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Jamie Howard

Ben is based at our Wakefield office where he is a post completion assistant registering title transfers and charges with the land registry.

Prior to his employment with us, Ben worked as a Naval Airman with the Royal Navy.

Ben Hess

Ruksar is a trainee conveyancer with over 4 years’ experience as a legal assistant dealing with both freehold and leasehold properties.

Ruksar Kazmi

Jodie Anderson

Megan has recently graduated from University with a law with criminology degree.  She is based at our Wakefield Office where she undertakes post completion work.

Megan Lawson

After graduating Huddersfield University with an LLB (hons) in 2022, Harveer joins our Huddersfield branch as a New Business Assistant.

Harveer Singh

Sarah has over 10 years of experience working as a conveyancer, dealing with all areas of sale and purchase.  She has worked at various size law firms gaining invaluable experience along the way.  She joins the team at the Leeds office.

Sarah Hartshorn

Katy Mullarkey

Enya Robinson

Jordan Rushforth

Lorna Lee

Amanda-Jayne Nodder

Lisa Lowe

Elaine North

Rhianne Harris

Keelie has specialised in private client work for over 4 years, having previously worked as a paralegal at another Wakefield Solicitors’ firm since 2017 before joining Chadwick Lawrence in 2021. Keelie qualified as a level 3 paralegal in 2019, focusing on wills and succession law and probate practice.

Keelie specialises in Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, applications to the Court of Protection, probate and trust work. She covers the Wakefield area for the department and is based between the Horbury and Wakefield offices.

Keelie Fudge

Jackie is a post completion assistant based at their Wakefield branch.

Jackie Rushforth

Kaye has extensive experience having spent 14 years at Commercial Law firms in Leeds and Wakefield before joining Chadwick Lawrence as a Partner in 2022. Acting on behalf of claimants and defendants in a variety of commercial and general litigation matters, Kaye has a varied caseload – including property litigation, professional negligence and commercial contract disputes.

Kaye Willis

Naila is a Paralegal in the Crime, Compliance and Regulatory department, based in Halifax, and she assists the team with various tasks i.e. legal research, drafting and reviewing documents.

Previously, Naila worked at the Ministry of Justice as a Crown Court Clerk in Leeds. She graduated from the University of Huddersfield in July 2022 with a LLB Law (Hons) Degree and is currently studying the LPC LLM at the University of Law. Naila intends to qualify as a solicitor in the future.

Naila Hussain

Kyrran studied his LLB at The University of Law in Leeds, graduating in 2018.

Following his studies, Kyrran lived in and travelled Australia for three years before returning home in late 2021. He joined Chadwick Lawrence as a Paralegal in the Corporate and Commercial Department in Summer 2022, at their Dock Street Office.

Kyrran Dearnley-Porter

Bethan is a paralegal in the Employment Law Department and is based in Wakefield and Leeds.  She assists the team in providing employment litigation support for both individuals and businesses and providing advice under the Box HR scheme.

Bethan studied her law degree at Newcastle University and is studying her LPC at the University of Law full time whilst previously working part time.

Bethan Brooke

Sean is part of the Acclaim Team based at their Dock Street Office in Leeds. He Joined Chadwick Lawrence in October 2017 as Office Assistant and worked hard before joining Post Completion. He then took his chance when a position became available in Acclaim. Sean graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 2015 with a degree in drama and enjoys watching football.

Sean Thornhill-Adey

Heather Sayers

Anne-Marie works in the New Business Team at the Huddersfield Office. Her primary responsibilities include opening new client files, taking client calls and client care. Before starting her career in Real Estate Anne-Marie also has a background in sales.

Anne-Marie Garnett

Nichola is a new business assistant in the Real Estate Team and is based at the Huddersfield Office.

Nichola Nicholl

Dan graduated in 2007 with a degree in Computer Science and then went on to complete a Masters in Project Management.

Dan joined the firm in 2012 having spent time previously working for a legal technology software house.  Dan performs the role of Head of IT.   He oversees IT in both operational and strategical capacities.  He brings over 15 years’ experience in leadership, technology and project management.

