Coodes Solicitors

Personal Disputes

Partner and Head of Personal Disputes

Melanie Grose returned to Cornwall in 2005, after training and working in London in her early career.

Her successful career has seen her working on cases such as the Court of Appeal case of Bradbury v Taylor & Burkinshaw [2012] EWCA 120.

Mel’s focus is her clients and achieving the best possible outcome for them, with as little contention as possible.

She is a real advocate for attempting to resolve matters via mediation and regularly represents clients at mediation to achieve a flexible and sensible solution.

In 2025 Mel was shortlisted at the British Wills and Probate Awards for Contentious Practitioner of the Year.

In the 2025 edition of the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide, Mel was ranked Band 2 and praised for being a “highly sophisticated and strategic lawyer” who “fights her client’s corner to get good results”.

Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends Program

Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)

Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA)

Cornwall Law Society

Qualified as a Solicitor in 2003