GOODLAW SOLICITORS - Key Persons
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- Solicitor
- Solicitor Commercial Property
Abi is a solicitor specialising in commercial property, working from our Hove and Hassocks offices. Her role includes all aspects of commercial conveyancing, including handling property transactions to drafting and negotiating leases.
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- Head of Finance
- GoodLaw Solicitor
Alex is GoodLaw Solicitor's Finance Manager and is responsible for the financial health of the firm.
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- Paralegal Family Law
- Paralegal, Hove
Alice is a Paralegal who works within GoodLaw Solicitors' family department. She has recently graduated with a 1 st class honours Law Degree from the University of Law.
Alice prides herself on her approach to clients when dealing with difficult situations and her aim is to make sure every client feels at ease.
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- Solicitor
- Solicitor Family Law
Alice graduated with a degree in Law from Cardiff University and is a solicitor with the firm. She commenced her training in September 2022 and, prior to this, she was a paralegal in GoodLaw Solicitors LLP Injury department.
Before joining GoodLaw Solicitors LLP, Alice carried out a number of legal internships in both Cardiff and London and with the coroner's court. Alice is currently in the firm's Family Law department at Hove.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Wills, Probate & Asset Protection
Alice is a Legal Assistant in GoodLaw's Private Client department in Farnham, assisting Carl Ingram with all aspects of his cases.
Prior to joining GoodLaw in October 2023, Alice graduated with an undergraduate degree in Law from the University of Cardiff in 2022.
Alice has recently completed the Legal Practice Course and hopes to eventually qualify as a Solicitor.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Residential Property
Alisha is a legal assistant in the residential property department, supporting our senior associate and head of conveyancing in Hove, Jina Shikhan.
Alison works as our Receptionist at our GoodLaw Hove office. She deals with our enquiries and assists lawyers with their legal work
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- Senior Associate Family Law: Children, Child Care & Advocacy
Alison has over 30 years experience as a family lawyer. She is a member of the Law Society Children Panel and is also a Higher Courts Advocate
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- Solicitor
- Solicitor Family Law
Alix graduated with a 2.1 undergraduate degree from Sussex University in 2018. She obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Sussex in 2019 followed by an LPC and Masters of Law with Distinction from the University of Law in 2021.
Alix had considerable experience as a paralegal at a law firm in West Sussex before she moved to GoodLaw Solicitors as a paralegal in September 2020. She qualified as a solicitor in February 2024 and now works with Malvina Peci, specialising in matrimonial matters in Sussex and Surrey.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Residential Property
Amelia works as a legal assistant in the Hove residential conveyancing department, assisting Kirsty Gilbert and Ellie Mason.
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- Legal Advisor ( Trainee ACILEX ) Wills, Probate & Asset Protection
Ayshea works as a Legal Advisor (Trainee ACILEX) in the Private Client department of Hassocks, assisting Rachel Jones with her documentation and legal work.
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- Partner / Head of Wills, Probate & Asset Protection
Carl specialises in wills, probate and tax planning. He is a full member of STEP, the professional body that represent and train professionals in this complicated area of law. Carl passed several challenging exams to gain his TEP status, and is technically skilled at providing advice on wills, probate and tax planning matters.
Carl has a particular interest in protecting the assets and welfare of elderly clients and regularly advises on how to protect against care home fees. His expertise in the subject means that he can offer solutions other solicitors can't. He is also able to advise on and set up powers of attorney to help protect the money and health of vulnerable people.
He is a champion of no-nonsense advice, particularly when it comes to inheritance tax planning. Carl likes to get to know the client's circumstances in detail before writing a report in plain English that clients will be able to understand easily and refer to for years to come. He also keeps his clients updated regularly on any changes in the law by means of a free newsletter. Carl is always happy to offer a few words of free advice.
Carl's broad range of experience in wills and trusts included a secondment working with HSBC trust company, where he learned the finer points of managing trusts and dealing with the many issues that can arise as part of the probate procedure.
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- Solicitor / Commercial, Employment
- Solicitor Commercial, Employment & Data Protection
Carl is a Consultant Solicitor with the firm specialising in General Commercial Litigation, Employment, and Data Protection. He trained and qualified in London (in 2000) and was a partner in a Central London law firm for 8 years before relocating to East Sussex in April 2018.
