Caroline Metcalf > Tees Law > Bishop's Stortford, England > Lawyer Profile
Tees Law Offices
Tees House,
95 London Road
BISHOP'S STORTFORD
CM23 3GW
England
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Caroline Metcalf
Work Department
Disputes
Position
Partner
Caroline works in civil and commercial litigation acting for private clients, Plcs and companies acting for Claimants and Defendants. Specialising in contentious trusts and probate disputes whilst also acting in professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants and surveyors and contractual disputes.
Tees is one of 16 legal firms located throughout England and Wales selected for their experience and expertise in agricultural and horticultural matters by the NFU and as panel solicitors Tees provides legal advice to Farmer and Grower members under the NFU’s Legal Assistance Scheme (LAS) that Caroline organises at Tees.
Career
Trainee, Nockolds, 1985-1987; Solicitor, Lawrence Messer 1987-1991; Solicitor, Lawrence Messer (merged with Turner Kenneth Brown) 1991-93; Partner, Tees Law, 1997-present.
Memberships
Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Solicitors (2000).
Education
Margaret Dane School for Girls, Bishops Stortford; LLB, University of East Anglia, 1981-1984; College of Law, Guildford 1984-1985
Leisure
Caroline enjoys windsurfing, sailing and skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Recently bolstered by Amelia Ayers‘ qualification, Tees Law has recently been engaged in challenges to the validity of wills, as well as claims for reasonable provision from an estate. The team is led by the ‘highly efficient and meticulous’ Caroline Metcalf who works out of Bishop’s Stortford and is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
The ‘very helpful and supportive‘ team at Tees Law handles a wide variety of disputes for individuals and construction companies. Darren Perks leads the practice alongside senior associate Polly Kerr from Bishop’s Stortford and Royston respectively. Perks is a property dispute specialist who acts for major portfolio owners, while Kerr acts for a variety of clients in cases against local authorities. Bishop’s Stortford’s Caroline Metcalf is ‘extremely diligent and sensible‘, having longstanding expertise in agricultural partnership disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Dispute resolution
- Contentious trusts and probate South East > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Essex
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Essex
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Essex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Essex
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Essex
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Essex
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Public sector