RUGBY Offices

Private Client Department, Address: 16 Church Street, RUGBY, CV21 3PW, Telephone: + 44 (0) 1788 579 579, Fax: +44 (0) 1788 570 949

Conveyancing Department, Address: 26 Regent Street, RUGBY, CV21 2PS, Telephone: + 44 (0) 1788 551 611, Fax: + 44 (0) 1788 551 597

Commercial/ Wills, Trusts & Probate Departments, Address: The Robbins Building, 25 Albert Street, RUGBY, CV21 2SD, Telephone: + 44 (0) 1788 579 579, Fax: + 44 (0) 1788 552 888

LONDON Offices

2nd Floor Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6BD, Telephone enquiries: +44 (0) 2078876590, Fax number: +44 (0) 207 8876001

BANBURY Offices

Strathmore House, Waterperry Court, Middleton Road, BANBURY, OX16 4QD, General Telephone enquires: + 44 (0) 1295 270999

Heads of Department at Brethertons LLP

Civil Litigation Department

Law Partner Litigation Richard Pell 

Richard Pell, Senior Partner

Richard is Senior Partner of the firm and is Head of the Civil  Litigation Department. He acts for companies, businesses and individuals who require advise on any matter which is contentious. To find out more about Richard click here.

Tel: (01788) 532 913
Email: richardpell@brethertons.co.uk

 

Commercial Law - Business Department

Commercial ContractsPartner Brian Auld

Brian Auld, Partner

Brian Auld was admitted as a solicitor in 1983 and is the partner in charge of the Banbury Company Commercial Department. Brian has previously worked for the European Commission and as an in house Lawyer for Toshiba, Racal and Nortel. His experience covers sale/purchase of businesses and commercial contracts (including IT, copyright, trademark and other licences). To find out more about Brian click here.

Tel: 07977127154
Email: brianauld@brethertons.co.uk

Commercial Litigation

 

Sioban Calcott, Associate, Head of Banbury Litigation (FILEX)

Sioban heads up the Banbury Litigation department. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and member of the Property Litigation Association (PLA). She undertakes a wide range of areas of litigation, including recovery of possession of properties, boundary disputes, commercial contract disputes, restoration of companies, residential property litigation, LVT proceedings, personal injury overseas and dept recovery.

Sioban Calcott is recognised as ‘Leaders in their Field’ by Chambers UK 2011 as a 'leader in Dispute Resolution'  "thorough and hard-working" Sioban Calcott earns praise for her "conscientious and sensible" approach to litigation.  She concentrates on commercial contract and property disputes.

To find out more about Sioban click here.

Tel: (01295) 661 414 or 07800 872 936
Email: siobancalcott@brethertons.co.uk

 

Commercial Recoveries Department

 

Head of Debt Recoveries - Jackie Ray

Jackie Ray, Associate, Head of Commercial Recoveries

Jackie acts for a number of interesting clients including Hi-Tech Plcs, Credit Unions, Suppliers of Mobility Aids, Vintners, Universities, Aggregates and major financial institutions.

Jackie also oversees the Departments efforts at successfully recovering cases and keeps an overview of the complex and defended cases. To find out more about Jackie click here.

Tel: (01295) 661 457
Email: jackieray@brethertons.co.uk

 

Conveyancing Department

 

Harvery Gibbs handles Conveyancing in the Rugby office of Brethertons 

Harvey Gibbs, Associate, Head of Rugby Conveyancing

Harvey deals mainly with house sale/purchase transactions. Being in an open plan office environment, Harvey has a lot of face to face contact with clients and he is therefore rather more than just a voice at the end of a telephone.

His role within the team is to check legal titles, mortgage offers and to deal with any complexities that might arise. To find out more about Harvey click here.

Tel: (01788) 551 611
Fax: (01788) 551 597
Email: harveygibbs@brethertons.co.uk

 
 

 

Karen Howick handles Conveyancing in the Banbury office of Brethertons

Karen Howick, Associate, Head of Banbury Conveyancing

Karen joined the firm in December 2003 as a Conveyancing Executive.  She has since qualified as a Licensed Conveyancer and is now Head of Banbury Conveyancing.