His main focus is enabling and leveraging technology to enhance the first rate service the firm delivers.  Digital transformation is at the heart of what he does with some notable achievements during this period.

Dan Bell

Elaine works in their New Build Sales team, based at the Wakefield Office.

Newbuild Sales

Ayesha completed her legal studies at the University of Huddersfield where she graduated with a Master of Law and Practice (MLP) Degree which incorporates the LLB and LPC. She qualified as a Solicitor in April 2021.

She joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2022 and works alongside the real estate team dealing with all aspects of property sales and purchases including shared ownership, new build purchases, remortgages and transfer of equity.

She is based in the Leeds City Centre Dock Office and is supervised by her Team Leader Ruth Nippers.

Ayesha Akhtar

David Brin

Diane has over 30 years of conveyancing experience.  She deals with all types of sale and purchase transactions including leasehold and shared ownership and is based at ttheir Guiseley office.

Diane Bootland

Nils joined Chadwick Lawrence in May 2011, becoming an Associate with the firm in October 2015 and a Partner in October 2017. Nils has 8 years PQE experience.  Nils helps businesses and individuals with their regulatory and compliance issues both on a contentious and non-contentious basis. Nils recently acted for an international sports star in relation to anti-doping matter brought by UK Anti-Doping.

Nils has a high success rate in motoring law matters and regularly acts for individuals who find themselves being prosecuted by the Police for speeding, drink driving and other various motoring law offences. Nils also advises and represents clients who wish to argue they should keep their licence because of the exceptional hardship they or their families would suffer.

Nils has a particular interest in advising sports clubs and professional sports men and women, and acts for a number of the region’s leading rugby union and rugby league clubs. Nils has experience of advising sports clubs in high profile dismissals of both players and coaching staff, as well as advising sports clubs on immigration and disciplinary matters brought by sporting governing bodies such as the Football Association, the Rugby Football League and the Rugby Football Union. Nils has an enviable list of sporting clients, some of which include a football league club and its manager, rugby league and union clubs, a professional netball team and players across a wide spectrum of sports.

Nils also advises individuals who are being interviewed under caution by the Police and other prosecuting bodies, and also has experience of advising both individuals and businesses who are being investigated or prosecuted by the CQC, Trading Standards, HM Revenue and Customs, The Health and Safety Executive, as well as dealing with matters in coroners court.

Nils O’Donoghue

Generalist HR with experience in operational and strategic HR.  Responsible for driving the development of strategic and organisation priorities and processes incorporating learning and development initiatives, people management, staff engagement, health and wellbeing and the company’s change programme.

Lisa firmly believes that the success of a business is down to its staff. Working with the Firm in the design and implementation of processes, practices and policies that support the business need but encourage the development, motivation and engagement of staff.

Lisa has recently completed the Couch to 5k running app and has completed her first 10k run.  Having developed a love of running, her motto is “if I can do it, anyone can!”

Lisa Bailey

Bhavna studied Law at the [University of Newcastle](/org/university-of-newcastle) Upon Tyne and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, York. She qualified as a Solicitor in November 2004 and worked in London before moving to the North. She has worked for Chadwick Lawrence since February 2013 and is based in the Morley office dealing with all varying aspects of Residential Property Law.

Bhavna is a Partner and Solicitor, qualifying  in 2004.  She specialises in all aspects of conveyancing, managing our Morley office and a team of 8.  She is supervised by the Partner in Charge, Sarah Haller.

Bhavna Patel

Paul began his legal career in London becoming the Senior Litigation Partner in a Commercial Practice in the West End.  He returned to his native Yorkshire taking over the well known matrimonial firm of Dennis Lyth & Co and merged that firm with Godloves.  He became Managing Partner of Godloves which merged with Chadwick Lawrence in 2012.

He has had a great deal of experience in private client matters and also was for a number of a years a Deputy District Judge.

He now specialises in probate work at which he is particularly skilled utilising his commercial experience to deal with complex estate matters.

