BENNETT OAKLEY - Key Persons


Adrian Grzenia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Paralegal
Adrian joined Bennett Oakley in 2023 and undertakes both Residential and Commercial Property matters.

Annabelle Langmead

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor
  • Commercial Property Consultant Solicitor
Annabelle is a Commercial Property Consultant Solicitor with considerable experience in the sector.

Anya French

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • a Paralegal
  • Paralegal
Anya joined Bennett Oakley as a Paralegal in the summer of 2023 and at the start of 2024 Anya started her journey into becoming a Solicitor through an apprenticeship scheme.

Bernadette Paramytha

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Paralegal in
Bernadette is a Paralegal in Bennett Oakley and has experience in various areas of Private Client Law. Her areas of practice include Lasting Powers of Attorney and Deputyship applications, Wills and Probate matters.

Brendan McNicholas

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
Brendan is an Associate Solicitor working in our Private Client Department and has extensive experience in dealing with Wills, Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Celeste Bushell

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Legal Executive
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Senior Associate
Celeste is a Chartered Legal Executive working in our Private Client Department and has a vast experience in dealing with Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney and Probate matters.

Charlotte McFadden

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Legal Executive
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Member of the Hassocks Team
Charlotte is a Legal Executive, working from our Hassocks office, and specialises in residential property. Charlotte is a friendly member of the Hassocks Team and specialises in Residential Property. Charlotte has experience dealing with Sales and Purchases of Freehold and Leasehold Property, Re-Mortgages, Transfers of Equity and the Sale and Purchase of Shared Ownership properties.

Debbie Palethorpe

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
Debbie is a Licensed Conveyancer and works mainly in the sale and purchase of both freehold and leasehold properties. She is the firm's specialist in shared ownership.

Debbie Tel

Job Titles:
  • Director

Emma Roderick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor
Emma is a Solicitor working in the Private Client department, with experience in dealing with Wills, probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

James Leighton

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Managing Director / Head of Legal Services for Business
James is the Managing Director at Bennett Oakley and is a solicitor in the firm's commercial department and undertakes a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work.

James Pitcairn


James Sandbach

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor
James has had a wide ranging and varied career. Before qualifying with Trowers & Hamlins in London in 2012 James was Housing Services Manager under contract to CityWest Homes, the arm's-length management organisation for Westminster City Council. This role was the culmination of 12 years with the then Genesis Housing Group (formerly Paddington Churches Housing Association - PCHA) and now Notting Hill Genesis. James joined PCHA in 1997 and worked his way up from a customer services role to that of senior management within the organisation.

James Tel

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jessica Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Lawyer
Jessica is a Conveyancing Executive specialising in residential conveyancing work. Jessica has been working in law firms specializing in residential property ever since she left education and she is currently a student at Cilex Law School.

Nigel Cook

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor
Nigel is a Consultant Solicitor with the firm and has expansive knowledge around commercial law, company law and directorships.

Samuel Cash - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Operations Director
Samuel Cash is one of the firm's current Directors and is responsible for overseeing and implementing operations within the firm.

Sarah Rowland - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Director
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
Sarah leads our Residential Conveyancing team and has a wealth of experience in all kinds of residential conveyancing work.

Simon Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team

Stephanie Dew

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor
Stephanie is a Consultant Solicitor at Bennet Oakley who specialises in Family, Criminal and Regulatory Law. She has extensive experience in both the Family and Criminal courts which enables her to smoothly handle matters for clients who are facing allegations which result in overlapping or linked proceedings.

Yaanick Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Expert Legal Team
  • Solicitor