He is very experienced and has handled many high value commercial disputes in the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords (now the Supreme Court), and has even been before the Privy Council. He is also experienced in arbitration disputes (typically LCIA and ICC). He has handled employment disputes in both the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and advises on data protection and the EU's GDPR.
Carl's array of experience of general commercial disputes includes breach of contract, professional negligence, breach of warranties, conflict of laws and jurisdiction, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, debt recovery, enforcement of foreign judgments, contempt, fraud and conspiracy. However, his particular area of expertise is the enforcement of contracts and restrictive covenants and obtaining emergency injunctive relief.
He is incredibly attentive and provides first class advice.
Notable cases he has worked on include:
Indicii Salus Limited v Chandrasekaran & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 67,
Avrora Fine Arts Investment Ltd v Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd [2012] EWHC 2198 (Ch)
Outside of the office Carl enjoys all sport, and in particular table tennis.
Carla has spent most of her career in the property industry in Brighton and Hove. Working for Estate Agents as a Sales negotiator. After having children, she worked in retail as the hours were more suitable.
GoodLaw appealed to Carla as she has always had an interest in Law and conveyancing.
In her spare time, she loves to cook and can mostly be found with her head in a book reading.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Residential Property
Charlotte supports Suzy Newnham and George Coomber at our GoodLaw Hove office in the conveyancing department.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
Chloe is a Paralegal in the Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury department at our Farnham Office and assists Philip Holt on his cases.
Prior to joining at GoodLaw in September 2023, Chloe graduated with an undergraduate degree in Law from the University of Exeter and has experience working with legal charities and assisting with pro bono work.
Chloe is passionate about supporting clients with a friendly and compassionate approach and hopes to eventually qualify as a Solicitor.
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- Head Receptionist, Farnham
Chloe is our head receptionist at the GoodLaw Solicitors Farnham office. She handles our enquiries and manages the reception team across all sites.
Prior to joining the reception team at Goodlaw, Chloe worked in Customer Service and Hospitality and spent many years running Brownies and Guides as part of GirlGuiding.
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- Legal and Marketing Executive
- Legal and Marketing Executive / Legal Services
Dannie is a social media marketer with over five years of experience, currently working with GoodLaw Solicitors. She is also pursuing her Professional & Digital Marketing Level 4 qualification, further enhancing her expertise in the field. At GoodLaw Solicitors, Dannie plays a pivotal role in managing and growing the firm's online presence, effectively using her skills to connect with clients and increase brand awareness.
Beyond her professional life, Dannie is passionate about managing her own social media accounts, spending time with her family, and enjoying the occasional shopping spree.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate Family Law
Dannielle is an Associate in the family department who passed her Resolution Specialist Accreditation in Autumn 2023. Dannielle specialises in Public Law Children Act matters and has extensive experience representing Local Authorities, parents, children and extended family members. Dannielle also represents parents and children in Private Law matters in relation to disputes on child arrangements.
Dannielle is a member of the Law Society Children Panel.
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- Senior Associate
- Solicitor
- Member of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers
- Senior Associate Child Abuse Claims
Deborah is a solicitor representing survivors of abuse in civil claims for compensation. She has specialised in abuse cases for the last 22 years. She has represented hundreds of abuse survivors, both adults and children, in personal injury and criminal injury claims for both recent and non-recent abuse. She has vast experience in difficult cases involving local authorities, schools, care institutions, religious organisations, and individuals.
She has acted as lead solicitor in several successful high profile group actions. She obtained the first Group Litigation Order in England and Wales in the Red Bank group action which was a case about abuse in a children's secure unit.
Deborah believes it is a great privilege to represent abuse survivors and will do all she can to try and obtain the best result for her clients.
Deborah is a member of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Commercial & Residential Property
Diane is a Legal Assistant at Goodlaw Solicitors.
She mainly assists Gareth Collins and the Commercial Property team in the Hassocks office.
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- Paralegal Family Law
- Paralegal, Hove
Ella is a paralegal in the GoodLaw Family Department. She is based in the Hove office and assists Jane Wells with all of her cases.