Paul Carvis

Neil Wilson is the Managing Partner at Chadwick Lawrence and was awarded the prestigious Managing Partner of the Year Award at the Yorkshire Legal Awards in October 2016 and highly commended in the same category at the Modern Law Awards in 2018. Neil completed a law degree (LLB) in 1996 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998. This is Neil’s second career after leaving a previous job as a manager in a large organisation and he is now a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence.

Neil specialises in sports law and employment law, working for many of the regions top organisations and sports clubs, including [Kwik Fit](/org/kwik-fit-n-i-ltd), Stapletons Tyre Services Limited, Leeds Rhinos and [Huddersfield Town Football Club](/org/huddersfield-town-football-club).

Neil is a regular and prominent speaker on employment law and people management matters at business events, drawing on his experience from developing Chadwick Lawrence’s employment law training material and delivering this material on behalf of the team.

Neil has been at the forefront of driving forward the culture change at Chadwick Lawrence and with input from all colleagues developing a clear vision for the practice supported by a series of core values which together are known as “The Chadwick Lawrence Way”. His presentation on this culture change journey is always very well received. In November 2017 Chadwick Lawrence were voted Employer of the Year at the Examiner Business Awards, a great accolade recognising the hard work all colleagues have put in to achieve this. Neil is keen to embrace new technology and thrives in a paperlite environment helping him to have no fixed office base and as such he works from all of our offices across West Yorkshire.

Neil likes to keep fit by regularly attending the gym and taking part in long distance walking challenges and charity runs. Having completed a number of marathons he tends to stick to 10k races nowadays. Formerly a semi-professional drummer he still likes to keep his hand in to the annoyance of his wife and neighbours!

Neil Wilson

Josh is a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence LLP specialising in commercial and civil dispute resolution- he is also joint Head of the Media Law team.

Josh’s practice focuses on commercial and civil dispute resolution and media law. He has vast commercial and civil litigation experience having acted in numerous types of cases often with complex expert issues in dispute. His media law practice has included acting for both companies and individuals in claims for defamation, harassment, privacy and other related actions. He is known for getting to the heart of a dispute quickly to provide effective solutions for clients.

Josh’s approach to legal practice is to avoid formal legal proceedings where possible, but if they prove necessary, to vigorously pursue them with the aim of achieving a desired settlement for clients. Whilst this isn’t always possible, he has significant experience in dealing with matters to trial including into appeal and enforcement stages. He has experience of the full range of alternative dispute resolution methods.

Josh is well known for his robust style and outcome-focused approach to litigation. The service offered to his clients is second to none and clients say this is what sets him apart from others in the legal world. Clients need to remain informed throughout their case in a way that can be easily understood; this is something Josh strives to achieve in every matter on which he works.

Joshua Smith

Head of the Family Department, Catherine completed a law degree at the [University of Birmingham](/org/university-of-birmingham) and qualified as a Solicitor in 1986. Having joined Chadwick Lawrence in 1993 as a specialist family lawyer, Catherine became a Partner with the firm in 1996.

Catherine has a wealth of experience in all aspects of family law and is regarded as one of the most effective Yorkshire practitioners in the area of high net worth financial settlements following divorce or separation.

With many years experience as a family mediator and collaborative lawyer, Catherine is an accredited Resolution specialist in financial provision within divorce, children matters and a member of the Law Society Family Panel.

As past President of the local Law Society, a recent career highlight for Catherine was attending the Royal Garden Party as a representative of the Law Society.

Catherine Dews

Howard is the Head of Chadwick Lawrence’s Wills & Probate Team and has over 34 years’ experience in private client work, specialising in Wills and Probate work as well as Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection matters and Trusts. Howard has been working in this area since he qualified in 1984 and has helped thousands of families and individuals. He has a particular interest and expertise in assisting small family businesses when they are devastated by a sudden death.

Howard is a proud member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners- [STEP](/org/step-oil-gas), an organisation which he has been involved with since it was first formed.

