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Thomas Bagley

Thomas Bagley

Thomas is a senior associate solicitor specialising in commercial & agricultural property matters including the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property plus profit à prendre, options, easements and overage provisions; first registration applications of commercial, agricultural and ecclesiastical land, including by way of adverse possession and lost/destroyed title deeds. Thomas also advises on the grant, surrender and assignment of leases for commercial, agricultural and charity clients as well as on Landlord and Tenant Act notices, licenses to assign, sublet and to alterations.
Praveen Chaudhari

Praveen Chaudhari

Head of Property Department, acts for landlords, tenants and developers in all aspects of sales, acquisitions and various lease work. Advises on the property aspects in various commercial transactions including share and asset sales and purchases, re-organisations, shareholder agreements, joint ventures and franchising. Acts in a wide range of non-contentious commercial property transactions in the Commercial & Agricultural Property Department at the Telford offices. He acts for landlords, tenants and developers in all aspects of sales, acquisitions and various lease work. He has dealt with a wide variety of industrial, agricultural, development and retail properties from shopping centres, industrial workshops, agricultural holdings to public houses and hotels, including properties throughout Shropshire Herefordshire and the West Midlands. May 2022:  Took on overall responsibility for residential property as well as commercial and agriculture,  Is also responsible for strategy and commercial direction, business development, recruitment and compliance.
Karen Clarke

Karen Clarke

Karen is a partner in our Personal Injury Department, she has over 28 years’ experience in personal injury litigation acting mainly for the claimant although she has been instructed by defendant companies for bespoke work. In 2021 she completed her Legal Executive (FCILEx) examinations alongside working and received recognition whilst doing so by being promoted to Associate. In 2023, following the new Fast-Track Team being established, and in recognition of her skills and vast experience, her caseload changed to become almost exclusively high value multi-track work. She therefore now concentrates on working on complex, heavyweight cases, including brain and serious orthopaedic injuries and fatal claims. Karen is particularly skilled in maximising quantum on cases which have impacted upon clients more seriously than first envisioned. Karen has worked closely with case managers and worked on a case which was extremely complex, managing a young man with severe traumatic head brain injury and health and wellbeing concerns alongside the needs of significant family members where there was a strained family dynamic which required careful, coordinated management from both the case management and litigation perspectives in order to proceed in the clients’ best interests. Some of Karen’s caseload includes complex cross-border and international law claims, developing her palate and skills for navigating differing legal, medical, and financial systems. She is minded toward communication and fair but generous settlement, with a forthcoming Joint Settlement Meeting with an estimated value upwards of £7.5 million for a brain injury motorcyclist. Karen also continues to work alongside Debbie Humphries on her high value serious injury cases, including brain injury.
Abi Croft

Abi Croft

Abi is a Associate Solicitor in our Corporate and Commercial Department. She specialises in large corporate transactions, including share sales/purchase, asset sales/purchases, management buyouts and company reorganisations. Abi is able to assist clients prepare a number of documents in line with their business needs, for example, shareholders’ agreements, articles of association, partnership agreements, loan agreements and security documentation. She is also able to assist clients with their commercial interests by, for example, preparing: terms and conditions, supply of goods and services agreements, franchise agreements, assignments of intellectual property, confidentiality agreements, e-commerce documentation and distribution/agency agreements.
Lizzie Cross

Lizzie Cross

Solicitor in the Family Department, specialising in all areas of Private Family Law. As a newly qualified lawyer, Lizzie is developing a keen interest across all areas of law whilst building on the extensive experience she gained during the four years as a paralegal specialising in family law. That experience has provided her with a strong foundation in supporting clients through complex and often emotionally challenging matters, equipping her with the practice skills and empathy needed to deliver client focused advice. Lizzie's priority is to ensure that every client understands the legal process, feels able to engage fully with their matter, and is empowered to make informed decisions at every stage. Lizzie is committed to providing pragmatic, proportionate advice, always with a careful consideration of costs and the individual needs of each client. As a dyslexia solicitor, Lizzie has a particular interest in promoting the accessibility within the legal profession. She understands first-hand the importance of adapting communication and processes to meet the needs of neurodivergent clients. She is passionate about ensuring individuals with neurodiversity receive the support and adjustments they need to navigate what can often be a stressful and overwhelming legal process with confidence and understanding.
Brian Evans

