed by a regulated law firm
- Bonsai Law is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. ICO-registered. Real code of conduct, real complaints procedure, real accountability. The Bonsai Circle is an imprint of Bonsai Law Ltd, run under the same governance.
- Data kept in the UK/EU
- Everything on the Circle platform stays in the UK/EU. No US data shipping. Our platform and its moderation run on UK/EU infrastructure. If that matters to you, it should.
Bonsai Circle is an imprint of Bonsai Law Ltd. Read our safeguarding policy, privacy notice and terms of membership.