He admits to being a Trekkie and has published  several histories on the subject of Leeds United Football Club.

Howard Dapin

Howard qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and has worked at Chadwick Lawrence since 1988 and is a specialist in Personal Injury, Inquests and Licensing matters.

A Partner heading up the personal injury department Howard specialises in serious injury cases specifically those involving spinal injuries and brain injuries. He recently obtained an award of £6.7 million for a Claimant with tetraplegia and a brain injury. Howard is a member of APIL and the Law Society Personal Injury Panel.

Howard also specialises in handling Inquests and acts for a large organisation preparing them for and representing them at Inquests across the country in particularly complex matters where there has been a death in custody.

Howards’s Licensing Law expertise is also well renowned. He acts for businesses of all sizes but recently concluded a complex licensing application on behalf of an internationally renowned sports stadium complex.

Howard relaxes by keeping fit walking in the countryside, cycling playing racquet ball and running coupled with his infectious appetite to travel in this country and abroad when time permits. He also loves music and has a number of eclectic play lists to keep him entertained.

Howard Willis

Ros specialises in Commercial Property law and works for national and local clients in varying sectors including developers, property investors, retailers, brewers and private individuals.

Ros deals with all aspects of commercial property law including leases for both landlords and tenants, investments sales and purchases, property aspects of secured lending, portfolio management, and property aspects of insolvency matters.

Rosalind Salkeld

Jack is an employment litigation specialist at Chadwick Lawrence, having joined the firm in 2005. Jack commenced his legal training in 2006 as a paralegal in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department and, at the same time, commenced an LLB Law Degree at the University of Huddersfield on a part time basis, achieving a 2:1 honours degree. He then obtained a distinction on completing the Legal Practice Course, again, on a part time basis. Jack qualified in February 2013, at which point, he started specialising in employment litigation.

Jack acts for both employers and employees on all employment related issues but predominantly in employment tribunal claims. This encompasses a wide variety of issues including complaints of unfair and constructive dismissal, all forms of discrimination and contract disputes. On the commercial side, Jack acts for a number of the firm’s high profile client’s including Kwik-Fit and Huddersfield Town. Jack also assists individuals through disciplinary and grievance processes and negotiates and advises upon Settlement Agreements.

In addition to Jack’s employment expertise, he has previously worked on a wide range of commercial disputes, including contractual litigation and professional negligence claims in the County and High Courts as well as the Court of Appeal which offers invaluable experience when advising employers and employees on issues concerning post termination restrictions.

Jack Oldroyd

Steven is a Partner and solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial law.

After completing a BA (hons) in Legal Studies in 1977, Steven qualified as a Solicitor in 1980 and joined Chadwick Lawrence following the 2004 merger of the firm with Steven Bonfield Solicitors.

Steven advises and negotiates on corporate transactions; devising and implementing strategic corporate solutions; corporate finance and all aspects of corporate governance. Steven also devises practical solutions to commercial challenges; advising on, explaining and producing business contracts in plain English.

In the specialist areas of corporate mergers, acquisitions, restructures and corporate finance, Steven has worked with high profile clients, including Eurocopy plc, The Kerfoot Group Ltd and Calderdale MBC. Steven is also very experienced in dealing with international transactions, and has recently completed a series of deals for an American group of companies.

Steven is very active in his spare time, and when he is not supporting his local Rugby League team, Halifax RLFC, he can be found skiing or road cycling. Steven also considers himself a ‘foody’, and loves spending time cooking for family and friends.

Steven Bonfield

Nicholas is a partner and is the Head of the Litigation Department, Resolution & Recovery and Regulatory & Crime departments. He is also the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice and registered as the Data Protection Officer.

Nicholas provides general regulatory advice to businesses in a number of areas, particularly data protection, conducting audits, reviewing processes, drafting policies and assisting with data subject requests and breaches. Nick also advises on intellectual property dealing with both protection and IP infringement. As part of litigation in business he also advises upon and drafts contract terms in a variety of areas.