Karen deals with all sorts of conveyancing work, ranging from studio flats to £1,000,000.00 plus mansions and is involved with all stages of the conveyancing transaction from opening the file to completion.  However Karen predominantly deals with checking legal titles, mortgage offers and searches, as well as the drafting or checking of legal documents such as Contracts, Transfers and Deeds.  Karen also assists her colleagues in the Conveyancing Team with any legal queries or other complexities that may arise. To find out more about Karen, click here.

Tel: (01295) 270 056
Fax: (01295) 277 648
Email: karenhowick@brethertons.co.uk

 

 

Family Department

 

Family Law Partner Linda Jones

Linda Jones, Partner

Linda is the Head of the Rugby Family Department. she specialises in financial provision on divorce and has developed a passion for helping clients with complicated financial disputes involving assets such as businesses, pensions, farms and family trusts. Linda is also a trained Collaborative Lawyer. To find out more about Linda click here.

Tel: (01788) 532 926
Email: lindajones@brethertons.co.uk 

 

Law Partner Family Simon Craddock

Simon Craddock, Partner

Simon is Head of the Banbury Family Department. His main area of expertise is acting for clients where children have come to this country without the permission of the other parent. 

It is very interesting as such hearings take place in the High Court in London. They are swift and very challenging especially having to understand the need for different culture values. To find out more about Simon click here.


Tel: (01295) 661 430
Email: simoncraddock@brethertons.co.uk

 

Property Management Department

 

Alison McCormack, Associate, Head of Property Management 

Alison McCormack is the Head of Property Management. Alison deals with the overall administration and day to day management of the department.

Tel: (01295)  661486
Email: alisonmccormack@brethertons.co.uk

 

Enfrachisement Department

Roger Hardwick - Head of Enfranchisement

Roger Hardwick, Associate, Head of Enfranchisement 

Roger Hardwick is an expert in the field of Enfranchisement Law and boasts a broad, national client base, including well-known plc developers, ground rent investors and resident/tenant-owned management companies, as well as individual tenants. Roger is a member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners.

Roger’s sole focus is residential leasehold property. His work includes lease extension, collective enfranchisement and right to manage claims; ground rent investment sales and purchases; freehold acquisitions under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967; residential service charge disputes and Leasehold Valuation Tribunal applications. To find out more about Roger, read his profile.

Tel: (01295)  661 453 
Email: rogerhardwick@brethertons.co.uk

 

 

Wills, Trust and Probate Department

 

Wills Trusts Probate Law Nadiya Virani-Bland

Nadiya Virani-Bland, Associate, Head of Department

As a solicitor and Head of the Department, Nadiya is responsible for ensuring that both she and her team provide an excellent level of service to all clients.  Nadiya has a wide range of experience and provides clients with practical advice on the issues affecting them. 
 
Nadiya has experience in advising on the administration of estates ensuring that at the most difficult of times, families can rest assured that their matters are dealt with both compassionately and accurately. She also draws up Wills, providing advice on Inheritance Tax and Care Home Fees protection as well as assisting clients with drafting trusts. In particular, Nadiya deals with is the setting up of personal injury trusts, helping clients to preserve compensation received following accidents, criminal injuries, or vaccination damage. Read more about Nadiya Virani-Bland

Tel: (01788) 559503
Email: nadiyavirani-bland@brethertons.co.uk

Agriculture and Rural Business Department

Felicity Wyatt, Associate, Head of Department (Banbury)
 
Felicity specialises in Agriculture and Rural Business law.  She acts for agricultural clients in sales, purchases, remortgages and inter-family transfers of land, as well as on rights of way and some boundary issues.  She is an experienced Agricultural Solicitor with a Masters in Agriculture Law, who advises in relation to agricultural quotas and subsidies, has a detailed knowledge of the Single Payment Scheme entitlements system, and advises clients considering entering the Entry Level and Higher Level Environmental Stewardship schemes, as well as those transferring land within these schemes, or acting for those acquiring land within these schemes. 
 
