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Alyssia Best

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Solicitor
  • Specialist
Alyssia qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and joined the firm in 2022. Alyssia is a specialist in family law. She offers legal advice in all areas of family law to include separation, divorce and financial disputes. She also advises on arrangements for children. Alyssia has a conciliatory approach and aims to ensure that the legal process is dealt with as amicably as possible.

Andrew Cox

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Solicitor
Following his law degree at the University of East Anglia and two years articles at a law firm in Kingston, Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1985. He joined the firm in 2014 and has over twenty-five years' experience in Civil Litigation work and has dealt with a wide variety of civil litigation cases.

Chhui Jones

Chhui qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and has extensive experience in all areas of private client work, including wills, probate and administration of estates, powers of attorney and Court of Protection applications. Chhui has been with Davies Blunden & Evans since 1998 and became a partner in 2001.

Chris Rennison

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Chris is a law graduate of Oxford University and qualified as a Solicitor in 1983. He began as a general practitioner, but for many years now he has specialised in all aspects of residential conveyancing. He joined the firm in 2002 and became a partner in 2011.

Deglan Rowe

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Deglan joined the Firm in 1985 and has been Senior Partner since 1998 with extensive experience in many areas of law, but now specialising in residential and commercial property work only. Since 2008 he also qualified as a Notary Public ( Post Graduate Diploma Cambridge University). There are approximately 750 notaries in England and Wales.

Jo Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Jo qualified as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 1997 and joined the team in 1999 having previously worked with another leading practice. In 2012 Jo qualified as a Licensed Conveyancer and became a Partner of the Firm in 2014. She also specialises in residential conveyancing.

Lynn Annis

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Solicitor
Lynn graduated from the University of Surrey with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Languages and Law, and following this completed her professional training at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined Davies Blunden & Evans as an Articled Clerk in 1993, and qualified as a Solicitor in 1995. Lynn currently undertakes private client work, including drafting Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and undertaking Contentious Probate matters. She also undertakes employment work, including settlement agreements.

Michael Evans

Job Titles:
  • Non Practising Consultant
Michael was admitted as a solicitor in December 1957. During his 60 years in the profession he built up a wide knowledge in most aspects of general practice. He has now retired but will continue as a Non Practising Consultant to offer a wealth of experience.

Renee Fickling

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Solicitor
Renée joined the team in 1999 having qualified as a solicitor in 1995. She has over fifteen years of experience as an immigration and human rights law practitioner. Renee has conduct of a large immigration and asylum caseload handling decisions at all levels from the Immigration and Asylum Chamber up to and including the Supreme Court.

Sophie Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Solicitor
Sophie graduated from the University of Southampton with a Law degree in 2017 and following that completed her LPC LLM at the University of Law. She joined Davies Blunden & Evans as a Trainee Solicitor in 2018 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2022. Sophie undertakes work in conveyancing and some areas of private client.