Nicholas is a director of Square Chapel in Halifax, secretary of the Community Foundation for Calderdale, and chair of the business networking organisation Business for Calderdale.

Nicholas Worsnop

Sarah is a Partner in our Family Law team and the Head of our Private Client Team which comprises Family and Wills & Probate.

Sarah’s expertise lies in her ability to get to grips quickly with complex cases, often involving medium to high value assets. Sarah has a particular focus on addressing the financial settlements of divorcing couples, particularly those involving business assets and she often represents business owners and their spouses. Sarah also has a wealth of experience in other aspects of Family Law which encompasses advising on matters relating to the arrangements for children post-separation and the rights of unmarried couples.

Sarah is a member of Resolution and is a trained Collaborative Lawyer.

Sarah Power

After qualifying as a Solicitor in 2007, Rebecca has become a Family Law specialist and joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2013. Rebecca practices all areas of Family Law including divorce, finances, pre and post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, disputes between cohabitees and private law children matters.

Throughout her career, Rebecca has maintained a particular interest in advising on financial settlements arising from divorce. She has experience of dealing with a wide variety of such matters ranging from cases where there are limited assets (and the objective is to reach a settlement that meets the needs of all parties) to medium and high-value financial disputes frequently involving pensions.

Rebecca is a member of Resolution, a network of over 5,000 solicitors who are committed to adopting a non-confrontational approach to divorce and associated work. Rebecca also actively practices collaborative law which encourages couples to take a non-confrontational approach to resolving matters arising from their divorce or separation without the need for contested court cases.

Rebecca Payne

Dan qualified as a Solicitor in 2005 and is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Team. He joined Chadwick Lawrence following the merger with Godloves Solicitors in April 2012 where he headed the Commercial Litigation Unit.

Dan specialises in a broad range of company and commercial dispute resolution matters. His caseload is varied, but he has advised in disputes concerning commercial contracts, shareholder issues, partnership disputes and professional negligence matters. He has a growing caseload of clients seeking advice in relation to Base Rate Swap Agreements or Interest Rate Hedging Products.

Dan is a former President of the Halifax Incorporated Law Society and continues his involvement with the Society as a Governor and as a committee member.

Dan Hirst

Simon Ingham first qualified as a solicitor in Scotland and now practises in England. He has been employed by Chadwick Lawrence in its Dispute Resolution Department since the beginning of 2005. He now specialises in property, probate, Wills, Inheritance Act and trust disputes.

As a property litigator, Simon’s cases involve rights over land or arising from its ownership. His probate disputes concern the exploitation of the elderly or infirm; defective or missing Wills; the failure to make adequate financial provision on death; and, the mal-administration of trusts and estates.

Simon Ingham

Sam graduated from Birmingham University in 2006, studying for a BA in Modern History. He then completed a Graduate Diploma in Law, at the same university and qualified as a solicitor in 2012.

Sam performs three distinct roles at the firm, acting as a Sports and Employment Law solicitor, whilst also managing the firm’s commercial development.

In the Employment Law field Sam primarily focuses on the delivery of the firm’s employment support package, ESP. Sam acts for a diverse set of clients, in a wide variety of industries, ranging in size from a few employees to few thousand. Sam regularly presents at Employment seminars on topics such as social media, unfair dismissal and discrimination and workplace banter.

Sam acts for a number of high profile sports clubs. Sam prides himself on the commercial sensitivity of his advice and regularly deals with sensitive issues involving player contract and disciplinary issues.

Finally as part of his role as the Commercial Development Coordinator, Sam fronts the marketing activities for the firm’s commercial department, including organising a successful program of evens and seminars.

Sam Pawson

After completing an LLB in European Legal Studies, followed by an LPC, Cheryl joined Chadwick Lawrence as a trainee in 1999.

She qualified as a solicitor into the commercial department in 2001 and became a Partner in 2007, specialising in commercial property law.

Cheryl Largue

Vicky has 15 years’ experience working in Conveyancing. Having started her career as a re-mortgage post completion assistant she has worked her way up to Team Leader and is the Team Leader of the Bradford office.

