GARDNER CHAMPION SOLICITORS - Key Persons


Julie Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor
  • Head of Conveyancing, Wills and Probate Department
Julie Ashley was admitted as a solicitor in 1986. Having worked previously in Staffordshire she joined Gardner Champion in 1993. Julie specialises in property law particularly residential conveyancing. She also deals with commercial property matters, and landlord and tenant and wills and probate. She deals with Court of Protection Matters and all matters relating to the elderly and has acted as a Receiver appointed by the Court.

Linda Broadhurst

Job Titles:
  • Conveyancing Legal Assistant
Linda has worked for Gardner Champion for the past seven years having worked for the previous twenty years for other local firms. She specialises in residential conveyancing. Linda has extensive knowledge of property in the Rugeley area.

Lydia Wood

Job Titles:
  • Legal Secretary
  • Receptionist

Peter Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Divorce Department
Peter has been with this firm since the start of his articles in 1984. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1987. He was born and raised in Rugeley. Peter specialises in Family Law and has a wealth of experience in this area with particular emphasis on finance and property on marriage breakdown and children issues. He is a Collaborative Lawyer and a Solicitor and a member of the Law Society's Resolution. Since 2000 he has been a practising Mediator and is a member of the U.K. College of Mediators.

Sarah O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • Legal Secretary

Saskia Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Trainee Solicitor
Saskia joined the firm in 2016 and worked as a Legal Secretary in the Domestic Abuse Team before undertaking a Specialist Paralegal Qualification in Family Law. She has worked as a Family Law Paralegal since 2017. Saskia has recently returned to the office working full-time after completing her Law Degree and she is currently undertaking her training to become a qualified solicitor.

Tracey Brown

Job Titles:
  • Legal Secretary