KJL SOLICITORS - Key Persons
Angela is the practice manager, she has 40 years experience in the legal sector and deals with client care, recruitment, buying services and overseeing back office administration.
Destiny Widdowson joins KJL Solicitors as a Customer Service Coordinator within the Conveyancing Department. Within the first two weeks of her starting with us she has successfully completed and passed with flying colours the Conveyancing Academy Paralegal Course. Destiny is also supported by the firm and is undertaking her Licensed Conveyancers Course. Destiny supports Philip and Debra with file openings, all aspects of file compliance and post completion matters. Destiny is a keen roller skater and has successfully competed and won medals at national and international levels, most recently becoming Junior Free British Champion Roller Skater of 2021.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Anne Watson / Solicitor
- Solicitor from Norfolk
Kerri-Anne Watson is a solicitor from Norfolk who has used her local connections to help build her legal career. She studied Law at the University of East Anglia, completed her Legal Practice Course at BPP London and previously worked at two regional law firms in East Anglia.
Kerri-Anne initially qualified as a solicitor specialising in Private Client Law advising clients on Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Estate Administration. Nevertheless, Kerri-Anne has worked in the legal profession for over nine years and advised clients on many other areas of law including Debt Recovery, Civil Litigation, Residential Conveyancing, Employment Law and Commercial Agreements. She calls upon her experience and expertise to advise both individual and corporate clients alike in many areas of law.
Kerri-Anne was admitted as a solicitor in November 2016 and charges out at £190.00 plus VAT per hour.
Kerri-Anne is an active member of her community. She is heavily involved as a trustee of her local village hall, chairperson for an amateur dramatics society and member of the fundraising group for her local primary school. Kerri-Anne is also a keen seamstress and plays football for Freethorpe FC.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Solicitor, and CEDR Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator
Kerry Joan-Law is a litigator, mediator,(CEDR accredited), business and employment specialist. A member of the Law Society, Civil Mediation Council, a Member of the Employment Lawyers Association. She often delivers specialist seminars to businesses on updates in the law and has written regular articles for the Oil Gas and Shipping industry. She has handled multi-litigant disputes up to £2.6 million, but has also taken on more valuable single litigant disputes in excess of £12.5 million. Kerry has represented numerous blue chip and large corporate clients throughout her practising life and undertakes a variety of residential and commercial property sales and purchases.
Kerry oversees the running of the conveyancing, litigation and employment departments which she has built up over the last 13.5 years.
Employment background - 1996 -2001 business owner East Anglia Costing Services, law cost draftsman and supreme court taxing participant on behalf of law firms. Kerry then completed her LPC course and went to Wortley Redmayne & Kershaw in 2002 Chelmsford and commenced her trainee solicitors contract in litigation, employment, High Court injunctions and Commercial Property. From Chelmsford she returned to London in 2004 to work for Gowen & Stevens Solicitors in Litigation and Employment. In late 2006 Kerry then moved to Norfolk following her family's relocation and worked for Fosters as Deputy Head of Litigation and Employment. In October 2008 Kerry then aspired to set up her own firm which she has successfully run in excess of 12 years. Kerry is 17 years post qualified and charges out at £235.00 per hour plus VAT.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor, Director, Conveyancing & Probate Department
Philip was admitted as a solicitor in 1977. Philip has worked in a variety of law firms across the region, setting up his own practice in 1983 which he successfully continues to run today. Philip has undertaken conveyancing and probate services on behalf of KJL Solicitors as a locum since 2011 and in January 2020 he was appointed as a part-time director, in order to assess conveyancing compliance standards across the firm and contribute to the conveyancing team. Philip is highly experienced in all aspects of residential conveyancing, wills and probate and is a valued member of the conveyancing and Probate team. He is 44 years post qualified and charges out at £235.00 per hour plus VAT.
Rachael commenced employment with KJL Solicitors as a business administration apprentice in 2018, she completed her level 3 business administration City and Guilds in 2019. In our continued support and development of our staff and their on-going training, we are now supporting Rachael through the Council of Licensed Conveyancers qualification "CLC" to qualify her as a probate practitioner and a licensed property conveyancer. Rachael has passed her SQA Level 4 in Standard Conveyancing Transactions, and has completed her Trainee Conveyancing Course with the Conveyancing Academy. Rachael has a bubbly personality with a dry sense of humour and brings her can do attitude to everything she does.