In her spare time, Vicky enjoys reading, socialising with friends, and travelling to at least one new place every year.

Vicky Sneddon

Nina has experience as an HR Generalist across a variety of sectors. She has accomplished her CIPD Level 7 in Human Resources and works across the full spectrum that HR encompasses, both within Chadwick Lawrence and with clients.

Nina Edwards

Will Yates

Lyndsay Clark

Sean is part of the Acclaim Team based at our Dock Street Office in Leeds. He Joined Chadwick Lawrence in October 2017 as Office Assistant and worked hard before joining Post Completion. He then took his chance when a position became available in Acclaim. Sean graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 2015 with a degree in drama, and enjoys watching football.

Zoe Allen joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2016 and  is currently completing training to become a Chartered Legal Executive, following the CILEX training route to qualification whilst assisting the team with a varied case load. Zoe assists in providing advice on all aspects of Corporate Recovery, Insolvency and Insolvency Litigation. She also assists with all aspects of debt recovery, contractual disputes, intellectual property and company restoration matters.

Zoe Allen

Emily qualified as a Legal Executive in 2001, becoming a Fellow in 2005. As such, she has a wide range of expertise in all areas of family law but has a particular focus on divorce and financial matters, cohabitee disputes and pre and post-nuptial agreements. Emily undertakes a varied caseload, representing clients in mid to high net worth cases, as well as those where the assets are more limited.

Emily Bird

Having joined the firm in 2008 following the merger with Lister Croft, Andrea manages the specialist Plot Sales Team acting for developers large and small. Having a wealth of experience and a background in residential conveyancing, she chose to specialize in development work and is an expert in her field.

Andrea Payne

Matt is a debt recovery manager with a demonstrated history of working in the legal industry with over 14 years experience of Legal Recoveries. Before joining Chadwick Lawrence in 2018, Matt successfully managed a high-profile debt recovery department for a firm of Solicitors. Matt now leads the debt recovery within Chadwick Lawrence, through its specialist department, Acclaim Credit Management & Recovery.

Matt Perry

Michelle joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2013 with over 11 years’ experience in Commercial and Residential Conveyancing.

Michelle Myers

Aminder graduated from the University of Leeds in 2005 where she undertook her degree in Law. Prior to this she graduated from the University of Huddersfield, studying for a BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Aminder Panesar

Kathryn is a solicitor and advises clients in relation to disputed property matters. She prides herself on her attention to detail and provides a reliable and personable service to her clients.

Kathryn Hunt

Joanne has worked in family law exclusively since qualifying in 2006. An Associate, based at our Huddersfield office, Joanne deals with the full range of family law issues including relationship breakdowns of both married and unmarried couples and disputes in relation to children.

Joanne Jones

Although Natalie has no formal qualifications she is qualified by experience and heads a team of 10.  She has 14 years experience as a Conveyancer, completing her Foundation Degree in Law in 2012.  She is supervised by the Partner in Charge Sarah Haller.

Natalie Glover

Jess Cooper

Justine Joyce

Leanne Bona

Kath Birch

Gaia Hinchliffe

Sarah Guest

After completing an LLB (Hons) Law Degree and then a Legal Practice course, Kirstin qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 and was an Assistant Solicitor at Hayes Son and Richmond solicitors specialising in residential and agricultural property law, wills, trusts and probate until joining the Residential Conveyancing team at Chadwick Lawrence in 2015.

Kirstin Macdonald

Philip qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and specialises in all aspects of property sales, leases and re-financing work.

Philip Brown

Susan has been advising clients in the area of private client law for over 35 years. She brings all those years of experience to help clients with Inheritance tax and care fee planning, trusts, powers of attorney and the administration of estates.

Susan Bateson

Ellie is a Solicitor at Chadwick Lawrence, currently specialising in Wills, Powers of Attorney and Probate. Ellie was delighted to join the firm in May 2019 as a Paralegal; having already gained prior experience working in Private Client. Ellie started her Training Contract with the firm in April 2020 and qualified as a Solicitor in October 2021. From January 2021, Ellie is assisting in the Family Department to broaden her experience in other aspects of legal practice.

