TASSELLS SOLICITORS - Key Persons


Alexandra Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Tax Adviser
Alexandra was President of the Kent Law Society October 2020 to May 2022, being their 10th female president and their youngest in their 205 year history. Alexandra is Managing Partner at Tassells and heads up our Private Client department.

Ann Astbury

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Ann has been a partner at Tassells since January 2000, having been admitted as a solicitor in 1994. Ann deals with deceased estates, drafting Wills, Powers of Attorney and trusts.

Charlotte Liston

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal - Private Client
Charlotte is a paralegal in the Private Client Team.

Gemma Stebbeds

Job Titles:
  • Our Practice Manager
Our Practice Manager Gemma Stebbeds won a Bertha Cave award on International Women's Day. The awards were arranged by Kent Law Society and Women in Law Kent (WILK) and were to celebrate inspirational women in the Law. Gemma has been with Tassells for 20 years...

Harvey Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Professional Support Lawyer - Private Client
Harvey is a highly experienced Private Client Lawyer.

James Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Business Law
  • Partner - Business Law
James Matthews joined Tassells in 2001. James specialises in Business Law, assisting client with Commercial Property, Contracts and Planning Law. He is also able to assist with Education Law matters. His previous employment in the Government Legal Service allowed him to gain experience in Planning Law and Education Law. James specialises in Business Law, undertaking Commercial Property, Contracts, Education and Planning law.

John Glass

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Kent Collaborative Law

Job Titles:
  • Member of East
Member of East Kent Collaborative Law group and a trained Collaborative Law Practitioner www.aroundthetable.org.uk

Richard Murr

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Samantha Watson

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal - Private Client
Samantha joined us in September 2023 after graduating from Canterbury Christ Church University. She obtained a 2:1 in her LLB and is due to go back in September to do her LLM in International Business and Law.

Sophie Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute
Sophie is a Chartered Legal Executive in our Private Client department. Sophie is an award-winning junior lawyer with a particular interest in intestate estates. Sophie qualified as Chartered Legal Executive in January 2022. Sophie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (FILEx) and is currently working towards completing her Solicitors Qualifying Examination and qualifying as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Sophie specialises in Private Client Law, including Wills, Trusts and Estates, Probate, and Lasting Power of Attorney. She is an Affiliate member of STEP (Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners). Sophie joined Tassells Solicitors in April 2023, after training at a leading regional law firm as a Private Client Executive. She has been awarded ‘Covid Hero' Award by the Kent Law Society in 2021, Highly Commended Young wills and Probate Professional at the Probate Research Awards 2022 and Junior Lawyer of the Year of the Kent JLD Awards 2022.

Steven Hearnden

Job Titles:
  • Residential Property / Residential Property
  • Senior Conveyancer - Residential Property
Steven is a highly experienced Residential Property Lawyer with over 30 years experience.

Tracey Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Residential Property
  • Specialist
Tracey is a specialist Residential Property Lawyer and one of the longest serving members of the team.