Big Interview: Legacare's Meg Kirby

Fiona Murphy: How did you come to create Legacare and what was your background before that? Meg Kirby: I specialised in disability insurance and adviser insurance on contentious claims, and then took the business and law practice back to Newcastle. But sadly, my dad became ill. He had never really been ill before. I took him to hospital and we were really scared.   I came across people who had been affected by cancer and people going to the hospital to have chemo. I was amazed that they don't watch television or read - they just sit there staring into space.   So I went to his con...