Ellie Hirst

Angela has a wealth of experience in all areas of family law including divorce, financial settlements, arrangements for children and cohabitee disputes. In respect of the financial aspects of separation, Angela deals with a wide variety of matters from those with limited assets to other complex and high value cases.

Angela Thorp

Michael Davis

Julie Horton

Charlene joined the firm’s residential conveyancing Department in 2018 but more recently has undertaken a role within the Plot Sales Team; she has a variety of experience in the conveyancing field and registered as a Technician with the CLC in 2019.

Charlene Corkett

Kitty Toor

Nicola Farnsworth

Sarah Bontoft

Erika joined Chadwick Lawrence in October 2019 and is the first point of contact many new clients speak to. Her main roles include; sending conveyancing quotes, actioning instructions and opening files along with the rest of the New Business Team.

Erika Boulton

Martin Vesely qualified as a solicitor in 1975 and has over 42 years legal practice experience.

Martin Vesely

Susan Vesely completed an LLB Hons at Leeds University, qualifying in 1980 and has specialised in family law since 1989.   She has a thorough knowledge of family law and a wealth of experience dealing with all aspects of divorce, separation, private law, children disputes in relation to residence, contact, prohibited steps orders and specific issue orders.

Susan Vesely

Bryony graduated from the University of Hull (Law LLB Hons) and has worked in all areas of Residential Conveyancing for the last 8 years. She has experience with Freehold/Leasehold properties, Help to Buy/Right to Buy, New build, Remortgage, Declaration of Trust, Transfer of Equity.

Bryony Macfarland

Rachel has been a member of the Private Client Team since 2013 specialising in Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She has many years of experience working in a legal environment and is dedicated to ensuring that our clients receive the best service possible.

Rachel Bedford

Lauren started her career in the legal sector in 2015 at a local law firm where she completed an apprenticeship in Business Administration, progressing to the role of Legal Secretary.

Lauren Cowgill

Samantha joined the Firm in 2015 and has 10 years experience in Conveyancing.  She is a Trainee Conveyancer based at our Pudsey office and supervised by her Team Leader, Michelle Myers.

Samantha Farr

Karen Jackson

Eleanor Wilson

Shirley Lifsey

Lashana is in her final year of CILEX and currently working in the Conveyancing Department as a Trainee Legal Executive based in Huddersfield mainly dealing with transfers of equity, re-mortgages, freehold sale and purchase transactions.

Lashana Henderson

Sairesh has worked in Remortgage for 3 years, starting off as an Assistant, then progressing to Team Manager. Having completed an apprenticeship in Business Administration (Level 3 qualified), Sairesh climbed the conveyancing ladder in August 2018 and is looking forward to progressing her career in this field with Chadwick Lawrence.

Sairesh Imran

Deon is based at the Huddersfield Office as a Trainee Conveyancer, mainly dealing with sales and remortgages.

She has worked at Chadwick Lawrence since August 2010 and is currently undertaking training to become a qualified Licensed Conveyancer.

Deon Hunt

Lisa qualified as a Solicitor in Criminal Law and has been working in Conveyancing for the last few years. She has a vast knowledge in Post completion matters and more recently in both sale and purchase matters.

Lisa Kurowski

Lisa Simpson

Jodie Ingle

Beverley is based at the Wakefield Office, dealing with all aspects of domestic conveyancing.

She has worked in domestic conveyancing since 1985, initially as a legal assistant in Leeds City Centre and Dorset, before moving back to the area and working again in Leeds City Centre as a fee earner since 1998 and in Wakefield since 2013.

Beverley Murgatroyd

Sarah Dewhirst

Ruth is a Conveyancing Solicitor, having qualified in 2016.  She deals with all aspects of conveyancing and is a team leader at the Leeds City Centre Office.

Ruth Nippers

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