Ella is an LLB graduate from the University of the West of England. She has a particular interest in Family Law and aims to further her career in this area.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Residential Property
Ellie is a legal assistant in our residential property department assisting Kirsty Gilbert. Ellie worked in an estate agency in Brighton and Hove for 2 years before coming to GoodLaw and has started her training to be a licensed conveyancer. Ellie and Kirsty are also now assisted by Amelia.
Outside of work, Ellie enjoys going to the beach and the sunshine.
Ellie is a Graduate Legal Executive who works within the family law department in both private children law proceedings and care proceedings. Ellie joined the firm in May 2019, having obtained a degree In 2018.
She is now in her final year to qualify as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, specialising in family law.
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- Paralegal Residential Property
- Paralegal, Farnham
Emily is a Paralegal and assists Emma Holland at our Farnham office.
Emily's passion for Law came from her dad, who was a successful solicitor in his own right. She is excited to start her career at Goodlaw and looks forward to a bright future.
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- Receptionist
- Receptionist ( Hassocks )
Emma Davis is our receptionist based at our GoodLaw Hassocks office, answering incoming calls and assisting solicitors with their legal work.
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- Conveyancing Executive
- Executive
- Conveyancing Executive Residential Property
Emma Holland is a conveyancing executive at our Farnham office. Emma joined the firm in May 2019.
Emma's enthusiasm for conveyancing has grown over her 8 year career in the property industry. Having been an Estate Agent for many years prior to joining GoodLaw Solicitors, Emma has a true understanding of the selling and buying process. Her passion lies in customer service and her reputation as the ‘customer service queen' is one which she has created through her determination to ensure every client has an exceptional experience during their journey with GoodLaw.
Emma Knight works as a HR Assistant in our Farnham office, supporting our Head of HR, Helen Davis.
Emma is a Partner at GoodLaw Solicitors having previously qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive. Emma obtained her Law Degree from the University of Kent in 2006 and has worked in family law since 2007.
Emma has practised in Brighton & Hove for over fifteen years and has strong local knowledge and connections amongst fellow professionals, services and groups. Emma heads up the Family Department at GoodLaw Solicitors LLP and specialises in cases involving children, including contact and residence disputes, relocation cases and matters involving social services.
In care proceedings, Emma represents parents, grandparents and joined parties. Emma is an experienced specialist in cases concerning complex medical evidence relating to Non-Accidental Injuries, fractures, genetic abnormalities and sexual abuse cases where there are virological issues. With a thriving practice, Emma has acted on a number of recently reported cases.
Within the private law side practice, Emma has specific expertise in cases involving international/jurisdictional aspects including Hague and Non-Hague abduction cases, child welfare or safeguarding issues and also those where clients have specific learning needs or there are Court of Protection issues.
Emma is also a Resolution Accredited Specialist in private law children and TOLATA cases (Trust of Land) where there are property disputes between unmarried couples and frequently deal with complicated disputes on separation involving multiple properties and assets.
In addition to this, Emma is a Family Law Mediator having undertaken her training with Resolution in 2021.
Emma's objective is to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients, to minimise conflict, to be transparent and run her cases with a focus on the best interests of any relevant children.
Emma is a member of Resolution and the Association of Lawyers for Children, a committee member for the Sussex Family Justice Board and a contributor to and member of thefamilylawpanel.org Emma has contributed to a book published by Only Mums & Dads called 101 Questions Answered About Separating with Children, which can be found here: https://www.onlymums.org/information/101-questions-answered-about-separating-with-children
Emma is also a voluntary supervising lawyer at the University of Sussex Family Law Clinic.
In her personal life, Emma is an avid lover of the outdoors, camping holidays with her son and dogs, and keeps active as netball team captain, playing with Sussex Regional Team, NRG and is an assistant netball coach for the NRG youth pathway.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
Eve O'Mara is a legal assistant specialising in clinical negligence, assisting Philip Holt at our Farnham Office.
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- Partner
- Partner Head of Conveyancing
Fiona is Head of Conveyancing at Goodlaw Solicitors.
She has experience in all aspects of conveyancing, including sales, purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, right to buy, plot sales and purchases and shared ownership.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner Head of Commercial Property
Gareth is a Partner and Head of Commercial Property at GoodLaw Solicitors
He graduated with an Honours degree in Law at Kings College University in London and then completed the legal practice Course at Nottingham Law School. He was admitted as a Solicitor in 2009.
