CHARLES FRENCH - Key Persons


Allison Bunney

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Solicitor
  • Director / Truro
Allison is a Director, Solicitor and the Head of Commercial Property. Allison advises on a wide range of commercial property transactions including landlord and tenant matters, freehold and leasehold acquisitions and sales, business transfers, property refinance and mortgages. Allison also advises on the acquisition of commercial and residential development land, including options and overage agreements, development set ups both freehold and leasehold and infrastructure agreements for roads, utilities and management companies.

Ben Birkett

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / Truro
Ben is a Director within the Commercial Property and Residential Property departments. Ben deals with all aspects of commercial property and residential conveyancing transactions and has a particular interest in residential development work, where he has acted for a number of developers on medium to large developments.

Claire Burt

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal / St Austell

Emily Hunkin

Job Titles:
  • Newbuild Executive / St Austell
Emily is a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property department. Emily specialises in new build conveyancing and heads up our Newbuild Team.

Gemma Ellison

Job Titles:
  • Conveyancing Executive
  • Conveyancing Executive / St Austell
Gemma is a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property department. Gemma deals with all areas of residential conveyancing including sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity and affordable housing.

Georgia Riley

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal / Truro

Hannah Doherty

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal
  • Paralegal / St Austell
Hannah is a paralegal specialising in residential property and assists Nicola Harrison.

Hayley Kirkby

Job Titles:
  • Practice Coordinator / St Austell
Hayley is our Practice Coordinator, and assists with the business management of the firm.

Helen French

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant / St Austell
Helen is a Consultant and Solicitor, and is part of our Private Client department. Helen carries out Wills, Probate and Trusts work and is particularly interested in assisting with elderly clients and lifetime Tax planning. She has experience in winding up complicated estates and negotiating Inheritance Tax claims with the Revenue.

Helen Keeping

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Probate Executive
Helen specialises in preparing Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney and administering estates. She also speaks fluent french and has in the past helped clients with the translation of documents.

Helen Sennett

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Truro
Helen is an Associate Solicitor within the Commercial Property department. Helen advises on all aspects of commercial property including freehold and leasehold acquisitions, property led business transfers and real estate finance (including bridging). Helen has a particular focus on development work and can offer valuable advice at all stages of the development lifecycle from acquisition to disposal, including option agreements, overage agreements, development finance and infrastructure agreements. Helen advises a wide range of clients including developers, landowners, investors, and owner-occupiers.

Jackie Rudge

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor
  • Solicitor / St Austell
Jackie is a Solicitor within our Family department. Jackie has a wide experience of acting for clients in all aspects of family matters including divorce, all financial aspects arising from family breakdowns, separation agreements, pre and post nuptial agreements, all matters relating to children and emergency remedies including occupation applications. Jackie is long standing member of Resolution.

Jane Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Legal Executive
  • Chartered Legal Executive / Truro
Jane is a Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) within our Residential Property department. Jane deals with sales and purchases, leaseholds, re-mortgages, and transfers of equity, specialising in all forms of affordable housing, shared ownership, staircasing and Right to Buy.

Joanne Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal
  • Paralegal / St Austell
Joanne is a paralegal specialising in the Private Client Department.

Joeli Norman

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Solicitor
  • Director / Truro
  • Member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers
Joeli is a Director, Solicitor and the Head of Private Client. Joeli specialises in all private client matters including Wills and Inheritance Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, Trusts work, Elderly Client and Lasting Powers of Attorney. Joeli is an accredited member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers and heads up the Private Client Department.

Kathy Carr

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / St Austell
Kathy is a Director and a Licenced Conveyancer within the Residential Property department. Kathy is our in-house residential locum, and deals with all areas of residential conveyancing including sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, affordable housing and equity release mortgages.

Katie Atkin

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal / Truro

Lisa Brewer

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Truro
Lisa is an Associate and a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property department. Lisa deals with sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, and affordable housing.

Michelle Gilbert

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Legal Executive
  • Chartered Legal Executive / Truro
Michelle is a Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) within our Residential Property department. Michelle deals with sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, and affordable housing.

Nancy Gasser

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Newquay
Nancy is an Associate and a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property department. Nancy deals with sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, and affordable housing.

Nicola Lovegrove

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Legal Executive
  • Director
  • Director / St Austell
  • Head of the Residential Property
Nicola is a Director, Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) and is also accredited under the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). Nicola is also the Head of the Residential Property. Nicola deals with sales and purchases, re-mortgages and transfers of equity.

Olivia Laskowski

Job Titles:
  • Trainee Solicitor
  • Trainee Solicitor / Truro
Olivia is a Trainee Solicitor within our Commercial Property department. Alongside her training, Olivia is currently studying the LPC (Legal Practice Course) with the University of Law, having completed the GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law). Olivia has also completed an undergraduate degree in English Literature and Philosophy.

Paula Dunkley

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / Truro
Paula is a Director and a Solicitor within the Commercial Property department. Paula deals in all aspects of Commercial property including selling and buying freehold and leasehold property, acquisition of development land including infrastructure agreements for road, services and planning, options and conditional contracts, landlord and tenant, business transfers and bank refinancing. Paula also has corporate experience working on company sales or acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder's agreements and articles of association.

Rachael Ash

Job Titles:
  • Conveyancing Executive
  • Conveyancing Executive / Newquay
Rachael is a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property department. Rachael deals with sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, and affordable housing.

Rianne Crowle

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / St Austell
Rianne is an Associate and a Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) as well as being accredited under the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). Rianne is part of our Residential Property department. Rianne deals with sales and purchases, development set up and plot sales, affordable housing, re-mortgages, and transfers of equity.

Rosie Saddington

Job Titles:
  • Trainee Solicitor
  • Trainee Solicitor / Truro
Rosie is a Trainee Solicitor within our Private Client Department. Alongside her training, Rosie is currently studying the LPC (Legal Practice Course) with the University of Law, having completed the LLB (Bachelor of Laws) at Cardiff University.

Sarah Dell

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Solicitor
  • Director / St Austell
Sarah is a Director, Solicitor and the Head of Dispute Resolution. Sarah deals with a wide variety of contentious law including contentious probate, property disputes (including TOLATA claims), landlord and tenant disputes, contract disputes, partnership disputes and professional negligence.

Tanya Paris

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal
  • Paralegal / Truro
Tanya is a paralegal specialising in the Private Client department.