Felicity has a detailed knowledge of the two statutes which govern agricultural lettings,  namely the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, which created the farm business tenancy.  She advises clients in relation to the terms of grazing and/or mowing licences, of commercial leases of farm buildings, and of residential lettings on agricultural property.  She undertakes complicated first registrations of large estates, as well as advising on the granting of easements and wayleaves, to individuals for rights of way, or the right to take clean water or to drain dirty water or sewage across another landowner’s property, or advising landowners in the granting of wayleaves across their land to telecommunications or statutory undertakers, regarding mobile telephone masts or service conduits.   Click here to read more about Felicity Wyatt. 

Tel: (01788) 559 506
Email: felicitywyatt@brethertons.co.uk  

 

 

Kate Austin handles Conveyancing in the Rugby office of Brethertons

Kate Austin, Associate, Head of Department (Rugby)


Kate , who joined Brethertons in 2002 is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives  and is a key component in Brethertons provision of Agricultural and Rural business sector advice. Kate has 20 years of property law experience and advises on agricultural and residential property transactions including sales, purchases, remortgages and deeds of easements.

 

Kate also has experience in dealing with a wide variety of applications to the Land Registry including adverse possession claims, complex voluntary registration applications, rectification of title registers and plans and definition of boundaries.

 

Kate's clients include farmers acquiring land to expand their family farm, clients adding to their agricultural holding portfolio and clients acquiring properties with ancillary equestrian facilities. Kate is a member of the Agricultural Law Association.

 

Tel: (01788) 551 611
Email: kateaustin@brethertons.co.uk 

 

 

 Personal Injury

Jonathan Rees - Head of Personal Injury

Jonathan Rees - Head of Personal Injury

Jonathan Rees is Head of Personal Injury and has over 15 years' of experience covering all aspects of personal injury litigation.  He is an appointed Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and is responsible for business development within this specialist area.

Jon brings knowledge, skills, expertise and experience to the Brethertons team in areas such as clinical negligence, catastrophic injury, professional negligence, workplace accident and disease litigation, public liability, transport accident claims, and multi-party 'group' litigation.

Jon represented Wales as a teenage footballer, and was an associate schoolboy with Cardiff City Football Club. Nowadays he is happier as a football spectator, but he remains a keen golfer and skier. Jon is a happily married father to two little boys and a daughter. He enjoys spending free time with his family.

Tel: (01788) 532930
Email: jonathanrees@brethertons.co.uk

 

Head and Brain Injuries

Nicola Heales

Nicola Heales, Solicitor, Head of Head and Brain Injuries

Nicola qualified as a Solicitor in 1985 and is a very experienced serious personal injury solicitor who has specialised in severe catastrophic injury claims acting for both children and adults for the last fifteen years. She has a particular interest in acquired brain injury, spinal injuries, rehabilitation and “capacity” and is a firm believer that the early introduction of rehabilitation assists all parties to bring claims to a satisfactory resolution. Nicola adopts a multi-disciplinary approach liaising with the medical team, case managers and the Court of Protection where necessary.

Nicola also acts in claims involving severe sexual abuse, psychiatric injury and professional negligence arising from claims handled unsuccessfully by other lawyers. Find out more about Nicola Heales.

Tel: (01295) 661 526
Email: nicolaheales@brethertons.co.uk

Spinal Injuries

 Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson, Partner, Head of Spinal Injuries

Richard is an experienced personal injury solicitor and is a specialist of spinal injury claims. He has extensive experience of handling catastrophic injuries, spinal injury cases and has a deep understanding of the compensation needs and rights of claimants.

Richard joined Brethertons in 2010 from a leading Oxford law firm, having also worked in Cheshire. Richard is on the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel, is an approved member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has been an approved member of the Spinal Injuries Association since 1989.

In his leisure time, Richard enjoys gardening, cricket, DIY and walking the dog.

Tel: (01295) 661 527
Email: richarddawson@brethertons.co.uk