STEVE BEVERLEY

I was born in London and ended up in Yorkshire when I was 9. I was educated in a mixed comprehensive school- with 1,600 pupils in a school built for 500. Lessons were often in unheated portacabins with classes of 40 not unusual. But I thrived- passed my A levels and went to University of Hull- where I studied and obtained a degree in Law (LLb.Hons). I then attended the Chester College of Law, where I passed my solicitor finals... I was articled (now called training contract) in Leeds and on qualifying I did a Dick Wittington and left to pursue my career in the West End of London- where I have practiced ever since. I was made a partner at the young age of 28and continued as a partner until opening my own firm-Stephen Beverley Associates in the early 2000s. Since then, I have consulted to various firms, most recently at www.everys.co.uk... Unlike recently qualified solicitors, who specialize in one subject-I have experience in several which has given me a wide range of knowledge. I..