Gareth will continue to offer his expertise in all aspects of residential and commercial property, including sales, purchases, leases, transfers of equity and development work.
Your colleague, Gareth Collins, has recently completed a rather protracted sale and purchase on our behalf. During the sale and purchase process, Gareth kept us up to date and well informed throughout, which included working outside of office hours. He advised us on the best course of action. He was totally on the case and tried to bring the sale/purchase to completion as soon as he could. We had total trust and faith in Gareth's advice and wish him all the very best in the future. We shall definitely recommend Gareth to our friends and contacts.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
George is a Legal Assistant in the Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury department at our Brighton Office, assisting our partner, James King, with his legal work.
Prior to joining GoodLaw, George graduated from the University of Exeter in 2023 with a law degree. He is particularly proud of having his work published in Volume 48 of the Exeter Law Review 2022/23. George is thoroughly enjoying his work in the clinical negligence department and hopes to eventually qualify as a solicitor in this field.
Outside of work, George enjoys playing sports, in particular football and golf, and he is a passionate supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion FC.
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- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence
Helen heads up our Human Resources function at GoodLaw Solicitors LLP. She oversees our performance, development and reward programmes and manages our recruitment process.
Helen joined the team in October 2021, having qualified with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in 2011. Prior to joining GoodLaw, Helen worked across a broad range of sectors including social care in Hampshire and charities and financial services in London.
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- Legal Assistant Family Law
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- Legal Assistant Family Law
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- Partner Head of Medical Negligence & Personal Injury ( Sussex )
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- Senior Associate Head of Child Care & Mediation Family Law
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- Partner Commercial & Residential Property
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- Trainee Solicitor Medical Negligence
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- Senior Associate Head of Conveyancing Hove
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- Chartered Legal Executive Family Law
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- Conveyancing Executive Residential Property
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- Paralegal Residential Property
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- Legal Assistant Residential Property
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- Paralegal Family Law
- Paralegal, Hove
Lora assists Katherine McGuire and Lauren Robinson. Passionate about working in Family law, specifically private Children matters and care proceedings, she aims to support clients with a friendly and compassionate approach.
Lora has received training with the Centre for Domestic Violence regarding supporting victims of abuse. She is also fluent in Bulgarian.
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- Consultant Commercial & Residential Property
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- Associate Family and Matrimonial Law
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- Partner Head of Brain Injury Team
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- Trainee Solicitor Commercial & Residential Property
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- Legal Assistant Commercial & Residential Property
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- Chartered Legal Executive Residential Property
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- Legal Advisor Personal Injury, Medical Negligence & Abuse Claims
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- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence
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- Lancing College Teacher, Has Pled Guilty to Sexual Assault and Downloading Indecent Images
Nick Baldock, a former Lancing College teacher, has pled guilty to sexual assault and downloading indecent images.
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Residential Property
Nikki is a legal assistant supporting the residential property team at our GoodLaw Farnham branch.
Nikki spent several years, in many different roles, within the medical device industry before retraining as a legal assistant and gaining her Legal Secretary Diploma.
She is looking forward to continuing growing her experience and knowledge in the conveyancing space.
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- Partner Commercial Property
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- Senior Associate Commercial & Residential Property
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- Partner Head of Medical Negligence & Personal Injury ( Surrey )
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- Senior Associate Wills, Probate & Asset Protection
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- Senior Associate Family Law: Children & Child Care
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- Partner Residential Property
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- Legal Assistant Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
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- Legal Assistant
- Legal Assistant Abuse Claims
- Paralegal
Tilly is a paralegal in the personal injury department, specialising in abuse cases. She assists Deborah Corcoran with her legal work and is based in our Brighton office.
Prior to joining GoodLaw, Tilly graduated from the University of Exeter in 2023 with a law degree. She has experience in legal support work as well as providing pro bono advice in a legal clinic. Tilly believes it is a privilege to represent abuse survivors and is dedicated to compassionately supporting clients through their claims.
Outside of work, Tilly enjoys going to the gym, long dog walks, and visiting new countries.
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- Senior Partner Medical Negligence, Personal Injury & Coroner 's Inquests
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- Legal Assistant Wills, Probate & Asset Protection