Brian Evans

Managing partner and head of agriculture. Experienced litigator used to dealing with many types of commercial disputes, including shareholder and partnership duties, agricultural disputes, contractual disputes and insolvency matters. Other sectors worked in include manufacturing, construction, health and social care and leisure. Brian is a CEDR accredited mediator. Although his mediation practice encompasses a variety of commercial sectors and general civil litigation he has a particular interest in mediating disputes in the agricultural sector.
Natasha Gibbons

Natasha Gibbons

Natasha represents patients and families across England and Wales who have been affected by medical negligence. She is accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is recognised as a Leading Associate by the Legal 500. She is passionate about achieving justice and compensation for her clients and improving the standards of medical care and practice. She is praised by her clients for her friendly and reassuring nature, her efficiency and her determination to secure the best possible outcomes for them. Natasha has a keen interest in cases relating to spinal injuries and cancer diagnosis. She has successfully secured settlements for her clients in a wide range of complex and sensitive cases including: Spinal cord injury Surgical errors Fatalities (including stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths) Spinal injuries Brain injuries
Beth Heath

Beth Heath

Partner and head of the Clinical/Medical Negligence Team. Beth combines a uniqueness of professionalism with compassion and empathy. She specialises in high value, complex cases – mainly maternity claims. She acts for a high number of children who have suffered brain damage at or around the time or their birth. She is determined and passionate about obtaining life-changing results for her clients. She is praised for her wealth of experience in drafting multi-million pound Schedules of Loss and her knowledge of the figures.
Dawn Humphries

Dawn Humphries

A partner and head of the Personal Injury Department, who specialises in serious and catastrophic, brain and spinal injuries arising from RTA and accidents at work resulting in damages in excess of six figures. She has a number of high profile work related stress cases, including specialist military post traumatic stress, and secondary victim claims occurring both within the UK and during tours of duty overseas. She is committed to using mediation as an alternative in dispute resolution to trial, an advocate of early interim payments for rehabilitation, case management, care accommodation, aids and equipment and vocational support.
Debbie Humphries

Debbie Humphries

A partner at the firm. Debbie has experience in all types of personal injury claims. She represents clients who have sustained life changing injuries in a wide variety of circumstances including road traffic accidents, accidents at work and accidents where they are visitors. She has also represented a number of families where accidents have tragically resulted in the loss of a child or partner as a result of someone else’s negligence. Debbie has also assisted claimants whose complex medical backgrounds prior to their accident has required understanding and sensitivity to ensure a successful conclusion. Debbie’s role is to secure compensation and support that will provide clients with whatever they need for the rest of their lives. Debbie is focused on engaging high quality rehabilitation to ensure clients achieve the best recovery with the right professionals. She has established care packages with case management input, occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychology input securing substantial interim payments to fund these when needed and ensuring that her clients have the opportunity to achieve their best outcome and get to live their best lives. Debbie is recognised as a Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Anne Lewis

Anne Lewis

Anne is a Associate Solicitor of Lanyon Bowdler and a Chartered Legal Executive Litigator in our Family Department. Anne specialises in all areas of family save for public law proceedings. Anne primarily undertakes cases involving: divorce, financial remedy, children act proceedings and injunctions. She negotiates matters outside of the court arena as well as represents clients within litigation. She is collaboratively trained and has undertaken collaborative work. Specifically, Anne has a vast experience of the following types of cases: Private Children Cases: ·         Child arrangements – lives with and spends time with; ·         Specific issue Orders – such as change of schools, relocations; ·         Apply and defend against applications for court Directions including: reliance or prevention of use of covert recordings, obtaining records such as medical and police disclosure; instructions of experts such as Independent Social Workers/Contact Supervisors/Family Therapists/Mediators/Medical Professionals such as Psychologists/Laboratories for drug or alcohol hair strand testing; ·         Experience in various issues such as: domestic abuse, fact Finding Hearings, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health issues, parental influence/alienating behaviour, relocation. Transfer of schools/nurseries, medical treatments/intervention for children; parental conflict, communication breakdown to name just a few. ·         Advising clients within mediation and representing at Arbitration; ·         Preparation of: correspondence, letters of instruction to experts, court Orders, position statements, court bundles, narrative statements, C100/C1/C2 applications, C1a Supplemental Information form, briefs to counsel.   Financial Remedy: ·         Transfer of Property, Lump Sum, Periodical Payments (also known as spousal maintenance) and Pension Sharing Orders; ·         Maintenance Pending Suit and Legal Services Payment Orders; ·         Pre-Nuptial, Post-Nuptial and Separation Agreements (prepared in accordance with guidance set out in Radmacher) ·         Apply and defend against applications for court Directions including: seeking further financial disclosure and instructions of experts such as: Estate Agents/RICS red book valuations, Actuaries, Business Valuations, Accountants and other tax experts/Independent Financial Advisors; ·         Experience in various issues such as: assessing a party’s needs (housing and income); matrimonial V non-matrimonial assets (such as inherited wealth or monies from a lottery win), contributions, add-back arguments, conduct, short and long marriages, PAG2 report, business (e.g. Limited Companies/self-employed/Partnerships), pensions (e.g. defined benefits such as Armed Forces and NHS V defined contributions), farming cases. ·         Knowledge and awareness of state benefits, child maintenance (Child Maintenance Service) and tax issues – including CGT (Capital Gains Tax); ·         Preparation of: correspondence, letters of instruction to experts, court Orders, position statements, ES1, ES2 (Schedule of Assets), court bundles, narrative statements, Forms E, Forms P, D81 Statement of Information, D11 applications, Form H/N260, briefs to counsel. Injunctions ·         Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders ·         Warning Letters Divorces ·         Applicants and Respondents; ·         Joint Divorce Applications; ·         Applications for/opposing stay of divorce proceedings
Sonali Obhrai

Sonali Obhrai

Sonali is a Senior Associate Solicitor who deals with all aspects of family law including divorce and associated financial matters, separation, pre and post nuptial agreements and arrangements concerning children. Sonali has expertise in dealing with high-net-worth cases involving family businesses and pension assets. She also undertakes private law children work involving complex matters such as fact finding hearings, the requirement of psychological expert assistance and the appointment of guardians.
Andrew Pegg

Andrew Pegg

Partner and head of Dispute Resolution Team. Acts for a wide range of clients from individuals to national and multi-national companies advising on a wide variety of disputed matters including contracts, negligence, nuisance, insolvency, land and judicial review. Particular sectors include manufacturing, construction and agriculture as well as professional negligence. Recent instructions include a multi-million pound dispute regarding manufacturing machinery and a complex contractual dispute regarding a long and ambiguous supply chain.
Staci Robinson

Staci Robinson

Staci is a associate solicitor in our Family Department. Staci deals with various types of family law cases, including divorce and financial matters, and private law children matters. Staci also advises on pre-nuptial and post nuptial agreements and unmarried couples on cohabitation agreements and how assets should be divided in the event of a separation. She can also advise on orders concerning domestic violence, representing both those who are victims of abuse and those who have been accused on domestic violence.
Grainne Walters

Grainne Walters

Grainne is a Partner and Head of Corporate and Commercial Department, specialising in corporate finance advisory and transactional work for private companies. Particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders agreements, private equity, corporate reorganisations and growth companies. Grainne is experienced in a wide range of commercial matters including renewable energy projects, internet and e-commerce issues, agency distribution arrangements and trading documentation.